& Western: Part I” in the February 2014 RMC. It is one of the best I have seen on operating a model railroad using timetable and train orders (TT&TO), and ranks with the best you have ever presented in RMC. I’m an old guy, but I actually got excited reading it. Part of that is that I am familiar
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with the area, our family vacationed up there when I was a boy. But the ar- ticle stands on its own, laying out the form and ethos of TT&TO in an under- standable and non-threatening man- ner, and including some practical con- siderations. Mark is a fine writer and has a fine railroad in concept and execution. I am recommending this article to all my friends and acquaintances who have the good fortune to have been bitten by the model railroad bug.
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Globe Models Regarding Keith Wills’ article in the
February, 2014 RMC, concerning Globe Models, I have a short tale. In 1970, I had recently mustered out of the Navy and was arranging my hobby machine shop to build live steam models. Carl Traub, co-founder of Globe, was in the live steam club that I joined called the Milwaukee Light Engineering Society. Carl lived not to far from me and when I needed a tool that I didn’t yet own, he would loan it to me. He was a real gen- tleman. In his basement tool and die shop, we talked about how he made the dies for the Globe F7 diesel. As a teenager, I had those Globe diesels. Carl was a real craftsman, and I was very glad to have made his acquain- tance.
BRAD SMITH Franklin, WI
TT&TO on Mark Dance’s C&W I want to thank you for the terrific
Mark Dance article “Adding timetable and train order control to the Columbia
TEST TRACK are some great model pho- tos of a B&O wagon top caboose. Way way back, longer than I’ll admit to, I had an office with a great view across the Potomac into Georgetown. I could see the Boathouse and somewhat un- der the Whitehurst freeway, too. If I paid attention there at the right time of day, frequently I could catch a view of the B&O train that took care of the under the freeway section. The train would approach, going
backwards up the canal. The caboose led and used that backup whistle to warn folks and communicate with the engineer. Frequently they had coal for the power plant, and boxcars with goodies for the many Georgetown shops along the way. Alas, I modeled the ATSF and was only slightly inter- ested. What a great model this would have been. The W&OD had, at one time, their enginehouse very near my location on the Virginia side. I could walk the right of way during lunch breaks. I never truly understood how great this all
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