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DOWNLOADS
Something New At DLS
For the longest time
I've wanted to offer construction "plans" at a reasonable cost here at this web
site. The first step came when Laurence Johnson sent me the drawings he
had been working on for several years. Those drawing became
1/8 scale drawings for Live Steam/ Diesel
Model Makers vol.1 and vol.2 . Those are being offered
on Compact Disc (CD). That was a great first step but I wanted more. Last
week we started offering Pat Turner's plans for a
Wooden Gondola. Because its being
offered as a download, it costs nothing to produce. Therefore, we can
offer it for a very reasonable price.
I want to expand our
offering of downloadable plans to include other types of cars, simple
locomotives and track side equipment. I also want to find a better way of
making this material available. Currently I use a clunky system to verify
each purchase. I want to replace it with a streamlined method of getting
plans into the buyer's hands without extra steps.
I'm looking for two
things from our visitors.
One: High
quality plans that folks can follow to create cool stuff for this hobby.
Two: Someone
(smarter that me) to help streamline the downloading of these plans. I'm no
programmer. I don't know the difference between java and C++.
Contact me please. All
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Satisfaction Survey for battery and gasoline locomotives
If you
purchased a locomotive (not steam) in the past 36 months, I want to hear from
you.
If you're
happy or even if you're not happy with your locomotive, I want to hear about it.
I'll ask you questions like:
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Was the
manufacturer easy to reach?
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Did
your locomotive arrive on time?
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Did you
have problems with it?
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Was it
worth the money?
Email me to request your "Satisfaction Survey" now
(in the text of your email type the word "survey". This survey
covers completed, ready-to-run locos only. No kits or "home built" units
please.
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Railroading Articles |
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Issue #123
Wheel Chocks
by
Laurence Johnson
For those of us that do not have brakes on each of our cars, this handy
little metal flagged wheel chock is really good. This idea is not mine and for
the life of me I cannot remember who to give credit to for such a good idea. I’m
an older fella with trifocal glasses and when walking around my car on a not so
sunny day as shown here on the left I end up kick or tripping over my wheel
chock. It is real easy to stumble over one when walking into the train shed from
the bright outside and the “photo gray” function of my glasses haven’t made full
adjustment.
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What are you doing on Sunday May 10th?
It's
National Train Day
Your
railroad my want to "cash in" on the event by scheduling a run day on or around
that date.
Suggestion: May 10 is the anniversary of the joining of East and West at
Promontory Utah. Why not have a scale reenactment of this famous event?
It's way more than a gold spike and hammer. The original speeches are
available on line. They predicted the effect of railroads on the future of
this country. It's very interesting how close and how far they actually were.
If you
have a "PUBLIC" railroad, a scale re-enactment with real steam will be
irresistible to the press and the general public. It's Free Publicity.
How
will your track celebrate this new holiday? Let me know.
E-mail Jim O'Connor |
Use our
easy form
and have your run dates posted.
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