Recent content by avsteve

I've long been wondering, and never seen it addressed elsewhere: Steam engines needed frequent refilling of their tenders' water tanks. This was usually done from elevated tanks usually called 'water towers' where I live (southern California). Does anybody know how close these are in...

My greatest frustration in creating routes is the difficulty of fixing bumps in the track. Let me be clear. I lay track, put a loco on it, and switch to Driver. I drive down the track and try to make notes about all the bumps and dips. But I'm working on a route that has 100+ miles of track...

TRS2006 user asks: On routes I've designed, running a train at any speed into the wrong leg of a turnout causes train to derail. The pre-designed routes are tolerant, the turnout lets the train through. Am I missing something? I thought prototype practice is that a train can enter any leg...