Mark,
       I hope you went through the proper channels, and filed for abandonment and received non-use status. before pulling up track.

        Have fun,
                     Barry

       OK in Wisconsin a Bubbler is a water fountain & a Pop is a Soda.

                         Barry

        Two weeks ago  my wife & I went to a Lumberjack Museum & rode on an old steam train. "The Lumberjack Special" in Laona Wis. way up-north, almost to the U.P. It was a 1916 Vulcan 2-6-2 Prairie type Engine, affectionately called the "4 Spot", a few old passenger cars & a few Caboose's.
        Logging is still going strong in this area & they still use trains to haul the logs to the Mills, and Port Cities.

            Barry

         Do you by chance, have an older Dept. 56 Trolley made by Bachmann?
These were made in the mid to late 90's, and do have a bumper activated  reversing switch. The bumper looks somewhat different than todays trolleys.

         Barry
     
         

         That's why the 4 hobby shops I called in the last 2 weeks, didn't know what I was talking about.
         I guess at my age I should have more patience.

   P.S. Bachman, please let us know when it hits the racks, MANY THANKS!

                 Barry

          Matt,
      The ONLY dumb question, is the one that isn't asked.

             Enjoy,
                   Barry

      I received mine, it went to spam. If I hadn't read the forum first, it may have been gone forever.
      Man I hate red x's. I did get tabs to see what they wanted me to see.
      I was looking back to see, if she was looking back to see, if I was looking back to see, if she was looking back at me. SORRY I just had to.

        Enjoy,         
               Barry   
   

Bump

         Dave G.   Trolley Museums certainly do count!
   I have the pleasure of having a Trolley Museum just 30 miles from home. The East Troy Electric Railroad. This year, 2007, we celebrate 100 years of continuous service.May 5th they had a "Train Parade" 20 vintage Trolleys rolling the 10 mile round trip. I didn't make it for that , but I will Make the trip a couple times this year.
    A couple weeks ago the Kenosha museum had train layouts set up on display. So we took the grandkids, well we parked a mile away and rode the trolleys to & from the Museum. Now the 2 1/2 yr. old wants my new On30 Trolley to "Ding-Ding like the real one" I did the next best thing, I
dug out the old Tyco Steam Whistle billboard and hooked it up to the transformer. She had a blast!

        Enjoy
               Barry

         
          Tom,
     You could have a couple farms, to serve the stock yard. Maybe a river running through it w/ a trestled bridge crossing it.

      Good luck,
                   Barry

        The originator finally posts. Yes I do visit train Museums, usally 6-10 times per year.
        I am a member of 2 Museums, The National Railroad Musem, in Greenbay, Wisconsin. Also the East Troy Electric Railroad. I do not volunteer my time, just my $.
        Other notables would be the Illinois rail museum and the Mid- continent  Railroad Museum. both have a tremendous amount of Engines and Rolling stock from several railroads, and Companies.
        One small museum I stopped at, The Little Falls Railroad & Doll
Museum, was such an educational experience as I was just getting back into this hobby, Dr. Jim Brown and I spoke for 2+ hrs. My wife was way past ready to go, I did buy one of his books and had him sign it.
        If I were to open a Museum, I agree w/ Glenn no place like an old depot to do so.also local c/c. I'ld have all scales of layouts including 1/1
all the same consist & paint scheme using 4-4-0 Steam Engines.

     Paul W. thank-you for the link.
     Terry T. Could we trouble you for the title of your train museum book?

            Barry
   

              Hey RAM,
      I guess where I come from, We mussn be hix. I just rustled through some flyers and found 7 titles of "train show and swap meet" on printed papers.
      Southeast Wisconsin & Northern Illnoise. But do you know what a Bubbler or Pop are?

            Enjoy!
                      Barry   

      You could try what I did, I put in another piece of terminal re-railer
where I wanted it, and ran a long wire back to my power source. This ran under my blanket of snow.
      EZ track terminal re-railers come in 18 curved or 9 in. straights. I also put in re-railers just to keep my consist running smooth after my 1 nasty curve. I believe for my next winter village, I will put in non wired rerailer tracks at all road crossings. This just makes the crossing effect look more realistic. My modeling era is too early to use EZ track crossings.
     I do also agree use the grey road bed n/s. I'm in the process of changing over to all n/s myself.

        Enjoy,
                    Barry

   
Don't fret if you missed it . Repeat/re-run at 12:00 Midnight.

             Enjoy,

                             Barry

1.  Do you visit Train Museums?

2.  How often do you frequent Train Museums? 1 per year or 1 per Week

3.  Are you a member of any Train Museums? and do you do any volunteer work there? If so please share.

4.  Which train Museums are your favorite? Do you prefer large w/ many trains , or small single road versions.

5.  Bonus Q.  If you were asked to start a train museum, what would be the key features, and how would you advertise these?

          Purely for enjoyment purposes,

                  Barry