The norm is from coupler face to coupler face.
Gene

It's the Schultz Garage.
Gene

I've been buying groves of trees from "we honest."  They do take to spray paint quite nicely and aren't bad.  Since I'm doing Virginia's Shenandoah Valley I need LOTS of trees.  Delivery is normally fast and price is low  - he gets by that by a high charge for s/h - but it still comes out to a decent price. 
I'll have to check into the meat cutters. 
Thanks.
Gene

Beef cattle are often Angus, which are solid black or red (read box car red) with no horns, or Hereford, which are red with white faces, belly and socks.   You can do a search for "cattle" and find pictures of many breeds  and what they do.  BTW, old milk cows become ---- old beef cattle.
Gene

My layout has two coal tipples for mines.  One headhouse is a bashed co-op grain silo to represent a headhouse going into a vertical shaft.  The other mine will have a horizonal main shaft entering behind the tipple.  I'm thinkin of using the DPM single story garage kit buried into the hill as its headhouse.  Does that sound reasonable?
Gene

I don't know if the C&O H-4 is avaiable yet, but it might be good to indicate WHICH 2-6-6-2 this is - the C&O H-4 or the USRA light Mallet, 2-6-6-2.
Gene

When was the map done?  I notice that the Shenandoah branch is missing, but the B&O and C&O also met each other in Charleston, WV, and Cinncinati, OH>
Gene

Runnin Bear is correct, except that is who built the model.  Many inexpensive 2-8-2s will have no problem with 18 inch radius, but I have a Pacific Fast Mail C&O K-3 that is not real happy with 40 inch radius! 
Gene

I think it's mandatory to paint both sides of any wood kit.  You said you noticed a bit of warpage - it will return and get worse if you don't paint the inside.  It doesn't have to be a super job - cheap white or black spray paint will do just great.  Since you've already painted the exterior, put tape over ever opening to avoid overspray before painting. 
Don't forget the roof pieces, too - both sides.
Gene

While Virginia is not thought of as B&O country, there was a B&O branch down the Shenandoah Valley from  Harper's Ferry.  B&O and C&O crossed each other in Staunton.  It's possible that B&O and N&W were both in Harrisonburg. 
Gene

You mean it worked? 
Gene

Hey, Jim,  I'm an artilleryman - though retired now.  We love our survey guys, but most of them we train ourselves.  While an arty surveyer can adjust fire, he has far more important things to do - like surveying battery centers, radar sites, observation points, etc.  Then there are the engineer surveyers - and I imagine the engineers train their own, too. 
BTW, I had staff responsibility for survey several times - including times when it was for real. 
Gene

Uh, math time.  Which is greater, 2009-1944 or 1944-1856?  BTW, I was alive in 1944 and I'm not sure it is THAT long ago. 
Gene

What would happen  if modern technology were applied to steam?  The Lima super powers were head and shoulders above most other steamers.  Computerization of sensors might well take care of a lot of  the maintenance, which was more inspection than repair.  In fact, I think it would be possible to run two steamers from one cab using modern techniques. 
There are tales that the text the N&W ran prior to switching to diesels was rigged to insure the diesels won as the company found it hard to buy some of the necessary parts as companies like Elesco, Worthington, and others had either gone out of business or switched to building other products. 

In 1856 the almost one mile long Afton Mountain or Blue Ridge Tunnel was completed.   The chief engineer, Crozet, tunneled from both sides of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  When the two tunnels met, they were 6 inches off perfect alignment.  In 1944 the C&O bore a new tunnel parallel to the Blue Ridge Tunnel.  It was a bit longer than its older brother, but it was also four feet off perfect alignment when the two tunnels met!
So much for progress. 
Gene