They are being shipped as we speak, earliest orders in, earliest out.

Hey Fellas,

Just wanted to let everyone know that the On30 Annual for 2015 is done and available for purchase, Head over to:

http://shop.whiteriverproductions.com/collections/books/products/on15

But I wanted to point out that much of the furor here is asking (begging?) Bachmann to make new stuff, and while I'd like to see that as much as the next guy, that can cause you to look past what is already handy. With that in mind, we have devoted a great number of pages in this year's Annual to modifying and enhancing stock Bachmann products, including the Mogul, Shay, Heisler, boxcars, stock cars, cabooses etc. Check it out.

The website will be undergoing a pretty massive upgrade after the first of the year. The old Carstens books store worked pretty well, 9but there were some back end issues not apparent to the customers) and the current White River site is hard to get around on. The new site will have the best of both and will have ALL the products arranged in a logical manner.

Chris Lane

The On30 Annual mailing list is one of the assets transferred to White River, so if you've been on the list in the past, you'll get our eamils.

I expect we will start taking pre-orders for the On30 Annual late in Dec.

Chris Lane

For Dave (and others)

White River has everything inventoried and for sale. Here is the link to order the 2014 Annual:

https://www.whiteriverproductions.com/shopexd.asp?id=353

You can order online from that page or call in at the number in the upper right hand corner.

Chris Lane
On30 Annual Editor

Sorry Dave,

Didn't mean to cause confusion, but I managed to put two thoughts into one sentence.

There WILL be a 2015, and that is coming out in Feb-March. The 2016 will be closer to the end of the year as it was in years past.

Clearer now?

Chris Lane

Fear not Faithful On30 Fans!

As many of you know Carstens Publishing has expired, but White River Productions bought the rights to the On30 (and HOn3) Annuals and has retained me as the Editor. We'll be releasing the 2016 On30 Annual in the Feb-March time frame, and as usual, it will be packed with tons of On30 projects to keep you busy until 2017. And no doubt, the authors will be putting lots of Bachmann products to use it in.

All the best,
Chris Lane
Editor-On30 Annual
[email protected]

I just received this book. Wow, there is a lot of stuff in here for narrow gauge folks.

Coach

A husky man wearing a Carstens shirt was spotted in Chama this weekend measuring and photographing cars.

Coach

OK, they should have been noted like you see elsewhere in the book, but at this late date, I can't tell you why they aren't.

Regardless, In the inner loop on the upper right hand corner right after the 2 1/4" straight you have (in clockwise order) an 18", a 22", another 18" and then the second 22".

Chris

Good Question. First, I have to find a copy of my own book! Believe it or not, I don't seem to have one handy in my office. I'll get back to you as soon as I do....
Chris

Dear Orangeman,

While there is always the possibility that the drawing has an error in it, I feel pretty confident that this layout is correct. How do I know? It is in my garage right now, and I have used it as a test layout for the 6 or seven years since the manuscript for the book was completed.

Here is what I suspect is going on as I had the same problem when I was doing the book. Any CAD program is simply TOO precise. I found this out in making the drawings for the book. It is important to note that I BUILT all the layouts presented (with the exception of the legacy E-Z Track Layouts, and the Cass layout on one of the shelf layouts. I did built as test several critical areas of those two however). After I went back to draw the layouts, I kept finding little errors where the track didn't meet up. I used two different CAD Programs and encountered the same problem.

At first I assumed I has simply counted the pieces wrong or made some other notation error, but in checking the layouts, I found that wasn't true. This was a most vexing problem until it dawned on me that the track itself had much more "fudge" and wiggle built into it than any CAD does. I had to therefore go back and "tweak" the drawings so that they physically matched the actual built layout.

In general any layout drawing published is more of a suggestion rather than a "by-the-numbers" guide, and that is why I made the case in the book for obtaining some track and planning the layout with the physical components. But as long as you are not off by a steep angle where sections meet in your CAD program, the layouts presented in the book or your own designs are absolutely buildable.

And keep in mind, if there is a tiny error in any of the drawings, you have the benefit of the 2" and below sized pieces of Bachmann EZ Track which I did not when I wrote the book.

All the best,
Chris Lane

On30 Annual 2008 had an article on resin casting a Bellevue & Cascade boxcar and the 2009 had an article on casting Mann's Creek hoppers. Both article had a pretty thorough description of the process and lots of photos.
Coach

Does anyone have the wood cab version of this model? If so, is the back open "central america" style like the steel cab version?

Coach

Somewhere in the bags of goodies is a generator exhuast pipe that is straight with a slight bend at the top. Pull the curved one straight up and replace with the straight one. If your wire is lost, you can just substitute some wire.

Coach