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Not bad. You might try a little gray-green to simulate moss on the north side. Also a hole or two for the home of some dessert creatures wouldn't be a bad touch either. Neither of these takes much time and greatly enhances the realism of the scene.

Norm

Would some of the dessert creatures be the rarely seen Chocolate Mousse? {;^)

"Norm Dresner"

Myth.

Moss grows all over a tree, not just on the north side. Don't believe me? Go and look at a mossy tree one day. :-)

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway (Site now back up and working)

Sure, in heavily shaded, temperate rain forest ... like around Vancover! Moss grows on all sides of everything in that environment. Including rolling stones!!

I don't recall seeing any moss in the dessert. Bruce

Phil Anderson wrote: With all the stupid bickering, name calling, politics and whatever, on this news group, try sharing something of value. See a dead tree I modeled at;

BTW, nice work!

Bill Bill's Railroad Empire N Scale Model Railroad:

Agreed, Those guys have killed this newsgroup.

LOL.

Yes.

-- Cheers Roger T.

Home of the Great Eastern Railway (Site now back up and working)

I'm THRILLED...but only because your site brought back so many beautiful memories. I lived in Tucson, since 1955 when the city limits were so close in! I wound up in Phoenix for ten years, where I retired in 1982 and moved to Yarnell..just a hop, skip and a jump from ome of the towns you mentioned...Skull Valley! It was thewas the closest of all to Yarnell...Just driving through that town got my heart pumping. BUT just one question: I only saw one line of track in the Skull Valley pic which shows shows more than one. Are there two? More? I haven't been there since 1988.

Mike, Picture Rocks, AZ

Thanks for your responses to the dead tree project. The suggestions of Moss, holes for rodents and bird nest are really useful. There are even a couple guys with excellent humor.

The side Question about Skull Valley; The are two tracks through town. Trains crews that hole up there for a meet, will walk over to the general store for a treat.

The 2-8-2 got the name "Mikado" because it was originally intended for Japan.

The electric "Little Joe" was originally made for export to the Soviet Union, and thus named for Joseph Stalin. But it was never delivered because of the cold war.

The steamers sold to Finland were unique because they had special steam piping running from the boiler to the sauna car, which was usually located between the diner and the coaches...