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AML also offers stainless steel track. They have an ad for their stainless in the current edition of Garden Railways Magazine. Hope this helps. -Kevin.

I've got four old Korber kits. I've got the farm house, Aunt Bertha's house, the "Elmer" track side shanty, and the diesel shed which is not currently being made anymore. I really like their kits. I haven't assembled the diesel shed, yet. But the other kits are solid and well made. -Kevin.

Thanks for posting the pics and info, Joe. I was gonna take a ride out there on Sunday, but it looks like you've saved me the trip! Too bad there wasn't more large scale. -Kevin.

Ray- I was just throwing out another possibility for Henrik. Your photo of the Aristo heavyweights behind the 1/32 MTH Challenger made me think that maybe the Aristo streamliners were also under scaled enough to work with a 1/32 engine. Perhaps an MTH NY Central Hudson with some Aristo streamliners. Not that I'm a NY Central fan or anything..... wink, wink, nudge, nudge..... -Kevin.

The Aristo streamliners are listed as 1/29, but I believe they are not correct to scale either. If I'm not mistaken, I think they are shorter in length (not sure about other dimensions). I don't own any (yet), but I wonder if they too, might look okay behind a 1/32 engine? The newest version of the cars have been lowered a bit and LEDs with interior details added. Scott Polk has Santa Fe's in stock and others appear on ebay all the time. Just a thought. -Kevin.

Great looking layout. That Revo sound system sounds great. -Kevin.

Joe- I live a few miles south of you in sunny, tropical Buffalo. When I put my railroad in 4 years ago, I floated my track in ballast. I used crusher run for ballast. Crusher run has lots of stone dust in it which helps it bind together well. It's a bit out of scale (okay, its way out of scale), but it holds up real well during our horrible winters. It still needs some reballasting each year, but nothing too bad. I was going to top it off with some smaller scale "decorative" ballast, but never got around to it. This year we are expanding the layout and I'm going to use the same method, again. Maybe concrete is better, I dunno, but it sounds like more work and it might do some heaving in the winter ( i do some heaving in the winter, too, but it involves a shovel and a driveway full of snow!!!). As for trying to sell your house with a railroad in the yard..... It would be easier to till the stone ballast into the ground than to remove a lot of concrete. Just some thoughts. Good luck. -Kevin.

Jim- The ECLSTS has left me broke for the season! You win the battle!!! -Kevin.

Jerry- Glad to help out. Jim- That's a cool truck (total pun intended). I've only seen them in 1:18 scale. Judging by the box, that one looks like Danbury Mint, maybe? Is it 1:24? If so, I need one! -Kevin.

Charles- In an effort to tie all my stuff together I try to keep all my buildings and vehicles to the same scale- 1/24. Real live 1/1 scale people are all different sizes, so I guess as long as they look good to you. My trains are all 1/29. Jerry- My milk truck is made by Danbury Mint. I think Ertl also makes a Borden's milk truck. I know that Ertl makes Divco milk trucks with various other dairy names. I've seen them on ebay. Hope this helps. -Kevin.

Bart- Time to build a shed! -Kevin.

Thanks, Jim. I've got the same Borden's Milk Truck and have been searching for a suitable Milkman. Looks like this guy should do! -Kevin.

Great looking milkman. Where can I find one? -Kevin.