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I am new to the Forum, but note that the comments on the  HM6000 are rather dated. Does anyone have any up to date experience with the system?

A very Happy Christmas to you and all best Wishes for a better New Year railway wies. Ken B

As with last year - Happy Christmas all.

This is a very fascinating topic. When you consider how electrified passenger transport in the USA once was. It's sad...   ...but of course great for model making. Just like your pictures.

Thomas, That's a great video of the Korean train. So nice to see you running trains, and the railway itself is looking very good.  Well done for all that hard work.  And the way you've securing the new bridge section is very ingenious. Andrew  

Interurbans are coming Some railway people, even in America, don't know what these are.  In Britain they are even more of a niche interest.  But they caught my imagination a few years ago.   I now do a short talk called "America's Interurban Interlude". Anyway, what are the implications for modelling?  There are no ready to run models.  The main option seems to be the HO Japanese brass models of the kind that were very popular for US outline railroads in the 1960s and '70s.  As well as mainstream railroads, there were plenty of interurban models commissioned 50 years ago - and they're still around in secondhand form.  Mind you, most of them are unpainted and unglazed, which is not to everyone's taste.   But I was fortunate to get hold of a pair of nicely painted brass interurban cars from America recently:   And they look even better when posed on what remains of my railway:     Here are some useful further sources:  

Hi Thomas, I’ve just been having a great catch up! It’s really good to see how much progress you’ve made and I’m very pleased that the bridge from Italy finally arrived, it looks fantastic.  Keep up the good work, John