Hi guys,
I got mine a few days ago, and finally sat down to read it. The article on trimming the dwarf alberta spruce trees is excellent and timed perfectly! I have one of these out front that needs some help. Using the techniques suggested, I will attempt to modify this tree!
The article about plowing snow was interesting, but not really applicable. Here, when we plow snow, we always let our trains sit outside so that when they hit the track, they do not melt the snow, which then freezes. I never considered running live steam in the snow, since it is usually too cold outside and the butane doesn't gassify. Using track power, we have had a lot of good luck plowing up to 12 inches of snow. I'm not kidding!! The train did burrow under the snow. But there were a lot of good ideas, like clearing the line of sticks and other debris before the storm hits.
I liked the Disney article as well. A fun layout, but some very serious modeling! I had to do a double take when looking at the locomotives to realize I was not looking at stock Hartland or Kalamazoo trains.
Mark