Private messaging isn't working, so I'm broadcasting my question... Doc, you once posted some photos of a crossing-guard's elevated tower, with some brick buildings in the background. It strikes me that the cabin part was maybe green or grey. It was not the Atlas model, which has just a ladder, nor the J.L. Innovative kit, which has one long flight of stairs. Yours had a stairway with a landing halfway down. Was that scratchbuilt or did you buy a kit?
Sorry to spam everyone.
Thanks,
-Matt
Returning to model railroading after 40 years and taking unconscionable liberties with the SP&S, Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads in the '40s and '50s.
crossthedog Sorry to spam everyone. Thanks, -Matt
Haven't heard from doc since December 20th.
Rich
Alton Junction
Well, maybe Wayne has better things to do than read stuff on his computer. This thread has a picture of it, I think:
https://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/13/t/228110.aspx
Maybe someone can recognize it. Sorry, the system is not allowing me to make the link clickable, on my computer anyway .
Simon
Here ya go.
Yeah, thanks guys. That's the one. Any clues appreciated as to who makes that one, if indeed it is a commerical product. I like it a lot.
Hope the good doctor is okay.
crossthedog Yeah, thanks guys. That's the one. Any clues appreciated as to who makes that one, if indeed it is a commerical product. I like it a lot. Hope the good doctor is okay. -Matt
Could be this one.
It was commercially made, orignally by Revell, and available for many decades under several brands.
They can still be found unassembled and are very well detailed.
https://hoseeker.net/revellinformation/Revell1958infopage07.jpg
Sheldon
ATLANTIC CENTRALCould be this one.
Atlas also offered a very similar one. I browsed the net and did not find any other ones commercially available. I suspect either a kitbash or a scratchbuild.
Rich's link, a thread with some old favorites. I'm sure the Dr. Wayne scratch build the stairs and landings, along with some kitbashing. That what he does! With amazing results.
Mike.
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Looks like Wayne has abandoned the forum. Maybe Bertram's burned down and he is in mourning.
richhotrain Looks like Wayne has abandoned the forum. Maybe Bertram's burned down and he is in mourning. Rich
I sent Wayne an Email about two weeks ago - no response. And the other forum he spends time on has not seen him as well?
I surely hope he is ok?
ATLANTIC CENTRAL richhotrain Looks like Wayne has abandoned the forum. Maybe Bertram's burned down and he is in mourning. Rich I sent Wayne an Email about two weeks ago - no response. And the other forum he spends time on has not seen him as well? I surely hope he is ok? Sheldon
Mike
Water Level RouteHe stopped posting to both sites about the same time in December. Doesn't seem good.
I reached out to a mutual friend a while back, Wayne is fine, he is just having computer problems.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
That is very good to hear, thank you.
I'm relieved. And ha! Now that I think about it, wasn't it always Wayne that complained that he'd just spent an hour writing a response and loading up images for a post only to have the forum software suddenly toss it all into the outer darkness?
Well, God bless 'im. I hope he gets back in here. I want to ask him to paint my Atlantic.
I can't find anywhere on any forum that Wayne has posted anything in 2024. It concerns me because I cannot imagine Wayne without a computer for going on four months.
richhotrain I can't find anywhere on any forum that Wayne has posted anything in 2024. It concerns me because I cannot imagine Wayne without a computer for going on four months. Rich
Rich, see Brent's comment just above.
- Douglas
Doughless richhotrain I can't find anywhere on any forum that Wayne has posted anything in 2024. It concerns me because I cannot imagine Wayne without a computer for going on four months. Rich Rich, see Brent's comment just above.
richhotrain I did read Brent's comment, but I remain concerned. Wayne is a moderator on another forum, but he hasn't posted since last December. That is not like Wayne, and 3 to 4 months without a computer is a very long time. Rich
I did read Brent's comment, but I remain concerned. Wayne is a moderator on another forum, but he hasn't posted since last December. That is not like Wayne, and 3 to 4 months without a computer is a very long time.
I too thought the same, especially in today's day where computers, computer parts, sales/service is readily available. Even a personal cell phone should offer some internet connection.
By no means do I wish bad times or bad health to anyone, but like Rich said, it raises concern.
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Any info on doctorwayne? He still hasn't made any posts.
Hope he is OK.
Rick
hbgatsf Any info on doctorwayne? He still hasn't made any posts. Hope he is OK.
Not good.
Does anyone know his full name?
I think I found his full name searching on the Web. But I hesitate to post it here for privacy reasons. My search did not unveil any sad news about him.
snjroy I think I found his full name searching on the Web. But I hesitate to post it here for privacy reasons. My search did not unveil any sad news about him. Simon
I was going to do an obituary search for his name. Did you try that?
Yes, that is what I checked.
If there is a health or medical issue, a lot of times families keep such stuff private. That might be happening in this case, hopefully not, but you never know.
Somewhere along the line he mentioned in a post that he was considering tearing down his layout. I never saw it mentioned again or an explanation of why he said it. I would think a decision like that has some heavy reasoning behind it.
From other places and people I interact with on the WWW, Wayne is still chugging along and hosting people at his layout. I know Wayne's last name but do not feel it is appropriate for me to divulge it here even though he has done so himself at times.
Wayne was active elsewhere online, most notably Big Blue Trains but it seems he has also stopped participating there.
With Wayne's participation and influence in our hobby, I am sure we would hear in short order if anything were to happen to him.