I thought we all built layouts like that! 
Picture looks like it might have been taken on Mr.Ames’ pike !!!
There ya go, Ferd!
Tender had to be oriented that way as the “front” tags were installed backwards, and Lord knows you have to be “compliant”.
Looks like some bridges I have seen photos of…
I imagine that just about now, Mr. Ames, Esq., is receiving his copy of a “K”, with the request for a review for GR.
There may be some other kid on the same block, doing a review for MRN, and some other friend of Stanley’s doing one for MR, and who knows; maybe young Kevin is in line to do a review also. Kevin is still in B’mann’s good books as he hasn’t said much about the whole affair, thus keeping his fingers clean.
Dave, will have a “K” in his little hands very soon, when a customer wants to get his model converted from whatever system Stanley has talked them into; to R/C/Battery. I HOPE DAVE POSTS HIS OBSERVATIONS HERE FIRST, rather than some other place.
It will be interesting to examine the entrails, that Dave extracts from the "K"....we should be able to figure the plans for the future, and maybe even how much money has been invested in a much talked about programme.
It's noteworthy to remember that many facts of life have been discovered when examining the entrails of dead animules !!!!
Onward and upward…Let’s hear the latest reports as they happen…HERE on LSC Forums.
We are all sitting with our legs crossed and great expectations…er, aren’t we ?
Fred Mills said:No :D
We are all sitting with our legs crossed and great expectations......er, aren't we ?
Fr. Fred
As far as I’m concerned on this one I don’t sweat the details. Whatever Mr. Stan Ames may cook up this side of the pond is of little consequence in Europe AND chances that Bachmann (or any of the others who think the Ames socket is wonderful) will make any RhB equipment are ZILCH.
Sooooooo it still is: order as desired and install what’s required. 
Fred,
“We are all sitting with our legs crossed and great expectations”
from the reports coming out, you have penty of time to relieve yourself.
THEY said it would be out by Christmas, but THEY did not say what year. When I see one running on your layout, when Dave has dissected and corrected, when they are weathered and in use, then I will decide if I need one.
Fluff is fluff and stuff is stuff. I’ll wait for Dave’s review.
Fred Mills said:Fred The above is not a correct statement.
I imagine that just about now, Mr. Ames, Esq., is receiving his copy of a "K", with the request for a review for GR.
Because my wife is in the model railroad business, it would be totally inappropriate for me to review any model railroad product for GR.
I do not know how these rumors start but I would ask that perhaps you check first before posting such rumors.
Stan Ames
Stan Ames said:Fred Mills said:Fred The above is not a correct statement.
I imagine that just about now, Mr. Ames, Esq., is receiving his copy of a "K", with the request for a review for GR.Because my wife is in the model railroad business, it would be totally inappropriate for me to review any model railroad product for GR.
I do not know how these rumors start but I would ask that perhaps you check first before posting such rumors.
Stan Ames
Moron.
You need to check the “rules”.
Once again, open your mouth and overload your a…
What you need to tell these fine folks is who “we” have found to review this loco?
We really do appreciate your candid information leaks, Stanley.
I am certain Bachmann does, too.
Curmudgeon said:Stan Ames said:Fred Mills said:Fred The above is not a correct statement.
I imagine that just about now, Mr. Ames, Esq., is receiving his copy of a "K", with the request for a review for GR.Because my wife is in the model railroad business, it would be totally inappropriate for me to review any model railroad product for GR.
I do not know how these rumors start but I would ask that perhaps you check first before posting such rumors.
Stan Ames
Moron.
You need to check the “rules”.
Once again, open your mouth and overload your a…What you need to tell these fine folks is who “we” have found to review this loco?
We really do appreciate your candid information leaks, Stanley.
I am certain Bachmann does, too.
Dave
I have been and will continue to be polite and friendly. Model railroading is a fun hobby and I do not understand the hostility of your above message.
You keep asking me to provide information concerning Bachmann. If you have a question about Bachmann why not ask them? They have a very good forum and I know the Bachman tries to answer questions posted there.
I have deep respect for the work you have done in the past which is why I contacted you for help early last year. I truly hope that the positive and constructive Dave will return in in the future, We miss him.
Stan Ames
www.tttrains.com/largescale
So, I made a couple of calls, just to make certain Ames, Lynch and Thompson had not modified the rules.
All I can say is somewhere, a village is missing their idiot.
When he tries to get me thrown out of Kalmbach, tries to get me thrown out of Bachmann, tries to turn public opinion against me by claiming bias, and now this, all I can say is “the king of rumors” is at it again.
You have absolutley no idea what you’re talking about.
Again.
Stanley, take you lies and innuendo and insert them rectally.
Stan Ames said:Fred Mills said:Fred The above is not a correct statement.
I imagine that just about now, Mr. Ames, Esq., is receiving his copy of a "K", with the request for a review for GR.Because my wife is in the model railroad business, it would be totally inappropriate for me to review any model railroad product for GR.
I do not know how these rumors start but I would ask that perhaps you check first before posting such rumors.
Stan Ames
Mr. Ames, Esq.;
You will note that my statement was started with; “I imagine…”; and everyone knows we can “Imagine” anything we care to, based on, possibly, some person’s reported past performances. Therefore; you will note that my statement isn’t necessarily incorrect, if read and understood.
If I had stated that, “…is receiving…”, without stating that I imagined it; then I would be forced to apologize, for having made a statement without any facts to support it.
You, all by yourself, have left your humble self, wide open for all kinds of speculation, with all sorts or recorded statements.
For me to let my imagination loose for a few minutes, and have a view that might have seemed plausable, is of no surprise to anyone.
Thank you for your concern.
I hope all your plans for the future will turn out well… for everyone.
Merry Christmas.Stan Ames said:
DaveI have been and will continue to be polite and friendly. Model railroading is a fun hobby and I do not understand the hostility of your above message.
Polite and friendly huh.
I guess you have to be, even though you must be seething within not being able to impose your ideas/plans without having some battery fanatic put the kibosh on them. Perhaps you will now understand that your idea of co-operation and consensus did not match theirs. In future, perhaps you will listen and do the right thing even if it does gnaw at your better judgement. We are still prepared to co-operate on the socket design. You know the ground rules. We await your contact.
Stan Ames said:You did assist Bachmann with the (so called) Ames Super socket, did you not? So why can't you answer even the simplest of questions that fall within your brief? Cat got your tongue? Gagged by Bachmann? Don't have the sway with the powers that be any more? You say you were not paid for the consultancy. Why not? Did you have an agenda for someone else? Perhaps in hindsight being paid for the Bachmann job might have been a better idea. That way no one could say you had an agenda for anyone else and there was no conflict of interest with your wife being the Lenz importer into the USA. So why did you do it for gratis? To give something back to the hobby? Now that would be a noble position!!!!
You keep asking me to provide information concerning Bachmann. If you have a question about Bachmann why not ask them? They have a very good forum and I know the Bachman tries to answer questions posted there.
Stan Ames said:Damming with faint praise huh? Stanley, sarcasm doesn't become you. We have a saying in Australia Stan. "Dont come the raw Prawn with me matey". You no more believe the above than anyone else does. So why say it?
I have deep respect for the work you have done in the past which is why I contacted you for help early last year. I truly hope that the positive and constructive Dave will return in in the future, We miss him.
Would it be for the same reason you wanted me to design an R/C interface for the Lenz DCC? I offered to co-operate on that too. I offered to provide the RCS codes so you could work it out. When you realised no one else was going to do it for you and you would have to do the work yourself, you declined. Fair enough.
Then I am asked to be part of the consultancy process with the socket proposal. All went swimmingly until you reneged on your promise to me in writing that you would ensure that screw terminals would be part of the proposal from the outset. I understand the actual battery wiring and charging circuits were a second part. But what you failed to understand is that, it would bevery difficult to add them in later unless they were provided for in the initial socket design.
Don’t forget, I have all of this in writing in E mails from you. I am not making it up.
Once again, let me repeat,
Provided you are prepared to accept that the socket MUST cater for all LS interests from the outset and not just be for DCC, then look forward to a long and lasting working relationship.
Don’t worry about what the big boys want. Let us get a proposal together that satisfies the average Large Scaler. The big boys will come on board then. If persuasion doesn’t work, there are other methods of getting their attention and co-operation.
Oh!!! And by the way.
Don’t expect any more fawning from the high ups at the NMRA.
Nudge nudge, wink wink. Say no more.!!!
Stan Ames said:
Stan Ames www.tttrains.com/largescale
Tony,
I think I made a mistake. That bear poop could have been in a perfect place about four posts ago! But darn, it’s over in the “OFF Topic” section!
The bear can always take more than one dump…
HJ,
When one thinks of the involvement of Stanley Ames in the K27 socket fiasco, one is reminded of the John Steinbeck book “Of Mice and Men”, the title of which was inspired by a line from the Robbie Burns poem “To a Mouse”.
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley”, often paraphrased in English as “The best-laid plans of mice and men / Go oft awry”
It is worthwhile reading the full text of the second last stanza of the poem to gain the full meaning of what Burns was on about.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/To_a_Mouse
All of this upsetting of the metaphoric apple cart could have been avoided.
Incoming…!!! D U C K…!!! 
Warren Mumpower said:Warren,
Incoming.......!!!! D U C K..!!! :|
I’ve done the quacking in the morning - that’s how I teach the kids to get up a slope … duck walk and go Quack, Quack, Quack.