 
          21
        
        
          21: Position the weights inside before attaching the
        
        
          cabin, and leave room for the thickness of the body
        
        
          ends. You can read the gram numbers on the metal to
        
        
          see how much weight I needed to add.
        
        
          Dirk Reynolds has been model
        
        
          railroading since the dinosaurs
        
        
          roamed the earth. His family
        
        
          comes from Dupo, Illinois, and
        
        
          his grandfather engineered the
        
        
          "doodlebug" motor car that ran from
        
        
          St. Louis, Missouri to Marion, Illinois.
        
        
          Dirk also ran his own hobby shop for 9 years in Dupo, Illinois
        
        
          under the name of Reynolds Railways. It closed in early 2010,
        
        
          but he is now operating out of his home in Columbia, Illinois
        
        
          under the name of Dirk's Trains.
        
        
          He attends all the local train shows, and runs The Warrior
        
        
          Express show that began in February 11, 2012 in Arnold,
        
        
          Missouri. Contact Dirk at