Hi all - just a quick note to let you know that I have placed a link in the 'NWNG Postcard' folder in the Files section titled "2003 NWNG Fall Meet". The date...
Greetings All, I'm working on a couple of old TSM D&RGW 6200 series flatcars. One or maybe two of the white metal "cut down standard gauge bolsters" isn't cast...
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trains4ms@...
trains4ms
Jul 12, 2003 10:48 pm
I'm wondering what brand and scale of ballast some of you are using for cinders in your yards? Thanks, Mike Schwab San Lorenzo Southern [Non-text portions of...
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dwoodrell
Jul 13, 2003 3:48 pm
Hi, Mike, Well, I hope this will be a topic that generates some comments, because I KNOW there are a lot of good ideas floating around! I personally have...
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trains4ms@...
trains4ms
Jul 13, 2003 9:56 pm
Hi Jim, They sure look nice. I can't wait for my "Christmas" to come. Mike Schwab San Lorenzo Southern [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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James S. Brown
brown1706
Jul 13, 2003 10:30 pm
Hi guys - I've set up a link in the *Cyber-Articles* folder with a few pics of my DCC installation on #456, should anyone else be venturing down this path....
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sadepolo
Jul 14, 2003 3:02 am
Mike: You may want to take a look at Highball Products brand Limestone Ballast. It come in about six or seven colors including "Cinders" in sizes ranging...
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James S. Brown
brown1706
Jul 14, 2003 3:15 am
Hi Mike - may as well weigh in on this topic too.. <G> I've used the Woodland Scenics 'Cinders' on my layout, but I've been varying the textures a bit: I've...
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Todd A Ferguson
rgs1892
Jul 14, 2003 1:30 pm
Jim, I think they look pretty darn nice! Are you one of the few who got the NON Foreground versions? I got my 455 and 463 that way so maybe they will arrive...
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Jim Brown
jimbbelpacific
Jul 14, 2003 1:49 pm
Hi Todd - yes, I am one of the few FP-only guys: I couldn't see any wisdom in risking scuffing up Jimmy's artwork when installing my DCC decoders! <G> Plus I...
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Randall M. Smith
randall_smit...
Jul 14, 2003 1:58 pm
I like all the extras in the Foreground models, but I know how hard DCC installation can be on Jimmy's weathering, so I requested that the model be shipped to...
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Jim Brown
jimbbelpacific
Jul 14, 2003 2:52 pm
Hi Randy - the ONLY (possible) pitfall that I could see is what the factory speaker installation looks like, and whether it will compromise the remaining space...
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Jim Brown
jimbbelpacific
Jul 14, 2003 6:32 pm
HI guys - just wondering whether anyone might have a couple of those little individual PFM micro-miniature plugs (actually, sockets) kicking around that were...
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Marty McGuirk
intermountai...
Jul 14, 2003 8:21 pm
Jim, I can't wait for my 1930s 473 to show up -- I really hope it's BEFORE the convention, and not after. Marty!...
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Roger Schenck
sn3forroger
Jul 15, 2003 12:33 am
I bought some directly from PFM a couple of years ago, but if you can`t do that I will send you some at my cost. Roger Schenck...
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Marc D. LaChey
cel1995mdl
Jul 15, 2003 3:29 am
Kenny Collins and I are having his one and my three new engines shipped here for decoder installation first. We plan to return them for Foreground Weathering...
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James S. Brown
brown1706
Jul 15, 2003 5:32 am
Hi Roger - I think that I've come up with a solution: the smallest diameter copper tubing - 1/16" I think - has an ID that fits the material that I use for my...
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JD
jdmckee1
Jul 15, 2003 7:37 am
... shipped here for decoder installation first. We plan to return them for Foreground Weathering after Kenny has installed decoders in each of them. ... ...
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Marc D. LaChey
cel1995mdl
Jul 15, 2003 12:40 pm
Jeff, let us know sometime when you are in town and we'll try to arrange a visit for you. As for DCC systems, our preference was EASYDCC by CVP. Marc ... From:...
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Marty McGuirk
intermountai...
Jul 15, 2003 7:22 pm
I have a question that I simply cannot find an "easy" answer to, although I'm sure one exists! We've all seen the big standard gauge railroad icing platforms,...
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Jim Brown
brown1706
Jul 15, 2003 8:33 pm
Hi Marty - Brian Pate has been generously sharing some photographs that he took in the latter years of the narrow gauge with us all, which I have been cycling...
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Marty McGuirk
intermountai...
Jul 15, 2003 9:12 pm
Hi Jim, I think I remember the Alamosa photo as well. Tim at BHI-Rail Systems, which publishes those little pocket "Quick Pic" Guides to narrow gauge rolling...
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Roger Schenck
sn3forroger
Jul 16, 2003 1:06 am
The Durango ice house was used to ice the standard gauge reefers when the Farmington Branch was standard gauge. There was a platform along the side away from...
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Bob Webber
drgwm64
Jul 16, 2003 1:27 am
Be wary too, of notes that indicate "ice house". There are three kinds, Gunnison, for example had two - one for ice boxes and one for more car-specific...
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trains4ms@...
trains4ms
Jul 16, 2003 1:45 am
Hi Guys, Thanks to all who took the time to respond to my ballast question. A friend is going to Sacramento on Wednesday and he will check out the ballast at...
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Marty McGuirk
intermountai...
Jul 16, 2003 4:01 pm
Bob (and all): So, the key questions, at least for me are: 1. Was it even necessary to ice the refrigerator cars used on the Chili Line? 2. If the answer is...
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Brian Pate
bpateca
Jul 16, 2003 4:09 pm
Hi Marty, Jim et al The photos I took of reefer icing at Alamosa (and I took a whole bunch more than were published on the NWNG site) were of standard gauge...
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Jim Brown
jimbbelpacific
Jul 16, 2003 4:16 pm
Hi Marty - there was a kit put out quite a few years ago by 'The Hopper Line' for an icing platform. I believe that it was freelance (in the style of John...
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Marty McGuirk
intermountai...
Jul 16, 2003 4:31 pm
... From: h81644 [mailto:H81644@...] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:22 PM To: Sn3@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Sn3] Staging Questions Hi Folks, I am...
