Hi All Just a note; The "Denver & Cat Canyon RR" will host an operating session Tues. nite Sept. 4. anyone interested in attending please e-mail me off list. ...
... On the UP's former SP Sunset Route across the southwestern US, there are hotbox detectors every dozen miles or so. If one is triggered, the train reduces...
Hi All, I'll be in Brookfield, WI from the 9th to the 14th and I'm wondering if there are any layouts available for an evening visit? Thanks, Dennis Drury ...
For operation, including cutting, and coupling cars, would it be reasonable to use KADEE #158's for Narrow Gauge for HO, and the regular #5's (#148 with...
Roofwalks, ACI labels, Wheel inspection yellow dots... are all issues I am looking at as well. Check: http://tinyurl.com/29bzsa or Google: "ACI labels, Chick"...
This was covers on the Steam Era Freight Car list <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/> a couple of years ago. This list notes most significant but not all...
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Sep 4, 2007 8:17 pm
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Ken: I have been using KD #58's since they came out - and then Accumate scale couplers since they came out. While slightly oversize for type "D" couplers they...
Speaking strictly from an operations stand point, I run 25 to 50 car trains, I have a helper grade and we run "Poosher's" (Helpers) on most eastbound trains. ...
I've not seen problems with #58's mating with #5's. In the past I've had P2k wheels with bent axles or the axles not quite centered in the wheels resulting in...
Charlie Comstock
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Sep 5, 2007 4:08 pm
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... From "12,000 Days On The North Western Line" by Eugene M. Lewis: Page 162 (1951): "Cresting the hill, Alexander applied the dynamic brakes bringing the...
The standards at my club are all metal wheels, and all metal couplers. (ie, Kadees only). The majority of cars are #5s, but there are a number with #58s, and...
"36" wheels are on 100 ton cars and up. I don't believe anything in the 1950s would have had these wheels." Passenger cars had 36" wheels, and I think a few...
I live near the old NYC mainline just down from Syracuse. Many times on the way home I'll stop and watch a train or two go by.But about every 9 months or so...
Guys A group of our OPS guys are heading toward Altoona, Pa the last week of September. They are looking for some OPS to participate in. If any one is having a...
... The "train on fire" mention brings back a memory of a Tuesday night this past July. The Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) runs through CSX's South Kearny...
Dieter Zakas
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Sep 6, 2007 1:08 am
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... Boy, I'll say. The only time I've ever had reason to call in something was about eight or nine years ago (pre 911). The UP (ex CNW) Chicago - Clinton ...
Hi Everyone, The Chicago area hosts a Prototype Modelers meet each year at the end of October. This year the seminar runs from Oct 25 to 28 in Naperville,...
... 20 yrs or more ago I was at Columbus MS at the C&G Ry Columbus yard, watching a westbound freight depart. After about 2/3s of the train had passed, I...
I have similar results to Charlie: a few of my cars have the #58's and I have had no problem with their coupling to #5's which is the only other coupler on the...
"Also I have a few Kadee #58's and they do not mate as well with #5's as advertised." I did not mean it to say that they are awful, only that they simply are...
... Hello Ken, To answer your first question, Kadee #58 couplers are HO scale models of the "Type E" coupler I believe. They are more sized to standard gauge...
Thanks to all for responding about 'civilian' reporting. Given the area, I have these details always at hand (now that is): 1. Milepost 2. road crossing name ...
Folks, As posted up by ted Schnepf earlier, Ted will have his wonderfull O gauge layout open on Saturday. This wonderfull O gauge layout is a must see if you...
Another tip: If you see a problem, start counting the cars remaining in the train and you can tell the person on the phone how many cars from the hind end the...
... I too have used paper shims for 35+ yrs to raise KD couplers in all manner of draft gear boxes-pockets. Photocopy paper, the KD #5 paper envelope,...
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