Dear Greg, I think that Tropicana (orange juice) had these decorated first in white and later in an orange scheme. Both had the orange juice female figure. ...
Roller bearing archbar truck were and are a reality. The WLE used cars so equiped on line dating back into the 1920s. Also some of the Latin American roads...
I just received my Lionel AF UP Mikado and have would like to change the coupler on the tender over to the scale Kadee coupler. Is there anyone on here that...
... Service group and hundreds were painted blue. Here in the last year or so the UPFE has been buying them back and just changing the reporting marks. Hi...
... Perhaps one or more S manufacturers who also subscribe to this mailing list could share with us the sort of marketing research they currently do before...
If any of you want the Amity PFE reefer kit, I have 3. Best offer(s) plus postage for 1, 2, or all 3 by next week at this time can buy them. I have one...
Scott, I have done it and it looks great. What I did was cut a piece of 1/8" thick styrene to the shape of the gear box. I then mounted that to the tender...
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... This would be done as "cluster housing". ... Some towns up here have almost no rules. You can do what you want ! ... Zero dot. ??? ... Any person can...
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If you have access to TRAINS magazine, check out the photo on Pages 42/43 of the November 2005 issue. Neat photo! An IC 2-8-2 pulling mixed freight in...
I posted a photo of a mech reefer in the photo section under the folder named BAR. Is this the same reefer folks have been discussing in multiple threads? ...
57 foot ... Hi Vince, Looks similiar to the PFE cars to me. Do you know how long it is?.....dave ... Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane...
He didn't have Homasote. If it turned to putty it was only regular paper board masquerading as Homasote. Homasote is a patented (since expired but still...
Morning list, Just wanted to pass on, if you have a Hobby Lobby in your area, it might be worth a check as they are marking down some trains and vehicles for...
... Yep. Before I joined our HO club they had already built most of the layout. They had used "Homasote" but this stuff swelled easily and caused many track...
... Beer showers, eh? Never tried that one yet but it sounds beauty eh? Good reason to put a brewery on the layout with a spigot, eh? cheers, Andy Malette...
I forgot to list this in the earlier post, but Toy's R Us has a house brand construction set for 14.99, with a crane that is worth twice the cost, also a track...
Since I became interested in S scale, I have been under the impression that the terms "American Flyer" and "Hi-Rail" were references to the same standards......
John, I consider myself a hi-rail modeler. But I do not collect much AF, except for a few of the newer items, like the very realistic ATSF crane and crane ...
John...... "American Flyer" refers to toy trains sold by the A.C.Gilbert Company and/or Lionel Corporation which purchased the A.C.Gilbert Co years ago and...
I am looking for some help. Several years ago Pacific Raill Shops offered 40' single door boxcars lettered for the Nickel Plate in the 17500 seris (4...
My definition is that if you run AM and SHS products on code 125 or 148 rail, use what SHS calls "Flyer compatible" and AM calls "Hirail" wheels then you are a...
Hmmmm For those on a tight budget, I think this might be of interest. http://tinyurl.com/8weg8 I wonder if it is possible to enlarge these to 1:64? Could make...
Tom, Yes I finished the Railmasters CN G8. I actually have 3 now. Also have 3 CN GM NF210's. Any ideas on how best to get those containers into 1:64? A few of...
... From: "Andrew Baird" <andrew.baird@...> For those on a tight budget, I think this might be of interest. http://tinyurl.com/8weg8 I wonder if it is...
and he notes - This might save a little time. I imported the 20' "Hamburg Sud" image and increased resolution from 72 to 100 for easier calculation. Then I...
Just wanted to post a short note to convey my thanks to the Central Jersey S Scalers for all their hard work on this past weekend's Fall S Get Together. It was...
Just listening to all the definitions explains why we have to have definitions like "hi-rail". The only problem is that it often confuses folks that are new to...