Hi Richard; Interesting. In a thread on these cars on the Steam Era Freight Cars list people found several in-service photos of black cars, but none of the...
Hi All, What is the total wheelbase, including the tender, for the C&O T-1 2- 10-4? The wheelbase of the PRR J-1 should not be significantly different so if...
The company making the Rollie Holders is Railway Engineering. http://www.railwayeng.com/gauges.htm I talked to Steve Hatch at the NNGC last month and he said...
Rusty - you just hit on the reason that nickel silver drivers that actually slip on the rails when the motor approaches stall are a good idea. It is far...
That's why I posted on the Milwaukee Road car. Builders and shop photos are generally the ones in Cyclopedias, but they don't guarantee the paint scheme ever...
The Pennsylvania Railroad's official diagram for the J-1 gives the following wheelbases and principal dimension: a.. driving wheels (rigid wheelbase) -- 24'...
Hey Rusty We have tinkering fubars in the Mid West too! Pittmans turn LokSound 3.5s into smoke units. Was too far away to see if it lit up the firebox, but...
Thanks for reminding me.... Maybe we can try it again Saturday night! I do recall smoke coming out of the stack and the cab - and that puppy has a long...
Maybe I missed it in the earlier thread; how many units of that brass model were built?? Same question, how many, for the Alco Models RS-3; 106 comes to mind,...
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... How do you install thrust washers in an old open frame motor? I have several Rex engines with DC-71 motors with various amounts of play in the armatures....
and he notes - ..."I've always heard the permanent magnet can be weakened unless precautions are taken. Is there any truth to that?... " Yes there is and what...
Hi Ed and anyone else who might be interested-- The total wheelbase of a RRM T-1 2-10-4 is very close to 116 scale feet or 20 real inches. I did not measure...
Hi Bill -- Yes, there is some truth to the magnets getting weaker from disassembly, but they probably need remagnetizing anyway... It used to be that any...
Hi Gerry -- Even Sandie was willing to go to this one! Maybe next year when we have our money again (sure...). Have fun! Bill [Non-text portions of this...
I replaced my turbine's plated-NS drivers with stainless steel ones that Jim's arm was twisted into providing. I do not find that the SS wheels grip better...
Gents... Once upon a time, many moons ago, Mr. J. Padgett brought two locos with him to the mighty NYC. Identical in every respect save one. One loco had SS...
Not trying to create another "coupler incident"...tried real hard to stay out of the "track Gage" discussion...now for drivers..I am of the opinion that if you...
Hi Guys, Here is my J&L car. http://www.lanestrains.com/Tank_Cars.htm More photos are here: http://www.lanestrains.com/Custom_Painting.htm I lucked out and ...
This will answer all your questions. The difference between Mike's 1 and 2 is that Mike's 2 is a little thicker and has no odor. Both are very thin, the...
I think in theory Ed and his friend might be right, however in a practical sense a 'weak link' is often engineered into a product. After my father-in-law...
Don Thompson approached me many years ago do photograph a bunch of models for the Model Railroraders tribute to S's 50th anniversary. I readied 3-4 of my...
... <snip> It's made to be the weak link and ... Bob...That sounds like a neato' concept. And, it could easily be applied to a model locomotive. Pick the...
Good morning Group: My name is Bill & I just moved to Massena, NY. We had a new house built in massena to be close to 2 of my sons @ 4 grand children. The...
... Shoot, Bill, the post is too short!!!!!! What era, road, etc are you modeling???? Welcome to the group! Take care Bill -- ============== Scale Model...
... Logic would lead one to believe rust will be a problem when using steel. As Dr. Spock would say: "That DOES compute!" However, anecdotal reports from...
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