i am thinking about buying a new locomotive. I am not sure which company to go with eather Lionel American Flyer, American Models, and s-helper. I was thinking...
In a big box with roadbed and track I have found a piece I cannot identify. It has a black plastic base much like the base of an AF 90 degree crossing. It...
Well...I found a dealer that has a Big Boy available for me for $649, shipping included! I think that is a good price from what I am seeing if other dealers...
Has anyone tried running an AF Big Boy on S-Helper S-Trax? How did it do? Forward and reverse? Through S-Trax turn-outs both directions as well. Thanks....
I have quite a few of these recent A.F. by Lionel cars , most of them have never been out of the box , and yet the truck side frames are falling off , poor...
S-Scale and S-Gauge (1/64th) S-TrainsI'm working on a 314 AW and the coil in the tender seems weak. It will barely close the contacts enough to make the...
I am sorry that this discussion of the unwanted emails continue, but I did file a complaint with yahoo and I recommend all of you who get emails from him do...
Well up until now, I've been mostly ignored by our "friend". (I got 3 today.) But I just clicked "spam" on my Norton Internet Security program and it asked...
Hi Folks, The poll is closed and the results are as follow: Question Would you prefer that this Yahoo group remain public or become private? Remain as is: 82% ...
Hi, Got my big boy today. The bottom of the tender has a two position slide switch. It is marked Rail and Signal. I saw no mentioned of it in the manual. What...
I was having trouble with the BB tender going through Tom's turnouts and also riding up the rails on curves when going in reverse. I'm using SHS flex track...
- GreetingS - Ron Inscho, you are right on target. Banker Bill has a controller that has gotten weak. The old selenium diodes develop a bit of voltage drop ...
I have some Christmas car duplicates......For sale OBO or TRADE ....If anyone needs the 1999 Boxcar-($200) or the Holiday gondola with trees($50) also the...
... To: S-Trains@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 7:26 AM Send me a check for 95 and I will send you the difference back . . . . . . . . . . . ....
I have one S Helper Christmas Car 2009 for sale. $85 plus shipping. New in box, never taken out. Mike Marmer [Non-text portions of this message have been...
YES, Paradiso IS the only pizza shop in town, "johnnie" does a nice pizza and great sandwiches, too. Jim Lyle [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I have a dealer table at a local train show on Saturday where I will off some surplus S gauge items for sale. There will be quite a bit of surplus AF rubber...
We spent a good hour or so with Jim, as I learn some new things in building of layouts that I can use on my layout. And I delivered, as promised, one dozen...
Linda and I just got back from another wonderful weekend in Lancaster, where the outlet stores are all over US 30, but we are not there for designer clothes,...
Something you might want to consider is the electronics. What are you using to run your trains now? Regular AC power? Flyonel (Flyer made by Lionel),...
Thanks, Carl! I immediately sent this on to my grandson (age 2) and to my wife's nephew (age 8), both of whom love model trains. Dave in Maryland [Non-text...
We are in the process of making a deal with a manfacturer of 1/64th scale, highly detailed, cast metal trucks (cargo, 22 ft. Semi & 40 ft. Semi) to produce...