Hey Y'all; Would this make line poles too short or not? Givens and thoughts: Looking in old Kalmbach book Traction Guidebook, it says line poles for standard...
Found at Radio Shack - 10mm bright white LED :shock: Model RR suppliers list only 3mm and 5mm as far as I've seen. [i]This[/i] will make a headlight which...
Does anyone have a HLW line car or interurban? Can you post some details on the motor brick and trailing truck -- like dimensions, how far above the truck the...
Hey Y'all; Just pulled Carstens' Traction Handbook out of the mailbox. Yep, it's 76 pages are worth the money. Table of contents is in Book Depot section of...
Hey Y'all; Have some thing of success with kitbashing a 4 bulb Milwaukee-ish headlight from a Bachmann Big Haulers 4-6-0 front light. Light itself was sawn off...
(I know this is not primarily an historical or prototype group, but I thought this was interesting enough to warrant posting) December 28, 1889 First car on...
I rarely get extended time away from work, so an extended holiday weekend like Thanksgiving is something I always look forward to so I can really get some...
I created a folder called "overhead" in the files section. There are 4 images that deal with line poles and the spacing of various appliances thereunto. These...
Hey Y'all; In photo album Forrest's Projects are in-progress shots of HLW Sparky headlight changes going from bulb and plastic rod to white LED with reflector....
All, I just posted a few new images of my new freight motor. It is a Bachmann baggage shell, on a Bachmann combine chassis, using Light rails roof ends. I...
I ordered an Occre Madrid Tram after seeing several post about Occre Kits on this formum. I have not received my kit yet but I wanted to know what is the best...
Hey Y'all; Finally figured out how HLW Sparky comes apart. 1. Motor block snaps into bottom at one end, other held by flat rectangular tab hook. Tab snap is...
Hey Y'all; After talking a while back about ideas for scratch building something, am finally taking action to have a large scale Trolley. Ordered today an...
I see Aristo says the PCC should be out soon, on their web site that is posted in the forum by Polk. Jerry -- Jerry Barnes 75495 Road 436 Lexington, NE 68850 ...
Dear, Born in Belgium in 1955, as a tram fan, I have had the priviledge to travel across Europe from an early age. Regarding OcCre trams, I have traveled in...
Hello Group, I have three(3) sets of Model Trolley System 1:24 Brill 77E1 Truck Castings for sale. Two sets are complete, one set does not have the keeper bars...
I was given a 5 car, HO cast brass interurban set including… 1 powered freight motor (may be a home-built mechanism) 1 baggage express car 1 powered coach...
I have some molded/cast Bachman streetcar side frames I made for my Trolley. One set for $20, that includes USA shipping. Jerry -- Jerry Barnes 75495 Road 436 ...
Well it's a pre-war one.Still in very early stages as I'm building from 2 pictures.I'll see if I can put a picture in the folder tomorrow. I'm having a bit of...
The PCC is supposed to come out soon. Does anyone know about the control system? Revolution or dcc? what will work with overhead power? Dennis Uriarte....
Let's not forget Karl of Light Rail Products in our discussion and his conversion parts for Bachmann open-platform passenger cars and associated parts....
Garden Rail (UK-Atlantic Publishers) May 2009 (#177) issue, page 23. The builder used a LGB ICE train and with some deft surgery converted it into a four-unit...
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