There are a couple of photos of what appears to be someone's scratchbuilt efforts t build a PCC in G scale in the Photos section. Whatever became of this...
... Hi, Joe; That was sent by the man who ran Fox Valley Model Works several years back. His reappearance here raised so much ire at his previous projects that...
Jan, What problems were experienced with Fox Vally, if I may ask ? I ordered several cars from them about 10 years ago and never had a problem. I also met them...
... I direct you attention to Message #2446, when John first mentioned his PCC project. We had a very lengthy and involved thread on his Birney project and...
Jan, I went to message 2446 and saw John's post but I failed to find any subsequent consternation. I remember when Fox Valley said they (he) would make a...
... There have been some reports of "he said" - "we said" with folks being out some money and the Fox Valley guy saying he shipped the order. Right now he has...
As Bob so rightly states, this appears to be a case of "he said, they said". I spent the better part of the afternoon going through each of the 2500+ postings...
Does anyone know if Railhead Publications will do another Traction Prototype & Models Plan Book? I have Volume One. Unless they went out of buisness....
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May 7, 2005 9:57 am
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The East Penn Trolley Meet is this weekend in Philadelphia. Is anyone planning on attending, and if so, can you be persuaded to forward a report (photos ??) of...
An inquiry for the group at large... What does everyone use for decals and lettering ? Does anyone have any experience (and hopefully success) at printing ...
I have used Old & Weary "G' gauge decals with great success, however the last time I checked they were out of stock. Robert Dustin make custom decals and I...
http://gold.mylargescale.com/StanCedarleaf/WebPageDecals/CustomDecalsx.html I have had good dealings with Stan at the above site. He is reasonable, willing to...
In a message dated 5/11/2005 2:28:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, Electroliner805@... writes: Joseph, What does everyone use for decals and lettering ? ...
Once again some of us will be gathering at the Illinois Railway Museum over the 4th of July weekend to enjoy the sites and sounds of the IRM. The trolley...
Happy for you; sorry for us, Drew. Maybe the guy who bought the shell of Modeltec out of bankruptcy and is trying to resurrect it would like a "going concern"...
Hello everyone, I am a new member to this group. I was searching on web for some things and found this group. I had no idea it existed. I usually work with...
... Welcome Joel. Some of the list members do the same by volunteering at the Illinois Railway Museum. Sometimes it is hard to make the choice in size from...
Checking back through old posts, I see Bachmann trolleys can manage a 10 inch radius curve. Is this the radius of the inner rail pr the track centres?...
... I think I got that from the centerline of the circle I laid out on a hunk of plywood. The rails were soldered to some brass crossties; I was trying to find...
... I think it is a pretty universal convention to refer to track radius referenced to the centerline of the track. ... Well, that is a very tight radius in...
I found these some time ago and saved the pics to my hard drive. Here are links to the source of the pictures. It is form the East Penn trolley site photo...
... Many of our 'toys', especially freight cars, are designed to go around sharper curves than the ptototypes might - thus truck mounted couplers for example....
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