I am starting to detail my fleet of containers. Among other things, I am painting the door hardware and I've done a few of the DI 48's and one Walthers by...
I have done a couple hundred trailer and container door hardwares and all by hand with a fine paintbrush and silver paint, if you check the different doors you...
Barry, Thanks for your reply. You are of course correct about the different doors. I should have mentioned that most of my containers are the DI 48's, (~65,...
The forthcoming Microtrains 89' TOFC flats for the department of defense has me wondering: does anyone know if department of defense also moves equipment on ...
... Yes, the DOD ships equipment on flatcars owned by private corporations, however, these are cars equipped for carrying heavy equipment, NOT cars equipped...
Here's a recent photo of some Hummers I caught passing through Greensboro, N.C.: http://hhodnett.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=978249 You can see...
Here is a link to my video of my 98 trailer roadrailer train. I had 97- 53' trailers and 1- 48' trailer (modified Atlas trailer that will be painted to look...
If you are interested in seeing a kit of the 53' all-purpose Gunderson well car, run mostly by the FEC in brown or yellow, a well car that can carry a 53'...
With only two locos doing the hauling!!!! ... Elson Trinidad • Los Angeles, California, USA e l s o n @ e l s o n g s . c o m The new shade of soul:...
That's a nice looking train! Looks like it handled the curves of the layout just fine. The longest RoadRailer train I've run to date I think is 30 cars... But...
My secret to pulling the long train with only two engines was to pull the weights out of the trailers. I replaced them with 1/8th oz. in the nose of each...
I've had the same issue with the couplermate. I use to just add a MTL shim between the truck and the couplermate body to get it the right height but then you...
For those running TOFC and/or trailers on spine cars, what are you using to glue the trailers on the flats? Joe Martin Louisville, KY ... From: mav0_pm To:...
I run up to 65 factory weighted roadrailers behind 3-4 Atlas Dash 8s and have never had a problem on a club layout that has a 2.5% climb that is about 35 feet...
I use "tacky putty" that is used for hanging posters/pictures on walls. I also use it to hold my containers togoether on double stacks. Nathan Mahaffey ... ...
I also cut the coupler pocket off the couplermate and installed a 1015 body mount coupler. I still used the Atlas truck so I had to shim the mate afterwards. I...
Well the two ways of doing this that I have done is the hard way and the easy way. The hard way most poeple have done as shown by the replies here, only...
The leader of our club also runs the RoadRailers. Here is what he does: I, too, have had a problem getting the couplers on my roadrailers and modern diesels...
My problems with the trailers is that they fall off the flats because of curves and stuff. They fall off because the knobs that are casted on the trailers do...
I use a tiny, and I mean tiny, dab of white glue on one wheel of the trailer than attach to the spine or flat. That is generally enough to hold it on, and is...
The main reason I used the 1015 pockets with 2004 shafts is because I have several Kato SD 70macs and the coupler hole accepts the 2004 pocket but you need to...
Hi Joe, ... What trailers are you having trouble fitting onto which cars? Most of the RTR trailers available (MTL,Herpa (which are sold by ConCor and Deluxe...
My problem is primarily the Atlas Pines trailer on the Micro-Train flats. The Con-Cor's fit fine, but slide off eventually. Our N-Trak modules have relatively...
... I just double checked, and both the ConCor and Atlas Pines trailers fit snug in the MTL 5th wheel. I can actually turn the car over and not have the...
... Amen to that observation, seems as though the majority of derailments due to "spontaneous trailer fall off hitch failure" are at the joints of the modules,...
I have never run on Ntrak so I really can't comment on these problems, our club layout is a fixed bed layout so the only real problems on it is the occasional...
We have some of the red line curve outwards. Not sure if it is 24" radius or less. Maybe it is the joints. When I see the cars on the next lap with the rear...
I have two major modeling focus areas, and as far as intermodal goes both are BNSF. My primary end goal is a layout depicting the BNSF- era Fort Worth &...
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