http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMqX-9a73T8 Or ... when I operate my model tram system it looks like this ...(:D George Barsky ... myhosting.com - Premium...
Sadly I have lost the feel in a few of my fingers, and assembling N scale kits it both a challenge of dropping small parts many times, and just not having the...
Ed I just read about your hands and the numbness. I was sad to hear and was thinking it could happen to use all. I am 62 now and you never know. Eric ...
Alex- The only pics i have are in the Sept/Oct issue of the NTrak newsletter, pg# 11. When i set up the test bench, i will have more detailed pics of the...
I am 88 and am working on the West Penn car. Have the Bachmann gas el. mechanism partialy fitted in. Do not give up even when the DR's prescription screws...
I've been looking for a set of these for YEARS! ah well, the search goes on. I did see a set on the 'bay earlier this year that went for over $500 and one of...
Coming to a Yahoo group near you, a new look. If you do Facebook, then you might like a new Yahoo Groups look. Some people hate the new look but I think we...
I don't mind a new look. What I mind is being locked into having -only- that front-end when I've completely enjoyed having user options on my home computers...
I love that attitude that you have to communicate with me on face book via reading my generic life post to the world or tiny inane post to walls (for all to...
Does anyone have any information about Portable Substations? I do have both the Carstens and Kalmbach Traction books. I was hoping to find more information on...
I suppose electric railways would have them, but I've only seen 'Portable Substations' from the power company-- basically a trailer-mounted generator that...
The big problem as I see it, seeing I have other groups who have gone over to the new look, is the messages to not show the subject, they show the author. So...
I am looking for information, mostly pictures of the railcars that contained the rotary converters, transformers and other control components needed to convert...
The H&F Ry didn't have one. I've only seen a handful of images over the years, but don't know that I've seen any connected. They range from boxcars to flat...
I've posted a picture of the Boone & Scenic Valley's transformer car in my folder (Al's projects) - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nscaletraction/photos/ There...
... In the modern world they appear to be relatively rare (at least in North America). MBTA had one that was sent to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. SN...
I believe I remember plans for a PE portable substation in a Carstans traction plan book. Roundhouse also had an HO trussrod boxcar lettered for a PE...
I get the impression they were more typical of interurbans than city streetcars. Streetcar systems typically have pretty evenly distributed power needs. The...
I have posted 3 photos of a portable substation model in the photos section of this web site. It is scratch-built and based on a drawing and photo shown in an...
Hmmmm.... George Barsky ... mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange [Non-text...
I just returned from a quick two-day trip to Manhattan to see two shows and visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Thursday afternoon my wife and I were riding...
Do a model of "New York". Use large foam block buildings (replace one by one with more detailed structures). As the city is almost all pavement. Make the...
Al, I've done a fair amount of planning for the N scale module I intend to build when I retire - a module that will push the Ntrak standards to the max (16'...
