That sucks... I never knew him, but used his website for reference materials for building small layouts. I hope all his knowledge (website) is kept online or...
Model Rail Radio Traction Show Saturday 03/19/2011 07:20 PM EDT EPISODE36 - ModelRailRadio (Traction) As I was listening to the March 5th show, a request for...
I've just created an album of my modules. The initial MDF tops have been cut and trackwork has been penciled in. Now some thickness and support need to be...
Sounds great! If you don't mind sharing, what are the dimensions of your layout? I was trying to figure it out from the yard stick and shoes lying nearby, but...
A lot of the color schemes for the PCC cars can be found on either in San Francisco or Kenosha WI today. The bodies may not be correct for the original...
You can get a bit more particular than either post or pre war styles. Asking to identify a particular PCC style is almost as bad as asking to identify a right...
George, Can you please post a list of the current N scale manufacturers of running N scale PCCs with their websites. Prices of their current N scale offerings...
There are not many choices in N scale, so Bachmann is it as far as I know. However, other scales have done some nice models and also some ho hum PCC models....
or what if Con Cor did their prewar PCC in N scale? I don't know much about the econimics of model manufacturing but it seems like they would be halfway there...
The body would be no problem with Bowser but Con-Cor should correct their shell first. But the body is much less than 25% of the entire issue.. The major...
I've updated the photo section with my 1st trolley layout. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nscaletraction/photos/album/2076213875/pic/list It is not complete - -...
Huck is right, the body is the easiest part to make. The key is the chassis. It took Bachmann over twenty years to come out with a third streetcar design. It...
I was on the Bachmann site the other day and they are doing a single truck car in HO with operating pole. I sent Bachmann a note (about the other thing I was...
The modules displace and area of 410mm x 820mm. Initially this made sense because of my track spacing. After later modification to the location of the track...
I had a back and forth e-mail conversation with Con Cor about the chances of the pre-war PCC in N....NOT! They finally said thy were having enough problems...
I realize the chances of getting a RTR PCC from a big company are slim. Yes, our best hope is for someone to do a shell, maybe something that would fit the...
The closest are Tomix are the TM-03 and TM-04. The wheels are 33 inches though. The chassis are also too tall and wide. Does NWSL make the 28 inch wheels for...
Its funny that I just read this thread as I was on another thread reminiscing about old hobby shops we used to frequent. I was in Macks hobby shop on Allegheny...
There is a real opportunity here for something between the "old school Hong Kong" Bachmann PCC and Brill design, and the latest Peter Witt with DCC, etc....
Hi Al, The general prototype practice on trolley lines was to have the line poles on the ouside of curves, not inside, so intermediate pull-off wires could be...
The 'oddball' San Francisco PCC represented a 'today' line that gets over 22,000 riders every day, including visitors for all over the world. Custom Traxx...
Richard, Thanks for your imput. The 'circles' are following a one-way street, as in a 'round-a-bout'. The cars would be on the right side of the trolley,...
I think that in order to satisfy the the majority of us no single Prewar or Postwar body would be correct. So, I propose a modular body just like prototype did...
