Charles, This past weekend I had installed one of the new Proto87 crossings. Unfortunately, I used a crossing with the wrong angle. By the time I had...
Hi, I lurk here but don't think I have posted much, if at all. Anyway, i have lived outside of Ft Collins for 8 years and it is a great place to live....
Thanks Tom. I had a good trip. Saw a few BNSF trains go by, but none while I was actually walking along the tracks on campus! I think I'll find out in a week...
Alex, hope it works out for you. Feel free to contact me if you need any additional info or anything. Tom L.To: nscaletraction@yahoogroups.com From:...
Hi All, I do not know if my previous attempts at hanging my overhead were beginner's luck or what, but for the past two weekend's I have been trying to hang...
When I hang wire I start at the areas where the junctions will be. The wire is left hanging to the opposite pole but not connected. I continue to hang wire...
Yes, except my overhead wire do not stay tight enough, or in the holes enough to adjust with out tacking it up. I am probably using the wrong wire for the...
I use the same wire. Do you pull the wire tight while soldering the regular sections? I use a couple pairs of forceps rather than my fingers or pliers. After...
Thanks for the help! I do use pull-offs on curves. I first layout the wire from single arm to single arm using my finger to pull the wire in two places just...
-maybe they could paint them historic colors (after the fashion of CDOT and its "New Haven" trains) in yellow Connecticut Co. ???? -street clearances in...
Two questions: 1) Bachmann advertises its street cars as operating on a minimum radius of 11" which is no where near the radius needed for city street running....
Tom, GHB International presently has 2 body styles that use the Bachmann Brill chassis. One is a double truck Birney and the other a variation as a typical...
1. Bachmann trolleys (the older-design PCC and Brill deck roof, as well as the newer Spectrum Peter Witt, all run well on my Tomix 140mm (5.5 inch)radius...
The Bachmann Brill and PCC have NO problem traversing 103mm (4 in) radius curves offered by Tomix. The Peter Witt can only handle the 140mm. Many of the...
The Model Power single-trucker is not a Birney, even though many people call it so. (Some people call any four-wheel car a Birney, especially on Ebay, where...
1706 is at Branford... that's the so-called "curb side convertible". I don't have easy access to my cars right now, we've got a lot of stuff tucked in odd...
Hey Chic, I finally did it! I finally got it right. Both switches and the crossing. I went step by step one switch and then the orher, then the tails from...
Hi All, Just posted video of the working switches and crossing in action. I also did a quick overview of the new parts and the general composition of the...
... Looks good! The wires seem to be nice and taut. The best test is to let a car run for half an hour over the same route. If you don't get any derailments or...
Maarten, Thanks, I have to try that... I still have some sticking points around the layout, I was just happy to get all the track intersection running as...
Thanks to everybody for their responses. I genuinely appreciate your help. In addition to the modeling information, I was interested in the remark about...
I have created an album of photos titled "Micro Layout 2" showing my new 28 inch x 18 inch N scale layout. It uses Tomix track. The radius of the curves and...
