Diesel locos
4 Iconic trains side-by-side
(Photo courtesy of PA)
At 06:00 BST on a fine and sunny Sunday 23rd April (10pm Pacific time Saturday) there was once only gathering of four trains and 5 iconic locomotives on the British East Coast Main Line (ECML) north of York.
Posting videos
Hello,
Could someone point me in the direction to find the post on how to upload and post a video to the forum site?
Thanks.
Stewart (Kato) F7 questions
Hi all,
I am considering getting my first F7 units (I know its strange that i don't have any yet 
). Based on what i have read on their running qualities and long term reliability, i am leaning towards getting Stewart units, either Kato built or later. I would very much appreciate your input on some specific questions i got based on the reading i have done so far.
Wiring for Ditch Lights at Both Ends
I'm trying to modify an Athearn BB SW1500 to look like one of the Terminal Railroad Association's switchers. The real prototype had ditch lights at both ends. I've got the 0603 SMD's and housings for them, but my main question is how do they get wired to a decoder? Most manuals assume you only have the front/rear headlight, and front ditch lights.
If it helps, the decoder I'm planning to use is a TCS WowSound Diesel with Keep Alive.
Thanks!
IAIS's West End - A Ready-to-Run SD20 Kitbash
Three years ago, my friend Ole Pade from Sweden completed an outstanding kitbash of IAIS SD20 103 based on an Atlas SD24. The prototype 103 had long been a favorite of mine since I once had a chance to spend some time in the cab way back when, but I'd never gotten around to modeling it, so I half-jokingly asked Ole to please give me first dibs if he ever decided to sell his model.
SD35 a Poor Puller
A few years ago I bought an HO Atlas SD35, but couldn't run it until just recently, when I finally installed an ESU LokSound decoder it. Once the installation was done I was pumped to try out my "new" loco, and was very pleased until I tried to pull a string of twelve cars up a grade that's a little less than 2%.
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Intermountain GP10s have the shakes
I recently purchased three of Intermountain Railway’s GP10s. They are a beautiful in appearance, but I’m experiencing a noticeable shake at lower speeds. This is my first experience with IM products and am wondering if others have had a similar performance issue.
I’ve been running my units for extended time to break them in but the shake is ever apparent. Seems that something is binding in the mechanism. The drive train looks solid, so my guess is something in the gears is causing the problem.
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