Diesel locos
Motive power for Hobbs End
Hobbs End has 3 diesels on it's roster.
The first is an Athearn BB SW7.To this one I added roof mounted air tanks and spark arrestors.It is painted in the railroad colors,maroon top,black bottom with yellow lettering.
Locomotive Sounds
Hi I am looking for a source of MP3´s of Locomotive train sounds of generic steam and diesel locomotives along with just train sounds to play from an iPhone when running a layout due to the fact that I don´t have DCC if anyone knows where I can find some that would be great.
A Few Engines Going East
These were just outside of Midland Texas. It was not a long train, guess it was mostly to move engines.
Regards, John
You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening. <> Creighton Abrams
New Atlas N-Scale S-2
Received my new Atlas N-Scale S-2 this weekend and was completely blown away. This is the first sound equipped N-scale locomotive I have purchased and the quality is outstanding. I am a little apprehensive about taking the body shell off of the chassis to repaint for my home railroad. See short video below and a link to my review at my blog.
Questions on athhearn blue box switcher locos
I have a couple questions regarding vintage athhearn blu box locos
these particular ones are switchers of varies body types but the chassis and gear drive setups seems to be of two types regardless of body shell. I am guessing one types is older than the other.
one type has an aluminum (I think) flywheel and a "split" gearbox which comes apart down the centreline and whose "truck details" are integrated,
HO Locomotive Ditch Light Installation questions
Since my freelanced DM Rail Group is set in the modern "nowadays" era, I've had to run under a Federal Model Railroad Administration waiver (a/k/a "modeler's license") because my locomotives do not have working ditch lights.
Orange Blossom Cannonball 1 to 1 scale
No, it's not a model! This weekend there is a big festival in Winter Garden, Florida and the Orange Blossom Special has excursion trips from Winter Garden to Ocoee Florida which is about a 25 minute trip. I grabbed my new camcorder and caught the train as it was leaving Ocoee. I was hoping they would be using their steam engine but they used the diesel instead.
IAIS's West End - The search for the perfect GP38-2
Over the years, I've made a number of attempts at modeling Iowa Interstate GP38-2s. I've never built one I'd consider anywhere close to "perfect", but the just-released Athearn Genesis model, factory-painted for IAIS, is close enough that my search for something better is over. I thought it might be interesting to show the progression over the years.
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