Steam locos
Steam Loco Tender Weight?
With all due respect to Joe's suggestion to try things for yourself, that is slightly impractical in this case, so I'll ask for advice and hopefully have a good starting point for experimentation, if nothing else.
Is there any generally accepted guideline for determining the ideal weight for a steam locomotive's tender? Failing that, what do you do that has worked well for you? Is the NMRA recommendation for freight cars applicable in this case as well, or is there a better standard because of the different application?
Need ID!!!
I recently purchased my first HO brass locomotive after spending more than 20 years longing for one. As someone who likes to build/kitbash/super-detail locomotives when I have the time, which I have not had in a long time, (see some of my old blogs here on modifying/detailing Tyco/Mantua and Roundhouse kit locos) I, of course, went for what appeared to be a semi-completed brass kit. Since my project road is the Tallulah Falls Railroad (again, blogs) I opted for a loco suited to that road, a 2-6-0.
Converting a Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-0 into an Illinois Central 2-8-2
In this posting, I hope to document my conversion of a Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-0 into an Illinois Central 2-8-2.
CN and CP Manitouwadge subdivisions - railroads you can model
When I was 14 or 15, I met my friends, or shall I say mentors, Bob and Peter Winterton who both model the CPR North of Lake Superior in Ontario. Their history lessons, modeling expertise and general knowledge inspired me to model the junction of branch lines of the CPR and CNR in Manitouwadge, ON, Canada North East of Thunder Bay, ON about 32 km's North of the Trans Canada Highway North of Superior. Both of which raced to be the first to service the Noranda Geco and Willroy Mines North of Manitouwadge.
Any tips on building a boiler tube pilot?
Some time in the future, I'm going to need a fair number of boiler tube pilots in HO scale. Here's an example, on Danville & Western Ry. #23, in 1939:
Steam locomotives have a tender behind
I actually got something done, instead of just talking about it! Well, when I say done, I mean started...
A Tsunami that has become separated from its packaging
I have a Tsunami TSU-1000 decoder which has had its packaging misplaced (don't ever open one until you are ready to install it!). It is a steam decoder but I don't know which flavor (I have several but not even a process of elimination will help me here). I've looked at the definitions for the various CVs but I haven't found anything that would help me tell which model this is.
Something You Don't Often See
Pacing videos of British steam locomotives.
Here, a BR Standard Class 4MT 2-6-0 76079 moves out on "The Cambrian", a mainline excursion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzzhFnk6ZYA You won't hear it on this clip, but the loco is equipped with a chime whistle.
And here Castle class 5043 with the return segment of a Bristol-Plymouth excursion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4r5SklgMCU
Mike
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