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AS 616 Replacement Trucks

Fri, 2021-06-25 10:51 — crogers

Locos and rolling stock

I have an original HO scale Stewart AS 616, the one that uses and Athearn type drive with the three axle trucks. I have found that there is enough play in the center axle that allows the axle to drop out of the gearing. This seems to be caused by the bottom gearbox cover being too flexible. Has anyone replaced these trucks and what did you use. I would like to use the commonwealth side-frames that came with the original trucks. I have contacted Bowser and they do not have a replacement.

The car with the scratched Buckeyes---no paint

Fri, 2021-06-25 05:35 — bobby pitts

This is my scratched Tetrahydrofuran car I built the Buckeyes for!

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Conrail MT4 and MT6 Help

Wed, 2021-06-23 18:41 — MEC Fan

Reading another thread and the subject of slugs came up.

This had me thinking about one of my favorite fallen flags. Conrail..

I did some looking and from what I can tell Conrail only used GP10 rebuilds mated to MT4 slugs,

and only the SD38s with the MT6 slugs...

I have not come across any oddball units being wired for "mother" service.

Can anybody think of a unit other then a GP10 or SD38 mated to a slug for Conrail?

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Rivarossi 0-8-0 Switcher

Wed, 2021-06-23 05:28 — railandsail

I recently acquired one of these little switchers that is missing the front boiler cover and the water heater,..

https://ho-scaletrains.com/ahm-0-8-0-switcher/

AHM 0-8-0 Switcher - HO-Scale Trains Resource

hidden box's

Wed, 2021-06-23 01:33 — packnrat

Locos and rolling stock

going through a number of storage boxes so far i have found 20 auto cars, and 10 mega auto parts box cars. (plus some with no frames). then the extra long pig flats (count? looks to be another 10). my container train (rolling stock only) must be a good 50+ feet long.

and the layout i am trying to build will have the min main of about 32 inches. kinda tight for all this.

i need a far bigger place to build my empire. good thing i live alone. thinking a couple holes in a wall to use one of the bedrooms also. (using the front room now).