Locos and rolling stock

Train Stuff

How many locomotives is enough?
I'm thinking one for every foot of track and every piece of rolling stock.

Split K-Brake System on Early Hopper Car

I'm looking for a (preferably pictorial) diagram of the split K-brake system as installed on a USRA 55-ton twin-bay hopper car. I'm assembling Tichy's kit #4027 for this car and would like to add parts of the system that Tichy doesn't show, e.g. the floating lever, cylinder lever rod, lever hangers, lever-to-truck rods, complete train (air) line. For this extra detail Tichy's instructions say "...check your references for guidance...", but they don't give any examples of such references.

S2 and S4 prime movers

Did S2 and S4's ever have "non-Turbo" prime movers 

Athearn HO replacement part for head lights

I have two Athearn HO MP-AC diesels both with burned out #90672.2 Miniboard Front head lights. 

I have checked on line for a replacement and been calling Athearn service with no response. Any other modelers have this happen or know of a parts supplier?

Thanks, in advance.

Barry

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Coreless Motors in Model Trains

This was a recent posting over on the Repower/Regear groups.io   
I thought some folks here find it interesting.

White Lion Railways Railgun

Hello comrades

long time, no post

here is my most recent project, as it begins to near completion of a couple phases

a railway gun

the gun is able to be removed from the well car base as well so it can carry standard shipping containers

i am building most of the body out of index card paper, and using winter camo patterns I printed off for her livery 

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Lets Get LOADED !

The idea for this subject thread came from another forum,...particularly the catchy title. On that forum it has run since 2007, with new postings continuous over the years,... (regrettably a number of the photos posted have disappeared due to various reasons,...photobucket, etc.)  .

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Speaker recommendation?...Bass sounds

I saw this speaker recommendation on a Soundtraxx forum. Has anyone else had any experiences with such an item?

 

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Found these in progress Athearn F units

I found these in progess F units at a trainshow today. Anyone care to guess what prototype they were trying to model? 

 

Scaletrains Rivet Counter N Scale Loco Compatibility

Hi everyone. I have looked on the web and searched for comments on the compatibility of Scaletrains N scale locomotives and have not found much. Are they compatible with Kato, Broadway Limited, and/or Atlas as far as gear ratios are concerned?  Are they all the same?  I’d like to run them together but don’t want to invest unless they won’t operate well together.  Your comments on your experience would be most welcome.  Thanks.  


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