Hi everyone I have a question that I know somebody can answer.  I primarily use N scale stuff but when my dad passed away I found 2ea 027 steam loco's, one was made out of plastic and the other was pretty heavy cast metal.  I was thinking of setting up a small layout under the xmas tree this year, but after reading about the transformer/controller how do I know if my 027 trains run off of DC or AC.  I want to make sure I get the right controller seeing as I don't have one.  All I have is a few rolling stock and some track.

I am working on my MMR and ready to attempt to scratch build some rolling stock.  My question is, are there any web sites where I can view or download drawings (preferably free) of various types of rolling stock?  I could probably just look at a commercial model and work from that but I would rather work from an original drawing if possible.

I’m building some open cars for a tourist train, using the Central Valley 40’ freight car Floors and Frames 3-pack.  I like the look of these Edaville open cars, that used pipe railing and no roof—true open air cars.  I can’t find any other pics of these or any similar cars, narrow or standard gauge—perhaps my google-fu is weak.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

I have a Walthers Proto 2000 GP-20.  It has a factory installed tsunami sound decoder.  It runs great, however, being about a year old I want to do some basic lubrication.  The people at Walters said the shell, weights, and decoder must be removed to get to the worm.  I thought about just removing the cover plate on the bottom of each truck and lubricating them.  Does any one have experience doing this?  Any better ideas for lubricating that engine.

Thanks