Locos and rolling stock

Best place to buy/sell brass locos and caboose(s) (cabeese?)

Mon, 2014-04-28 21:01 — tsby_fan

Hi, guys-

Looking for an online source for selling brass steam engines and caboose; my (late) uncle has some that he left for me, and unfortunately are not what I am interested in. I'm a modern diesel guy! But, I would like to find out more about them and their worth. So, any place I can look online, beside eBay?

Thanks.

Al

Pullman Palace Car

Mon, 2014-04-28 17:29 — jg290

I am looking at scratch building a private car that Sloss Sheffield Steel & Iron owned, "Alabama." It was rebuilt by the Southern Railway in 1903 from Pullman "Cleopatra."

What I am trying to figure out is what size boards were used for the sides? The car was T&G construction. I can't see in a picture clear enough to count the boards. The car is 63' 10" end to end, not over the buffers.

Does anyone make the windows for Palace cars?

Jason Greene

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Bachmann RS3 Truck Problems

Sun, 2014-04-27 19:53 — emillerz

I just purchased a Bachmann RS3 sound value (with SoundTraxx decoder and sound) last week and as many have commented, it is a very smooth runner and the sound is really nice. After a brief test, I repainted it for my road, then programmed it (adjusting the speed and sound values) and put it into service today.

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Strange Car

Sun, 2014-04-27 13:41 — hoffertg

I saw a strange piece of rolling stock this afternoon, and I am curious what it is and what it is used for. I have enclosed a picture of it.

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Dipping a toe...

Sat, 2014-04-26 20:30 — Scarpia

So I am officially dipping my toe into the dark pool of soul sucking model railroading that is On30 (which seems to be a trend, based on other posts), as I bid on and won a two truck shay on eBay.

General questions about the loco, as I await it's delivery.

1890's Burton Horse Car project

Fri, 2014-04-25 07:49 — CBisgeier

Hey Folks

Here's a recent shot of a project I've been working on a bit at a time over the last 5 years, now close to being finished.  It's a kitbashed model of a Burton Stock Car Co. Horse car from the 1890's.  

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Taking the (On30) Plunge

Wed, 2014-04-23 18:16 — Dave O

OK ... went to look, and couldn't turn back ... the price including shipping half-way around the globe was too much to resist.

I've purchased a Bachmann On30 4-4-0 inside frame loco with tender.  It will take 3 weeks to arrive (assuming no delays or lost in transit), so have some time to play with some ideas ....

Magnetic air hoses

Wed, 2014-04-23 10:11 — lexon

Just watched an video about these hoses. Some here might like them. Successful operation might depend on the radius of the curves.
Quite interesting.
Google MagnaLock air hoses

Rich

Scratchbuilt Woodchip Gon

Tue, 2014-04-22 15:54 — JP68

Thought I'd share my scratchbuilt Apache Railway woodchip gondola. Any and all comments are welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

How to make cars roll as well as Kato well cars

Fri, 2014-04-18 05:39 — da_kraut

Hello everybody,

I bought a set of Kato well cars in HO.  Hooked the three cars together and could not believe how well these cars roll.  What is it with the trucks and axles that Kato uses that makes them roll that well?  I use the truck tuner and P2K or IM steel axles as a rule on all my equipment.  Unfortunately nothing rolls as good as the Kato cars. 

Thank you for the replies.

Frank


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