Locos and rolling stock

RR Challenger sound decoder

Wed, 2014-04-16 23:56 — iDrive

Hi all,

I have a Rivarossi 4-6-6-4 locomotive and I'd like to add a sound decoder to it.

A friend is offering ma an ESU Loksound V.4 decoder at a good price, and he could also load the sound file for me, but on the ESU website they only have the Big Boy sound file, not the specific one for the Challenger.

Are the BigBoy sounds so much different than the ones of a Challenger?

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UP 4014 schedule to Wyoming

Mon, 2014-04-14 09:24 — dfandrews

Union Pacific has posted the schedule for Big Boy's trip to Wyoming.

http://www.up.com/aboutup/special_trains/steam/details.shtml

 

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Stranger in a stange land

Sun, 2014-04-13 13:54 — Ironhand_13

The past couple of days a strange locomotive has been sitting at idle for a hour or two on a siding, at the same time each day, a few blocks from my house.  Thought to grab a cell-pic and throw that out there.  Quality of the pic is bad of course- from my truck on a street at a full stop with the window down and the sun just went behind a cloud...ah well.  Fortunately no traffic behind me to let me know the error of my ways.

Adding weight to a Bachmann Steam Loco

Sun, 2014-04-13 10:37 — ajcaptain

I'm posting this as it may be useful to other folks with steam locos.

I just purchased an HO Bachmann 2-8-4 Berkshire steam loco from MRH sponsor Yankee Dabbler. It's not a spectrum model. I model in the diesel era, but I think steam locos are cool. So I got one. My intention was to use it to haul a "museum" passenger train consisting of 7 heavyweight passenger cars.

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B'mann HO K4 - What do I do with it?

Sun, 2014-04-13 06:49 — DKRickman

At a train show yesterday, I purchased a Bachmann PRR K4 Pacific for the princely sum of $20.  I don't really need a K4, and I seriously doubt that one ever ran on the Danville & Western, or even that it could have made it if they tried.  However, the price was just too good to pass up, so I bought it.  Now I'm asking for some advice on what to do with it.

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A beautiful day in the neighborhood...

Wed, 2014-04-09 09:26 — PWNJRR

...for a Trolley!

Trolley

"Scrapbashed" from a Bachmann N-scale Brill trolley and mated to a Kato 11-104 powered chassis (with the ends trimmed off).  Will be mated with a 2'x2' N-scale microlayout version of the HO-scale train set that used to open/close Mister Rogers' Neighborhood TV show.

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Motors P2K

Mon, 2014-04-07 16:07 — BR GP30 2300

Hello all,

 

I`m Dennis .....I`m new to the Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine.

 

I have a question.......

 

Are replacement motors for Proto 2000 loco`s hard to come by?

 

I am in need of one for a GP30......one for this loco.......

Thanks.

InterMountain 4750 18 rib covered hoppers

Mon, 2014-04-07 08:39 — Dr Dirt

Hi all,

         I am building 4 of these kits.I find that the instructions are 'lacking' in what part goes where and how.Any tips from folks who have built them? Even prototype photos links?It's mostly the ends that I need.

 

Thanks for any help,Kev


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