Locos and rolling stock

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Converting On30 to S?

Mon, 2014-06-30 08:40 — DKRickman

I had one of those oddball ideas today, and I'm almost afraid to even bring it up...

Another 12 inches to the foot scratch build

Sat, 2014-06-28 18:29 — IrishRover

The Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railroad is growing, and currently only has 2 steam locomotives--only one running.  Number 9 is being restored, and they're working on getting number 11 built.

http://www.wwfry.org/

http://build11.org/

The railroad is doing well, growing, and adding another yard, with a turntable and a roundhouse on the agenda.  Also, both its locos are the smaller 0-4-4 Forneys; the one running is very small.  Adding a "big" 2-4-4 will give the ability to handle longer trains.

Stripping and repainting...

Sat, 2014-06-28 00:05 — SP_CFNR

Hi all, 

I have managed to get a Bachmann S-4 in SP tiger stripes from a guy here in the UK. My goal is to repaint it in scarlet and grey to make it fit my era. 

Apart from disassembling the engine, how do I continue?
I have learned to work with decals, just need to get them. 

How do I strip the original paint off? Seen that this is N scale and a rather small switcher, is hand painting after masking off doable?

Bernd's picture

Proposed 1:1 scratchbuilt steam engine

Fri, 2014-06-27 12:51 — Bernd

A proposal to build a Pennsy T1 4-4-4-4 steam engine is in the process of gathering donations to build the 5550 T1.

  This would be the second engine built from scratch that I know of.

http://prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/index.php

 The first was this one.

http://www.leviathan63.com/projectYork.html

And another in Britain.

http://www.a1steam.com/

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Wheel size

Fri, 2014-06-27 04:28 — luis_lopes

Hi all.

I got my hands on some US rolling stock, and I am still waiting for more to arrive to Portugal, for me. Well, I always liked  US diesels, and since 2008, when I first saw Joe Fugate's Siskiyou line DVD's, I knew that I had to have some SP and Cotton Belt stock.

And because I don't need some super detailed cars, and I think that with some good weathering things can get interesting enough, I purchased some Roundhouse and Athearn BB kits. Bought also some Kadee #5 couplers, but I don't like the plastic wheels.

One for the GN fans

Tue, 2014-06-24 18:22 — pschmidt700

Sorry for the poor quality -- shot from my Windows phone a bit before 6 a.m., north end of Balmer Yard. Someone at one of our car shops has been having fun! The well-ballasted tracks in the mid-foreground are Main 2 and Main 1 a few feet timetable west of CP 23rd Avenue.

BNSF 3-bay covered hopper with GN logo

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Mehano brand ???

Tue, 2014-06-24 12:15 — Ghost Train

I have never heard of "Mehano" brand of HO locos or rolling stock.

Can anyone fill me in on this brand?  Is it a quality brand name or just run of the mill stuff?

G.T.

Accumate in N scale!

Sun, 2014-06-22 12:06 — SP_CFNR
Hi folks, 
Contrary to popular opinion, I am getting rid of all my Microtrains couplers on my rolling stock and instead standardise on Accumates and McHenry as secondary choice (oh that pesky spring but a good looking coupler).
I detest the slinky effect, even in very short trains and find them generally unreliable and overengineered. 
 
I know a lot of folks are ditching the Accumate in favour of the MTL's so if anyone got any lying around, happy to take them off your hands!
 
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What was used as a Milk car/train in the 50's amd 60's

Sat, 2014-06-21 12:11 — casenundra

I'm modeling a creamery with an ice house and was wondering what the railroads used to haul milk in the 50's and 60's.

I know that some RR's used combines.

Home of the N scale Here n There RR.


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