Locos and rolling stock
Gottwald Railway Crane GS 100.06T - Kibri 16000
DCC ready locos. Speaker suggestions please
Ok, decided that my modular layout isn't going's to be DCC, but have been buying loco's which are DCC ready with either 8 or 9 pin plugs already installed. Planning for the future so I can add what I want when it's available.
New Athearn southern pacific SD45's can you convert them to SD45T-2's ?
I'm looking for some Southern Pacific SD45T-2's. Looks like I missed the Athearn run a few years ago. They're running a new batch of SD45's and I've ordered a pair. Just curious if I can covert these to SD45T-2's? I've seen a kit online awhile ago that had the vent panels. Has anyone done this before? How easy will it be? Cut away the shell and insert the grates? I don't want to ruin my investment by cutting the shell only to find out the vent part won't fit properly.
Suggestions?
Steam Loco Tender Weight?
With all due respect to Joe's suggestion to try things for yourself, that is slightly impractical in this case, so I'll ask for advice and hopefully have a good starting point for experimentation, if nothing else.
Is there any generally accepted guideline for determining the ideal weight for a steam locomotive's tender? Failing that, what do you do that has worked well for you? Is the NMRA recommendation for freight cars applicable in this case as well, or is there a better standard because of the different application?
MTH SD70M/ACE wired backwards?
Hi everyone. I took the plunge & purchased all 10 MTH NS heritage SD70's without DCC for use on my conventional DC layout. Of the lot 6 run fine & the other 4 (PC,WAB,CNJ, DLW) seem to be wired backwards. (Run in reverse when they should be going forward & vice-versa).Curious to see if anyone else is experiencing this dilemma?
De-skirted F units
Anybody have any info on how to do de-skirted F units? I have a couple of the Genesis F 7s and I would like to do some more.
I contacted Athearn about buying some shells and they told me to contact Highliners, but I cant find any contact info for them
New Athearn Tank Train cars.
Look great, was quite excited, until I saw the price!
$50.00us PER CAR!!
Good grief! How many of these things do they hope to sell?
I think I will stick to kit bashing the blue box tank cars picked up at swap meets for $5.00 ea!
Drew
Any tips on building a boiler tube pilot?
Some time in the future, I'm going to need a fair number of boiler tube pilots in HO scale. Here's an example, on Danville & Western Ry. #23, in 1939:
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