Hey all, so the crowd sourced steam engine thread got me thinking. Does anyone have any examples of rewheeling old steam locomotives with the referenced driver sets?

My googlefu turned up a thread on Model Railroader where Darth Santa Fe (who regularly posts his examples of rebuilt older steam.) redid a Rivarrosi Dreyfuss Hudson, but I was hoping for some more examples. In particular he glosses over issues with the rods binding.

Over the years, I have gotten more than one RailPower SD 50 / 60 shell. In fact, going through boxes, I was surprised to find 4-5 of them. I am sure I got them at one point for trucks and better can motors with no real intention of using the shell.

Well, you know I am thrifty and I at least try to make something out of a model before tossing the lost causes.

Hi all,

I am trying to confirm the door sizes used on circa 6100-6500 roadnumbers of NP double door boxcars after some time spent measuring stuff. Going by pictures it seems that they were either 7' & 7' (or 8' & 8') and not the typical 8' & 7' combination that i am used to. So was it two 7' or two 8' doors?

Many thanks in advance for your replies.

I recently purchased a Walthers ALCO Rotary Snow Plow with tender. Its like new; hasn't been out of the box or run frequently. When I put it on my DCC layout I expected the rotary plow to run...it didn't. I noticed a blue wire running between the plow and tender and wiring to the trucks. Can anybody tell me what I should expect from this set-up, operation-wise? Thanks