Locos - Rolling stock (general)
convert brass steam loco with vandi tender to dcc
Hi
I have 3 brass locos and would like to convert them to dcc. Is there an idiots guide to doing this. One of the loco's has a vanderbuilt tender.
Can anyone help please
What coupler for a NJ International LIRR Long Island P70 coach?
I have a NJ International LIRR Long Island P70 Coach, part number 717K made by F.M. Korea. This is what it looks like:
http://www.brasstrains.com/classic/Product/Detail/036670/HO-Brass-NJ-Int...
Does anyone know what size coupler fits this car? It came with trucks but no couplers. There's a coupler mounting pad under the vestibules but I don't know what size shank length to use or whether I need an Underset, Centerset, or Overset shank.
Appreciate any guidance anyone can offer.
Bachmann VS San Juan Car Co. On30
Merry Christmas! Be careful what you wish for! LOL.I got just what I wanted for Christmas,unfortunately it seems On30 is not a standard between manufacturers. Case in point. The San Juan Car company Narrow Frame Tank car. My fault for not Goggle searching the product. Too Bad! The SJ car is awesome and I don't think anyone else is producing the narrow frame tank car in On30.
Car Wash on the Trenton Subdivision in N Scale
I have completed some more work on the car wash in the VIA Rail Yard.
I posted an earlier blog as I was constructing the car wash. I have replaced the black plastic tubes that came with the kit with pipe cleaners and scratch built a base from 1mm styrene. Adding railings, grating and a chemical tank from other kits.
C&S Stock Cars
Brother Poole continues his treatsie on C&S rolling stock with his latest on modeling stock cars in Sn3. You can read his article on the C&Sn3 blog at: http://coloradosouthern.blogspot.com/
Opinions on how to do a repair
Item: Athearn SW-7 locomotive, converted to DCC.
Finished painting, DCCing etc, but no have an issue.
On the ends, the coupler has the standard Athearn metal clamp over the chasis tongue. Since this is an engine, the tongue is metal, not plastic.
The tongue has a couple of knobs, one on each side, for the metal clamp to snap over. On this engine, 1 of those knobs is now gone.
2 possible fix its I can think of:
1. Super glue the clamp to the one side.
Con-Cor Daylight Cars
I got 6 Con-Cor daylight cars and my dad can't find the right kind of coupler that matches the Bachmann Railfan HO 4449
the passenger cars had long couplers but my dad wants medium length couplers.
Pulling Power
When filming last night for our club's Ft. Hunter display (to be posted in a few days), I ran into a problem with a 15 car, weighted train. My Bachmann Berkshire was unable to pull the string with Digitrak power set as high as 80 percent. Wheels barely moved while the sound gave the indication that we were running at speed.
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