Locos - Rolling stock (general)
Question on Broadway Limited SW7 With and Without Sound Units
I prefer purchasing locomotives with sound already installed because it means there is space already created in the design of the unit for speakers and sound. However, I only intend on using Tsunami decoders in my locomotives and therefore intend on replacing any unit that does not have them.
Does anyone know if the Broadway Limited SW7 units are the same in terms of the space underneath the locomotive shell if it is the same between the with sound and without sound units? Is it the same actual unit other than not having a sound decoder?
BB 40' boxcars
I recently on impulse picked up a pair of Athearn blue box 40' boxcars and am now wondering what to do with them.
I've thought about knocking out a few window/door openings and making them excursion cars but am curious about any other uses a modern railway would have with a pair of 40' boxcars (possibly modified)
Bachmann's Heavy Duty Flat
We have all seen them - Bachmann's Heavy duty flatcar was sold in almost every one of their larger sets sporting stakes and Logs. They come in either red L&N livery or blue Great Northern livery. Now, before you scoff at the car, hold it up next to a Bluebox Athearn Heavy Duty flat and you may notice they are very very similar to each other. Very similar indeed!
Choosing The Correct Sound Decoder
Guys, I am trying to determine which Tsunami Sound decoder to choose for my Atlas GP-38, CP #3008.
I think I have figured out on my own that it was powered by an EMD 645 but there are two versions in the Litchfield catalog to choose from, 2nd Gen Turbo and 2nd Gen NonTurbo. Does anyone know, or can anyone advise me as to how I could figure out for myself, if #3008 was turbo-charged or not?
It's done!
Just put the finishing items into the scratch built observation car interior, including several figures. Carefully lifted it and placed it on my photo stage/turntable. The newspaper on the bar has the masthead of the only paper of the city that could be on the train the Jan morning that I am modeling. And I found the proper headline for that morning and it is on the newspaper too!
On3 Waynesburg and Washington Passenger Cars
CROSSROADS MODELS has released it's newest On3/On30 kit, the Waynesburg and Washington baggage car #4, originally built by Billmeyer and Small and delivered in January 1887 as a coach/baggage car. It was converted to a full baggage car in 1893 and retired from service in1929. CROSSROADS MODELS has also re-released it's W&W coach #5 or #6 and RPO #2 or #3. These are precision laser cut wood craftsman style kits that now feature a pre-sanded and shaped roof. They are available from Knucklepin Industries.
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Sound in Proto 1000 Alco RS-2
I bought a Proto 1000 Alco RS2 recently and I wish to install sound in it. Has anybody got any good tips for the best possible speakers to use (preferably from Soundtraxx)?
Quality of bramds - rolling stock and engines
I was wondering what the consensus here is on quality rating of different brands.
I am currently using some old Bachmann trains to experiment with (plus to have for my grandson to play with). I am planning a permanent 8 x 4 layout to be set up in a spare bedroom. I plan to have one continuous loop on the outside edges to run my grandsons stuff on but want to run some better detailed, better running cars on the inside tracks.
I know everyone's opinion is different but any personel insight would be greatly appreciated.
Athearn Crane with DCC
I've started my second Athearn wreck crane modification. This crane will be used in a display by NCE (North Coast Electronics). It will have a DCC decoder installed by a good friend of mine who is also sales rep for NCE.
I'm also going to put up this build on my web site after I get it all built. At this point I'm not sure how far I will take this build to since my friend Jim will be installing the decoder and may even detail the crane a bit and paint it. Who knows were this will go.
The build starts in the next post.
Bernd
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