Where do your preferences lay and what made you a Model Railroader?

Many new model railroaders never experienced Steam and never were able to witness that plume of Black Smoke and steam barreling up into the morning sky and that long whistle blowing through the Valley as the engineers gave there notice of coming down the line.

Looking for something to use to take the paint off complete off plastic engines and cars with out to much elbow grease.

I have tried Testors ELO (easy lift off paint and decal remover) this stuff is to slow and does not work to good .

Just got done trying 90 %  isopropyl alcohol and a tooth brush and after about 4 hours of scrubbing of two layers of commerical applied paint on a engine did not do such a good job either.

Hi Jack from Star Idaho.  Another question about the HO Bachmann Spectrum Shay.  I see all over the internet Spectrum three truck shays with and without sound ranging in price from $300-$400 and even higher at times.  However, Trainworld sells a Bachmann Spectrum 80 ton three truck Shay for $119.00 without sound and $199.00 with Tsunami DCC and sound.  What gives?  Is there a difference in quality between the high priced shays and the one Trainworld sells?  I purchased one DCC ready for $119.00 and I have had nothing but problem

How do I remove the load from the athearn ballast hoppers?