Locos - Rolling stock (general)
MOW equipment/cars in N scale?
I have an older N scale Bachman MOW crane set and was thinking of trying to repaint, decal and detail, then pair with a MOW crew car and flatcar or gondola with appropriate load. But before diving into the project, does anyone know of other higher quality models of these specialized cars available in this scale that I might consider aquiring?
Also, what cars/equipment were typically included in MOW trains that I may be missing? (This is for the late steam era.)
TIA.
BS 70 Ton 3 Truck Cimax
Just received the latest edition of the 70 ton shay.....looks good..... runs like crap.
There appears to be a "hitch in it's get along". Engine starts to move at throttle setting 1 and then stars to do the herky jerky about every other wheel rotation. Tried running on the test fixture to "wear" the runnng gear in but no apparent improvement. Added a dab of lubricant to external moving parts...no improvement. Any body had this problem? If so what pray tell fixed it. Really don't want to send it back. I love these little things.....
Union Pacific Excursion Cars - Howard Fogg Boiler car
I have just completed the Howard Fogg car. Converted from a Walthers City Car. See what you think!
I can't figure out how to post pictures.
Dirk P Reynolds
New L&N loco for the railroad
Recently one of my beloved locos (the first loco I ever purchased) let out the "magic smoke" and no longer operated. It was a U28b Proto 2000(tm) w/ DCC & Sound. It was originally a GE demo loco #302 painted all black. A good friend of mine (Bob) did a custom repaint on the loco in L&N gray (No 2509) and added weathering. He did an excellent job and I definately want that loco running on my layout.
Canada EH? - Canadian Trains and Models
HEY!
Just thought I'd start a discussion about Canadian models and/or prototypes.
Anyone have stuff from Rapido? I hear the LRC is awesome!
If anyone has info about Via in the 70's and 80's, I'm all ears.
Putting DCC and sound into Vanderbilt tenders
The railroads that I model: Tonopah and Tidewater, Tonopah and Goldfield, etc. used lots of Vanderbilt oil tenders behind their 4-6-0s and 2-8-0s. It is time that I convert a number of engines to these tenders. I am painfully aware of the wiring issues of putting a Bachmann Vanderbilt tender behind their 4-6-0. My question is where do you put the speaker? What size speaker did you fit? Did you drill sound holes, if so where? I acquired a brass Vanderbilt tender and it appears to have no way to get into the interior that I can find.
MRRT Weathering test video
I'm testing a new video series, that I'd hope can be a weekly, or bi-weekly thing sometime next year.
Please leave comments if you'd like to see more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Cra2nBb7g
Wheel Size for freight cars
Can anyone tell me why there are sets of wheels sold for freight cars in 33" and 36"? Why are there two sizes?
Weathering question on composit cars.
I model the steam to diesel transition era. Most of my freight cars are models of steel cars, but during WW2 many cars were built using steel chasis and framework on the body and wood sides. I have a model that I think was built by Roundhouse/MDC that models a WW2 vintage composite boxcar. There are not a lot of color pictures of cars from that vintage when they were less than 10-15 years old. Does anyone know how such a car weathered or how long the wood would have lasted before the railroad would have rebuilt the car using steel sides to replace the wood?
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