Locos - Rolling stock (general)
IAIS's West End - Some love for an old switcher
Iowa Interstate SW1200 250 (ex-Texas & Pacific 1299) holds a special place in my heart since it was born just a month after me and was the only switcher owned by the railroad. While it started out working in Blue Island (Chicago), it later moved to Rock Island and then, in 2003, to Council Bluffs, where it lived out its final years with the IAIS before being sold in 2007.
A whale of a car
Here's a car everybody needs on their layout. Might want to turn up the AC when running it.
https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/9099
On30, are any of Bachmann's On30 loco motives?
On30, are any of Bachmann's On30 loco motives designed after locomotives that actually existed? If so, which ones?
Disassembling Rivarossi Orient Express coaches for painting
Greetings. I need to remove the roofs from a few of my Rivarossi Orient Express coaches so that I may airbrush them, but I can't figure out how to break them down. There's a guy on YouTube who shows tabs to be pushed in on the underside of his coaches, much like IHC did, but mine don't have the tabs; maybe older models? Does anybody have any experience/insight/suggestions?
Help identifying On30 Hopper?
Hello all,
Please see pics. Looking fr some help identifying the "type" of freight car. I think it's a Hopper, though have found nothing in Google images that match that center ridge running down length of car. Besides name would you als be able to advise what typical content it was designed for? Sand maybe?
Appreciate your input
Walthers E8A-A George Washington set
I'm curious what others think of the Walthers C&O GW set. I couldn't tell whether the set is two powered units or one powered and one dummy unit. I was looking at the set at trainworld: https://www.trainworld.com/manufacturers/walthers-ho-n/walthers-920-42361-emd-e8a-a-set-loksound-select-dcc-sound-c-o-4018-4027/
Recommendations for starter set in HOn30
Hi, I am looking to acquire some initial rolling stock for Hn30 to try out a small layout. What I would like to purchase is something "hobby grade" that will run well at low speeds etc, and avoid purchasing "toy" items. (So for standard gauge, I would say the comparison is something like Athearn / Atlas to start.) I have seen the vintage MiniTrains (Roco?) and the newer BCH MiniTrains, Roco and others. I have seen that you can get Kato drives and assemble all kinds of things on that chassis and purchase a variety of cars. However I am thinki
The path to success is littered with failures
We always see people's successes on their blogs and in their photos, but we generally don't see the stuff that didn't work or that failed along that path to success. I had one of those failures last night, and it was entirely my own fault.
>> Posts index
Navigation
Journals/Blogs
Recent Blog posts: