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Prototype for these Rivarossi cars?

Sat, 2020-05-23 00:57 — oldstuff

Anyone know the prototype road(s) for these Rivarossi HO head end cars sold painted for NYC? The baggage car is 73' (71' body)and the baggage/RPO is 70' (67'6" body)

Bright boy and the likes

Fri, 2020-05-22 19:20 — Danno164

 Cleaning track, and cleaning track cleaners...just wanted to share, incase it may assist some one,  I have 2 methods for cleaning my track, the first quick and easy method is the bright boy or any other version I can find, second an old white sock I slip my fingers into saturate it with rubbing alcohol and with 2 fingers one on each rail I give it a pass..

MRL 7544

Fri, 2020-05-22 13:21 — kjd

Once I went to the LHS and Bill was there saying he couldn't sell a Kato SD45 for $50.  I casually mentioned that was a good deal.  Anyway, next time I went in there was a Kato SD45 waiting for me, $50, please.  I guess I have an SP SD45 with DCC now.  I don't model SP but MRL had some former SP SD45s.  The model was already sort of weathered and outfitted with the SP light package and DCC.

British layout with canal lock - 10 or 20 years ago

Fri, 2020-05-22 05:55 — mark_h_charles

I'm wanting to find a layout article that appeared in Model Railroader magazine 10 or 20 years ago. It featured a layout modeling a British scene. The highlight (as far as I'm concerned) was a model of a canal with a lock-- the water was higher on one side than the other. It's the only such model I've ever seen.

I kept it in my "inspiration" file for a long time, but lost track over the years.

Can anyone help me track this down?

 

 

Rapido Royal Hudson jerky running at lowest speed setting

Fri, 2020-05-22 05:43 — Southerner

I’m finally giving my Rapido Royal Hudson a proper test run after replacing and glueing one of the rear driver traction tyres which came off for the second time. ???? 

Well that seems ok now (a thin smear of rubber cement) but I’ve noticed a distinct jerkiness in forward and reverse at speed level 1 (28 speed steps) on my NCE PowerCab controller. All the valve gear motion etc seems fine, it doesn’t seem to be binding anywhere.

Has anyone else come across this problem with a Rapido Hudson?

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Digitrax question

Fri, 2020-05-22 02:50 — Warflight

Okay, so... this may not be the place to0 ask, but I'm hoping someone has an idea.

I'm a member of two Digitrax groups, but can't log in (due to a hard drive crash a few moths ago, and no clue what my passwords are) so I'm hoping someone here can answer this question.

Static grass application problems

Thu, 2020-05-21 15:55 — tuxcito

I'm having problems applying static grass. I'm using 7 mm and 12 mm grass using a "Static King " applicator. Grass does not stand up... only lays flat, I'm grounded and wet. What am I doing wrong?

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What is your experience packing structures for moving?

Thu, 2020-05-21 12:18 — kfglover

In anticipation of a move, I am looking at packing a number of structures. I hope people will share their experiences both good and bad. (It is always good to know what doesn't work!) 

Packing rolling stock is relatively easy, especially if you have original boxes.

I'm about to find out if my sectional layout construction (almost TOMA) works for moving.

 

Ken Glover, CEO (Chief Everything Officer), Kansas Pacific Railway (Building my Shelf Layout)

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Hermann Goring's train(s)

Thu, 2020-05-21 05:11 — railandsail

Interesting video recent sent to me by a friend.
I was unaware that he had such an interest in trains, both full size and model trains.

 

 

 

 

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Two French cars in the USA

Thu, 2020-05-21 02:56 — Stephane09

Hello everyone, Here is the latest news from my American module. The decor advances, the trees are all homemade. Sorry for the cars, I only have European models (two Citroens). The result in photos.

 

 


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