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Intermodal Trailer Leasing Companies
When I was a budding "foamer" in the early 90's, pig trains were full of 45' trailers with heralds like TransAmerica, XTRA, Availco/ Preferred Pool, Redon, TIP, Strick, etc. As 48's and 53' trailers became the norm in the mid 90's these names began to fade from the railroad scene, along will railroad owned trailers. A few companies like XTRA and TransAmerica had 48' trailers, and XTRA Lease had 53's, but by the early 2000's intermodal leasing companies had almost disappeared.
My new loco
Now days you place an advance order for a loco and it may or may not be produced. I completely forgot that I had ordered a Rapido Alco FA-2 with DCC and Sound from Tony's. When I got the notice that it had been produced and was ready to ship they sent an invoice and my wonderful wife said "Go ahead and get it - you haven't bought anything for a long time for the railroad". After hugging and kissing her I paid the invoice and this beauty arrived yesterday. It looks, sounds, and runs great!
Fitting MicroTrains trucks to Model Power N Scale 40' cars
I have just come back to N Scale after many years away. My first purchase was of a Loco and some freight cars. The majority of the freight cars turned out to be Model Power. Their knuckle coupler doesn't seem to couple easily to Atlas locos. Hence, I went and bought a stock of MicroTrains trucks - Bettendorf 1003-10.
Now I get to take the trucks off one of the cars, I find that there is nothing in the MicroTrains pack that will fit the hole in the bolster. Can anyone advise the best way forward?
Installing Tortoise on the top of the benchwork?
Hi everyone,
I am about to make some revisions on my trackplan and this involves having a couple of turnouts leading to spurs/sidings off the mainline, placed on areas where installation of the tortoises is not possible below the benchwork. Is there a preferred/recommended way of installing the tortoises on the top? I can figure out scenic ways to disguise the motors themselves using structures.
Weathering passenger cars' roofs.
I have a stand-in for a CNR passenger car that I have been meaning to weather for some time.
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I started with the shiny roof.
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I noted while researching CNR passenger cars, that the sides were relatively shiny and clean, but not the roof or ends.
grain of wheat bulb with DCC decoder
I am planning to put a NCE D13W decoder in an old PFM light mike that has a grain of wheat bulb as a headlight.The info with the decoder indicates that the max for the light outputs is 100ma and that the GOW bulb have an in-rush current of 8 times that value. The bulb draws 80ma when lighted. Would a 22 or 33 ohm 1/2 watt resistor in series with the bulb limit the in-rush current as thus save the decoder? I prefer LEDs for lights,but it would not be an easy task to put in a LED in this engine for the headlight.
Ideas for an HO layout industry?
Hi,
Sorry if this is this wrong place to post. I am new to this site and am looking for places to find ideas for my HO track. I am very interested to design an industry based scenario for my track but can't locate any design ideas or what the first steps should be. Track is done but now the hardest and most enjoyable part needs a beginning.
Thank you all for ideas, suggestions and leads.
Maarten
Paper Mills
This crosses both the modeling and prototype line. There was an explosion in the digester facility at the paper mill in Jay, ME. IIIRC, this area would/could have been served by the Allagash RR. Fortunately, it appears that any injuries were minor.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1184666
https://www.wmtw.com/article/video-explosion-rocks-jay-paper-mill/32160891
Microsoft 10 vs 7
I had all those dire warnings about continuing to run 7 on my computer rather than upgrading to 10.
Then I get this in the mail today,..
Microsoft fixes another 113 bugs this month after patching a whopping 115 last month.
This month's updates are a bulky release. The OS maker has made available patches today for 113 vulnerabilities across 11 products, including three zero-day bugs that were being actively exploited in the wild.
Starting detail work...
Boy this town is taking forever to get finished! Tonight I'm planning to print the decals and start adding signage. That is always an exciting part of the process because the scenes really start to come to life once the signs are added.
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