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Athearn sd60m triclops
Bought a nice new Sd60m triclops.
Very nice, but 2 bearing caps missing.
Athearn are currently putting out repair kits which fix the problem, but will only mail them to USA and Canada.
I live in the UK, and Athearn refuse to send me a kit.
Can anybody in the USA please help?
Happy to cover costs, expenses etc. Anybody?
Surface tension on ballast
Hello again,
I have a question with regard to the surface tension on securing ballast. Myself, I use 70% isopropyl alcohol and it works but I just watched a video were they used water and dish soap. If that's the case then I would save a few bucks and use that method.
Has anybody used the water method?
Thanx Steve Klein
Acme Markets trailers
For many years Acme Markets in the Philadelphia area used to get their meat products from the Mid West in refrigerated 40' trailers . The trailers were carried head out on the PRR TT-2 EB and remained on the RR through PC and early Conrail. The trailers had the Acme markets logo on them. Micro Scale now offers the decals but I can't find any pictures of the location of the reefer unit. Was it a nose or belly mount ? Also I believe they had a curb side door. Thanks for any help. ----- Ken
What is a paint booth?
Yes, I DO know what a paint booth is.
The real question, is why are they so fancy and spendy, and why can't I just use an old box?
Anyone have problems with the new Atlas Mark V turnouts?
Our RR club is in the process of building some new modules with a mixture of Atlas code 100 Mark IV and Mark V turnouts. We had to use a mixture because we could not find enough of either one. We have 8 of the #6 Mark Vs and so far the points have fallen out of two of them and we have not even put them into operation. When we stand the modules on end to move them, the pivoting end of the point rail falls out of the turnout. Atlas says to return them but we did not discover the problem until they were mounted on the modules.
Advice on building kits
Hi all, new to the forum. Back at my layout after like a 7 year gap! So relearning or rethinking a lot. Modeling a freelance mountain line in the Allegheny mountain area, the Virginia Western Railway. One question i'd like to pose.
GMTX GP38-2 model revisited
I want to model the GMTX GP38-2's that CN are using in abundance.
I ordered the Athearn GMTX GP15.
I need to unfortunately take the knife to the back end roof and add two fans to simulate the GP38-2. Anyone know what manufacturer has the fans? Also any other details to add to make the model more authentic?
cheers,
Brad
Op Session #000
Tonight was my only free night this week so I decided to run a mini op session on the layout and see how it went. I will have between 9 and 12 car spots depending on how I set up the industries.
-3 spots at the lumber dealer
-2 or 3 spots at the manufacturer
-2 hopper spots
-1 or 2 tank spots
-1 or 2 team track spots
Newbie DCC question
I am a newbie to DCC. When I place some of my Bachmann DCC engines of the programming track, the engine immediately starts to make sound and will not accept programming command. Other of my Bachmann engines do not make a sound. These are easily programmable.
I suspect that the non-programable engines are stuck in some type of loop that prevents programming and yet allows a constant sound production.
Is there a troubleshoot for this frustrating problem.
Thank you
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