I received this story from a friend today and thought others (like me) might not believe that trains ever ran on paper wheels.  Here is the URL: http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi758.htm  Having read the article I thought this might be a solution to the metal versus plastic wheels situation.  Why not put metal "tires" on plastic wheels?  That would end the black grunge plastic wheels leave on the track while perhaps decreasing the noise metal wheels make compared to plastic.

Tonight I was laying some track and testing with a Kato SD70 for bad tack connections. And I heard what sounds like the plastic gears making a noise. My question is. Could they be out out sync or just needing some oil. I have never taken a shell off of a N-Scale before. If I need to do this, is there a video somewhere to watch, or a picture by picture of how it is done. The Kato site just shows a exploded picture and not much detail for me to see how it is taken apart. My hands do shake a little so I really could use a video or pictures to make sure I do not mess anything up.

I know most of you live in the United States but this question is for my Canadian brothers or anyone that can answer this.

Is there a supplier/retailer that carries the full Floquil line in Canada that does mail order/ web sales?

Thanks in advance

Jim

I'm looking for a index sheet that I saw once on the web but dummy me didn't bookmark it or print it out.

What this index showed was each steam loco configuratuion, year it was first produced, manufacutre and some other genral info. It had them listed in chronological order. It was very informative. All I can remember about teh site is it had a semi dark yellowish background and teh details were in table format.

Hopefully someone out there knows what I'm talking about or one similar.