Even though I don’t run passenger equipment on any regular basis, I wanted to have an old station for my layout, it has seen better days, bit of modernization but retaining the old charm of days gone by. There are many station kits available to suit the design requirements, however a winter project with a little more involvement was what I wanted to get into. For inspiration I chose a CNoR third class station like one sitting in a field just a mile down the road here in Emo, Ontario. This, the old Barwick Station, was a perfect candidate.

Recently, as i said in some of my other forums, I got a few early era Bachmann Amtrak stuff (specifically a first iteration Metroliner and assorted Amfleets and a Metroliner dummy). I heard there was an MRR article in the 70s reviewing the Bachmann Metroliner, and the only information i know about it is that its strong at an 11 car pull, but thats kinda it. If anyone has a transcript and possible pictures they might’ve had it would help a bunch. It’s to help with my documentation of the prototype and the model to have a small little archive of the set as a whole.

This question is probably not that common but I’m willing to ask it. My friend and his group, while not professional model railroaders, are making accurate models and content for the train sim Trainz 2019, and he usually asks me to help him locate diagrams. Kinda hit a stop in the road. Some of the projects he has planned are the ATSF U28/30CG, the BM&LP/Amtrak E60C/CP/CH/CH (phase II)/MA, and the SW10, but as far as we know there aren’t many diagrams ready for them.

One of my recent purchases in the hobby were some old Bachmann Amtrak equipment (Two Metroliners of different generations and two phase I Amfleets), and since I do plan on running the cars as a set, I wanted to get new pantographs (from the modern E60CH since it has the twin pantographs. Not prototypical for what its going on but im happy with my choices) and it put a question in my head. Do pantographs have a “correct” setup for running?