Model Railroader had an article which listed the corresponding wire sizes for the three major scales. I started with that and created a...
Nice shots! Is Niles the Niles in Michigan? On using your camera..that is a perfect way to do it. A scanner is basically a camera inside a box...
The Bachmann Plus engines are of good quality. I have their U-boat (er Dash 7) and aside from the missing frame on the brakies window it is a...
I have been up and down the line that runs from Green Bay, WI up to Ontonagon, MI. For the most part, the bridges are all wooden trestles and are...
Remove the bell by pulling straight up. Add 20 drops of QUALITY smoke fluid to the chamber the bell conceals. Run the engine for a few minutes...
Thanks! I have my moments...not many...but I have them. On a side note, not to hijack the thread, but I have been taking my 5 YO nephew out to...
If I remember corrrectly, the first maker to have these trucks with actual rolling end caps was Kato, and that was circa 1998-1999. Might be...
No, if you're going to spend the money on new underbodies-if you can find them-might as well get a new, off the shelf SW1500. Go to a swap...
Years back I saw in ad in MR that listed HO units from a customer builder-limited run. I don't know if they were resin or brass. That was all I...
The Athearn part number for the number board is 36101. The part number for the lens set is 36106. You can contact Athearn to see if they are...
From what I have read, the C-Liners found their home on the CTH&SE lines, unit hauling coal trains. Like their Baby Trainmaster cousins, which...
Dear Ken, Thank you for that info! -Mark
U33C's on branchlines Dear Ken, Is this level of management decision indicative of some dim bulbs running the company during its last decade?...
If I remember correctly, the Milwaukee "GP20" units were rebuilds of the GP9's. They received new prime movers and upgraded electrical equipment...
To Mike K. No, trust me, that mental state is far more condusive to becoming more critical about line placement and masking and details in...
Unless a person is a casftsman with paint, repainting newer factory units is a crime IMHO. The cost for the repaint done properly would probably...
I have had luck two ways: Super glue the tip of a screwdriver and place it onto the screw. Press the the scredriver onto the screw and wiggle...
Ah Charleston....I was at a motel there back in the 70's and watched a paddlewheel riverboat proceed down the river with what must have been a...
Check TMR issue I think it was the 4th quarter of 1999 issue that had a nice write up on these units, from construction to final usage to reasons...
Dear Ken, I'll see if I have a digital image ofthe shopmade sign that curently hangs on the Channning depot: "NO TRESSPASSING! No railfans...