I kept trying to N scale, but I like small, older, branchline steam, and what little there was operated like....well, not very well. I did HO...
I would bring some kits to assemble and a small amount of track. I had a model railroad in my dorm room at the Naval Academy.
Why the Naval Academy Chapel?
I've been experimenting/testing using Kato Unitrack Compact turnouts and curves (6" radius - I see the hair standing up) to make a turning wye....
I like it a lot. I think the only I would do if it was my layout, is turn it around so the town space was at the back of the layout.
Semi-twin 2-8-0's - modernized with steel cabs and oil tanks [IMG]
That is just too cool for words. There's not a lot of old-time rolling stock in Z scale - what are you going to use?
That was the idea - 1890's vintage 2-8-0 working around the 30's or 40's. I might do a little filing on the oil headlamps to make them look...
I've been working on these two 2-8-0's. I replaced the cabs with some Bachmann spares and built oil tanks for the tenders to modernize them a...
I can attest to Unitrack being worth the money in terms of reliability. Check Ebay, but don't forget your local hobby shop. The people there are...
I managed to keep the screw, but lost the spring and the top part of the coupler box. I picked the front coupler to take off - I'm not sure that...
OK - I got the shay apart and back together, but it won't run - I assume I put the motor in backwards so the contacts aren't contacting. I've...
OK - thanks - that should get me started.
Help! My shay has started making ugly grinding noises, like it's looking for third with no synchromesh. How do you even get the shell off this...
Lots of railroads had sections of track that were restricted to certain sizes/types of locomotives and rolling stock. Growing up in Phoenix, I...
I changed the Athearn 2-8-0 cab with a Bachmann 2-8-0 cab spare part, put an oil tank top on the tender, repainted in weathered grey and the end...
I'm using Kato track with a minimum of 8 1/2" radius and use Athearn 2-8-0's without problem.
I've ordered parts off the Bachmann site and they always arrive very quickly.
I have one of the later 2-8-0's performing wonderful service on my layout, and, wanting another, I bid and bought one from Ebay. I'm guessing...
Wonderful model! I've always like the Garrets - too bad there were none in the US (at least, none that I know about).
