Model Forum / General / Railroads / October 2003

Does anyone want to sell [or give away ;>)] a Commander that they no longer
use since they moved up to a larger system?
Mine is out of warranty and I accidentally fried it with over voltage.
Even though it is a weaker system I do use it with the xpressnet with

Happy Thanksgiving for tomorrow.

DCC what it is and how does it work, what is supposed to do for your model
locomotives.
Thanks for all input
Nathan

Hi again
As this medium seems very successful in gaining answers I'll try another
question.
Apologies if some have you have seen this on yahoo groups but I need an

Has anyone fitted DCC to the Hornby Eurostar?
Has anyone changed the motor and increased the weight?
Anyone added lights?

Perth Hobbies have an advert in AMRM, and have the cheapest prices in
Australia for Peco accessories.  Has anyone dealt with them?
Their website is at http://www.perthhobbies.com/ but it appears to be
down.  Has it ever been up?

Can anyone please tell me when the maroon livery was introduced for British
Railways carriage livery, and when Mk 1 suburban stock is first likely to
have carried it.
Thanks

I managed to get some of those Bachmann Bulleid brake ends in green.
Transpired that Hattons was the only place that still had them while having
none of the others!
Anyway, they arrived this morning and are lovely.

I have several tender drive locos, some of them have developed a
"screeching" noise from the motors and performance is poor.can anyone shed
any light on this
cheers

Pictures of the latest Heljan Heritage & Police liveried class 47 models can
be viewed at:-
http://www.53a-pix.co.uk/temp/47829.jpg
http://www.53a-pix.co.uk/temp/47840.jpg

I'm trying to install/wire a Tortoise switch machine for the very
first time. Are there any web sites out there that walk a beginner
through the process step by step?
Any pointers appreciated!

Will some one post the website for railroad fonts.\
I went to save it, made an error and deleted it.
Thanks
Jim

Do to the apparent overwhelming positive response, I thought it would be nice
to change the title of this thread :-)  We have used them for many, many years,
have had some rebuilt by Dremel. Great for cutting track.
Don Cardiff

Hi - I have an old O-scale train set from the 1940's.   It's a set of Lionel
stuff.  I haven't unpacked it all yet but I was wondering if anyone can tell me
what it might be worth or what the individual units might be worth separately.
I have at the very least a steam engine and ...

I have just enough room for a 18" x 13' (18" x 20', if I "bend" it
around a corner of my room) layout.
When the Bachmann 3F "Jintey" comes on the market, I may purchase one or
two and re- kindle my interests in an L.M.S. layout.