Model Forum / General / Railroads / October 2003

Here's a list of Athearn models and their corresponding prototypes (if any)
that I am aware of.  Can you help fill in the blanks?
http://www.athearn.com/
#1100 40' Boxcar - Work Train

Hi, all!
The Flint Hills Northern is considering purchase of a turntable, and
has narrowed the search to the turntable kit by Custom Model Railroads
as being the most cost-effective consistent with good quality. I've

I've noticed a growing number of items on Ebay that have no option
other than "Buy It Now."
These are popping up on my routine searches I use for railroad stuff -
they aren't in the stores area.

I'm a hardcore RR photographer and railfan, and am putting in a "shelf"
railroad around the top of my kid's room.  Room is ~11' x 10'.  I already have
a six inch shelf put up, and was thinking of a G-gauge with the Aristo Mikado.
Found out that needs an 8-ft. diameter curve.  I now ...

Hi.  What is a practical minimum radius for HOn30??  I am going to be running
mostly conversions(Chivers etc) using the Bachmann 0-4-0 chassis.  Thank You.
John Hudson.

http://www.rrscenery.com
I have re-loaded the how-to-do-its' page on the web site.There will be some
more of the older pages coming back on line in the next few days.
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I have for some time heard rumours of a class 66 from Bachmann or
Heljan, I wonder if anyone knows if either company are planning to
produce such a model or if the rumours are nothing more than rumours,
either way if anyone knows the answer please could you let me know.

First off, this is my first Atlas, so I have no others to compare it to.
Anyways, I recently got an HO Dash 8-40B, and while it runs very smoothly,
there's a *very* high pitched sound coming from it at any speed above minimum.
Not too loud, but it's in that piercing pitch range ...

I've decided to start an archive of photos of Bristol railways. It's
going to be focused mostly on the structures rather than the rolling
stock, with plenty of detail shots to aid would be modellers.
To start my collection, I've uploaded some pics I took in the

A couple months ago, I posted to this group a bunch of questions about
planning a layout. I used the info I got back and have been putting in an
hour or two a day almost since then working with the approx space I will
have. It is the left over room under our proposed house & garage ...

Can anyone tell me what the  grill is that runs from the solebar to the
roof directly behind the drivers cab at the No. 2 end  on these two
locomotives and when were they installed.?
I've been looking at some photo's of 422's and have noticed these  as

Anyone got an idiots guide?

Hey Folks,
Those of you who live in New England, might you know if there's a "Tour
de Chooch" scheduled for the fall?  If so, and we haven't already missed
it, might you know the dates?

Hello friends.
I would like to found any information about the frog polarization for
ROCO HO Ref 42451 double slip turnouts, using the ROCO Ref 10030
Universal under-table turnout motor.

I'm heading down to the Timonium, MD Great Scale Train Show today and have a
look around to see if anyone is selling the Broadway Ltd co. N&W 2-6-6-4's.
The sound system seems great. I notice that it uses a Quantum sound system
and the whistle is controlled by throwing the direction ...