Model Forum / General / Railroads / December 2003

Has anyone got any comments positive or negative about the Digitrax DCC
system?

Does anyone manufacture 36mm driving wheels in 4mm scale, ie, 9 foot
diameter actual size? Ideally with no crank and 26 spokes, but I'll be glad
of anything I can work with.
   Cheers,

When oh when will you lot stop whining about so called errors in new models
of locomotives.  The shortcomings various people have been pointing out are
due to compromises in the manufacturing processes employed in the
development of these locomotives, which otherwise would make them

Appearing live on my webcam is my Bachmann Deltic complete with
working Head lights, Marker lights and Tail lights still not
completely finished but you will get the idea!
Nick

One retailer quoting:  Heljan to produce the class 67 as an addition to
models already stated.
As Heljan usually keep plans/ideas reasonably close to their chest, this
appears to be a turn-around should there be any substance in the retailer

A quick question ... what type of industry would a "coil car" be
delivered to?

Any one one got any suggestions for suppliers/manufacturers of 7mm scale
buildings? I have checked out my local shops and it appears aside from a
very small selection of card structures there is little to no choice! They
do not need to be scale perfect as they are for 5yr old's ...

OK, make that 3 Berks we have tried now that run like ruptured ducks on DCC.
On the last one, the orange and red wires were shorted below the socket in
the tender. That's why it ran fine on DC, but dead shorted on DCC. So we
fixed that, and put a decoder in it. Instant  and severe ...

Well, I ran this loco and its 3 coaches round the 18" circle under the
Christmas tree.  The coaches just barely make it - almost touch at the inside
corners. The loco has no trouble at all, and runs very smoothly indeed.
Now, what exactly is wrong with this loco? Apart from the 16 ...

I have been experimenting with the DPDT slide switch method of
turnout control.   After a few hours of tinkering I decided the I
needed a mounting bracket that was adjustable.  What I came up
with was a simple bracket made from 1/16" aluminum angle.

I need a set of Andrews freight car trucks for a project I'm working
on.  The basic car body is an MDC gondola, so it's not worth using
overly-expensive trucks on the project, but I see that there are
several in the $3 price range - Accurail, Eastern Car Works, Tichy

I completed a project to mount an X-10 video camera in an HO dummy diesel -
worked out to be easier than I expected.  I used an old Rivarossi E-8 shell
on a home made chassis (so I could deepen the fuel tank area to accommodate
the transmitter circuit board, and to keep the antenna ...

How would signalling be done for leaving an engine shed/depot and getting
onto the main lines? From my shed area there is a single track connecting to
one of four main loops.  Would it be semaphore or ground signals?
Where generally are ground signals used.

I was woundering if anyone had constructed a rolling
work area for layout construction?
I want to make something that would hold track laying
supplies, scenry materials, a place for a few tools,

In the 1/04 Model Railroader on p. 92, can someone please tell me which
manufacturer made the Southern Pacific #4287 Cab Forward in the picture.
I am guessing it's a Rivarossi model, but perhaps it's a brass model I
am not familiar with.