Model Forum / General / Railroads / December 2003

I've just been told (17.21 Friday 12/12/03) by Bachmann that:-
"More Class 44's have arrived this morning.
The Blue Deltic arrives in the morning (Saturday) as do the Pannier tanks
and class 37 in Railfreight.

I have to paint a brick bridge over a track.  The original was built in
'Railway Brick', which is a blue colour.  What would you recommend from the
Humbrol range or Hi Grade acrylic.  The serial number would help me a great
deal.  TIA John

I have a Mantua 2-8-2 that is about 12 years old, but has probably
fewer than 3 hours on it since its spent most of its life in storage.
It has never really run too well, and at this point I constantly have
to tap it to get it to go.  It is almost impossible to keep it at a

Merry Christmas to all. I finally got rid of my big sheet of plywood and
its cumbersome support structure that I used for several years to set up
the holiday layout. It just ate up too much storage space in my tiny
house. Now I need something else. I'm thinking about making a

Are there any formulas for calculating the length of a leg for a
symmetrical wye?  Guess this is probably why I should have listened
more in geometry class.
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Someone on this NG has a virus - a bunch of "delvery notification" etc
messages are showing up. So kindly run your AV programs. If you don't have
one, get one - even -- gasp!!!- pay money for it. It will save you (and the
rest of us, too) loads of aggravation.

I recently bought the New York Central Flyer train set[1] from Lionel for
my family to put around our Christmas tree.  Everything works great but
I've run into an issue with the engine.  Acording to the manual, you're
supposed to always keep some fluid in the smoke generator or else ...

Well, on CBS news they just said the Japanese have just run a Mag-Lev
train with passengers on board at 361 miles per hour...
...meanwhile, Mag-Lev trains in the US are dismissed as impractical and
unproven technology.

Just finished a quick article on fitting the LokSound2 Sound decoder to the
Bachmann37.
Visit the workshop section at www.modern-image-model-rail.co.uk for details
The decoder can be purchased from South Wet Digital

The Senior Citizens center in Hamilton Ohio will have their open house
including the big train room in the basement open the evenings the week
before Christmas week. It's a very nice setup. Lots of old timers have
brought in their trains and worked on it for many decades. It's ...

tying to learn before i dive in so to speak. would anyone have a nice
layout  or some good places to learn from............would appreciate
any and all info...............thanks.....steve

I read that if you have a long track you should have a power "feed" every
few feet because of the voltage drop over a length of track, particularly
for DCC. They say to install a "bus" i.e. a piece of wire or copper tape
from which the feeds are taken. But why doesn't the "bus" ...

Occasional lurker decloaking for a question.
I want to get some extra tracks switches etc. to add to a nephews set he Dad got him. I
wanted to find out if there are any things to watch out for as far as incompatibility with
Mehano brand tracks or are they compatible with most NA ...

Were the Victorian Stations on Main Street of Disney World and Disneyland
modelled after any specific reallife railroad stations?
Dave

   I find it very strange, that as the Hornby class 50 is said to be in
demand, (and I'm sure someone else on this group has splashed out for one!)
I find it odd that until I got it home, I didn't find out about the little
extra features - surprised no one here had mentioned them?