Model Forum / General / Railroads / December 2003

This says it all.  They guy is off the chart on the idiot scale.

With all the recent discussions on the accuracy,  or not,  of some
recent diesel locomotive models,  I had a look at some details of the
Class 47.  
One thing I can't work out is exactly how the compensation arms on the

Folks,
We've had some good discussions (amongst the noise) the past week on DCC
equipment.  I am very close to taking the plunge on Digitrax with radio
control.  The only question I have is decoders.  Specifically I know

Hey Folks,
Once you have cleared the tears from your eyes from laughing ;-), might
there be ANY chance of my locating a "May 1996, limited edition" boxcar
offering by Athearn : item #: 140-2306  ?  They simply packaged two 50',

Whew, that was a mouthful...
Okay, here's the situation:
I know NOTHING about these, other than that my mother's friend's husband recently died, leaving her a somewhat large collection of books on rails.  Some that I researched were pretty common, but others were listed on sites ...

Does anyone know where you can buy cyanopoxy?
Thanks
Augie

OK, I may be missing something but.... I just ordered the Q1 late, weathered
from Hattons and only a few weeks ago ordered and got the Early Emblem one.
Why is:
Early Emblem GBP55

Hi, all.  I have a 2023 locomotive that has some problems.
I fixed a number of loose wires, but it now just runs
a few feet and then stops.  I have to push the Direction
button on the ole KW transformer a couple times and it goes

These engines are beginning to show up on ebay, so I'm assuming that they are at some hobby shops as well.  Has anyone bought one yet?  How about some of you hobby shop owners... can you give us a "quick & dirty" summary on this new engine?  
I've always been an NKP fan and I grew ...

According to the Bachmann website, the 2-6-6-2's have arrived and will be shipping "next week."  That was posted on 12/12 as I recall, so perhaps a few of them are starting to make their appearance to the public eye.  If so, has anyone seen any of them yet?  
I'm surprised that if ...

Bachmann's Club magazine have asked for suggestions as to which special
editions of existing models to make available to members this year, one
steam and one diesel. I favour a late-weathered Jubilee and Green Class 40
with disc headcodes myself.

Merry Christmas RMR. Thank you for yet another year of help with questions,
interesting ideas, even the occasional flame war and putting up with some of
my nonsense. Best wishes to you and your family in the coming year. Bruce

Got myself a new copy of the Hornby Virtual Railway (Version 2) only to find
that it gives Illegal Operations on both my WinXP and Win98 machines.
Installed patch and fixed
Win98 machine, but I would like it to work on the XP computer.

Can someone please clarify the Rivarossi status for me. In other words,
if I were to purchase a Rivarossi Cab Forward steam engine [item #:
635-5426], would this be a NEW and improved model from the original release?
Has anyone seen a NEW Cab Forward Rivarossi engine actually ...

Several of us manufactures sit down after Christmas and consider if there is
another year left in the train business. It was quite different  years ago
when sales were improving every year. We would sit down and write a business
plan for the next year and then go for it. With ...