Model Forum / General / Railroads / February 2004

Did anyone here go to Narrow Gauge South West at Shepton Mallet last
Saturday?  One of the trade stands in the back hall (with the live steam
layout) had what appeared to be 4mm scale etched brass kit of the Baldwin
diesel similar to Moelwyn on the Festiniog Railway.  I couldn't get ...

This off topic because the link is to a Japanese railway station
rather than a UK one, but I think if you have an interest in railways
you'll enjoy seeing it.
http://www.ntt-east.co.jp/fukushima/mado/gazai/wakamatsueki.wvx

I'm building my first N-scale layout. I've bought some of the rolling
stock, including a Kato RS-2. Now I have to decide what couplers to use,
since they're not all the same kind on the stock I have so far. What
factors should I consider for choosing the coupler type?

I am in the process of creating a web site for freight car images.  I
have started a prototype site and would like comments before I get too
heavily into it.
http://www.boxcars.us

Several years ago, Walthers offered building papers... these were sheets of
a heavy paper with bricks, stone, shingles and things like that printed on
them.  The paper was pretty heavy, but still flexible.  It was gray in color
and reminded me of the kind of material that cereal ...

I have, afer much travail, assembled and installed the walthers ho
turntable kit, and I actually have it running.
However, lining up the tracks is tricky using just a dpdt switch.
I notice that there are seven stepper motors in the allelectronics

Can any member point to where I could obtain raised numerals and the
letter D for an 0 gauge Hymek please? Full size numerals are just over
7" high so 0 gauge will be about 4mm.
TIA

I'm wondering if Union Station Products is still in business?
Their web page is stil there but, my e-mail doesn't seem to
get delivered and nobody is home when I call.  Anybody done
business with them recently?

Has anybody out there got a copy of the Kadee spiker parts diagram /
instructions they can scan and email me? The cat's knocked mine off the
layout and it now only pushes the spikes part way in. I believe all the
parts are still available from Kadee( must get that code 70 conversion ...

She who must be obeyed has decreed that the layout extension "must be
high enough that I can easily duck underneath it".
This is a not unreasonable request, when you consider that quite often
it is I who have to duck under the layout for various purposes

Tech-Cad are now doing TPS grids....
http://www.techcad-design.com/
Colin Meredith.

Another question:
I am currently picking up the stuff to run my Marklin 1 track digital
... got the 6021 already :)
Next thing is the transformer ... the US version only has 42W and is

Planning for my new layout has rapidly progressed - from buying the
baseboards early last week to having them fully screwed down and covered
with 9" cork for tracklaying by yesterday teatime. Now I come to choosing
track - Code 100 or 75?

Evening group.
Anyone know of a supplier of corridor connectors for N gauge stock?
TIA
H