Model Forum / General / Railroads / April 2004

Have searched Cary and Cal Scale at Bowser looking for smokestack casting
suitable for an "FEF". Hate to start with brass tubing trying to fabricate
one in HO. Will look eagerly for any known prefab source.

As title ... looking for anywhere with a "NW" postcode (or within spitting
distance). Reply here or by mail please. Need to do a bit of shopping whilst
I'm at work tomorrow.

Hi. what is a reasonable minimum radius for MDC HO Climax and 0-6-0?  thanks.
John Hudson

Every now and then, MR magazine will feature a 4x8 track plan that has a curved
backdrop placed in the middle of the layout instead of along the perimeter.
Apparently, this technique helps create an illusion that the train is going
somewhere and not just running in circles.  I like ...

Does anyone know of a mod I can do to my N scale locos that will cause
the running lights
to burn with the same intensity regardless of how fast the train is runnung?
As it is now, the faster it's running, the brighter the lights and of

   Does anyone ue the Peco Turnout with PL10 + PL13 on N scale?
   I currently having problem when using those 3 products together, it seem
that the PL10 is not strong enough to either throw both the Turnout & the
PL13, or the PL13 is removing to much freedom of movement to the ...

I've updated the Poath Junction webpage
http://mstrange.customer.netspace.net.au/movies.htm and added a 20 second
movie featuring VR S & T class locos hauling a freight train on the layout
"Broadford". Audio has been edited to enhance your viewing pleasure. Hope

RailPage has added an events calendar to the new system. For model
railway events, there are categories for exhibitions, conventions,
open days and swap meets.
http://www.railpage.com.au/modules.php?name=NuCalendar

Amazing revelations in The Age on Saturday about pornography and sex
in the workplace at Connex.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/19/1079199421820.html
What the report leaves out is the fact that also in the County Court

This is probably old-hat to most of you, but I can't figure it out:
How do you control a single Tortoise machine (connected to a turnout,
obviously) from either of two locations (like: both sides of a
peninsula)?

Have got one of the class 20's from bachmann, however unlike all the other
bachmann models l am running, it seems incapable of passing over any facing
points without becoming derailed.
Does any one else have this problem with this loco?

Does any one know where I can get hold of the Kato Eurostar N gauge set. I
believe it is a boxed set with 9 pieces.
Peter

I've got my hands on a Dapol Class 04 kit after looking for a 'scenery'
shunter that can just sit in a siding and do nothing* - the parts are moulded
in black plastic, and a transfer sheet has running numbers D2277 and D2300
and BR lion-and-wheel logos. Here's the question: Would ...

I've got some nicely sifted, non-magnetic (yes, I tested it),
soil for my dirt roads.  But I want to sterilize it before I use
it.
I've seen articles about using an oven, but has anyone used a

Who were the primary builders of steel box cars at the turn of the century?
Any web sites for information and pictures? Thanks, Bruce