Model Forum / General / Railroads / April 2004

I was browsing the Mainly Trains website the other day and came across
"Green" Wagon kits. I'd never heard of this manufacturer before and try as I
might I can't find anything about them on the web.
Anybody here ever tried them and able to give me a quick run down in terms

A friend would like to know if anyone here used a Dremel on the chrome
wheels to give this engine better pulling power?

I am checking for ATSF passenger cars for my son [who lives a distance
away].  He has a couple of Atlas streamlined cars [parlor and coach].  I see
an Aurora and an Arnhold car on e-Bay.  Can anyone tell me if these would
match his Atlas cars?  The Aurora is a vistadome and the ...

I've just signed up to this newsgroup after hearing that someone had taken a
picture of Jools Holland looking at my layout Bough Beech at Ally Pally,
could that person please repost the picture so that I could see it.
Thanks

Hi again,
Having seen the Bulk Soda Ash train on Garry Brookes' excellent
website, I now have a burning desire to model some of those wagons.
What can I say - I have wagonitis. Does anyone have any additional info

If it works
http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=272&orig
inator=%2Fengine%2Ftheme%2Fdefault%2Easp&page=3&records=293&direction=1&pointer=
1222&text=0&offset=0
should take you to a pge showing two hoppers marked malt (bass logo)
van

 I bought an Athearn Genesis F9A and will be adding a decoder to it.
It appears to have 1.5v light bulbs with no resistors in-line(appear to
be on the light board).  This leads to a couple of questions:
o - What decoder(I want to have red/white Mars light to operate

I am going to start building a layout and want to know what turnouts to use
in a DCC layout.
I am looking chosing between Atlas Code55 and Peco's version of Code 55.
I was leaning to Peco because of the selection, but am under the impression

Any suggestions for baseboards ?, my main concern is weight, are there any
alternatives to Sundealea boards (would any fibreboard work if it was
strengthened at regular intervals with 2x1 batons ?) The layout would be
approx 2ft wide by 19ft.

Anyone thought of modelling the new livery for one.Anglia? (see threads in
uk.railway). The cl.90 'Raedwald of East Anglia' seems like it would make a
very good project, but again white text coloured background poses a problem!
Who's gonna be the first to try?

It arrived today - some first impressions:
- peculiar treatment of the sandpipes which are thick plastic and do not
align with the wheels
- front (non-cab end) steps not lined up with steps on frame

Hello out there you all...I am looking for some S scale crew members. If you
have anything let me know...
Larry at www.papastrains.com

I have been trying to find out about pre-war British railway
wagons that ran on the Continent.
The book "Gateway to the Continent" FWPVeale recently came
into my hands, which is about the SR and preceeding companies

been out the hobby for about 6/7 years now just getting back into it
anyone care to blether with me on anything n/oo/EM or O gauge feel free to
get me on MSN
amsterdam_lad@msn.com

could some1 please posty a quick guide to zero1
how to type in train numbers
what the black and green buttons do
red stops everything