Model Forum / General / Railroads / May 2004

This is a question for anyone who has bought erecting cards from ALCO
Historical Photos. Do the erecting cards for a given steam engine include the
dimensions of the tender? If not, are the tender drawings available separately?
Thanks,

today i went to a GATS show in Realigh NC. My wife and myself took our 22
month old son to the show he was having fun playing on the Kids mat with the
trains the show puts out. he found a G scale Caboose sitting on the mat he
picked it up and was playing with it,. he walked away my ...

Sorry if this is an absurdly basic question, but I want ot take a
section of track from 4 to 2 lines (before a geographical restriction)
and was wondering what would be the usual way of achieving this; does
up fast cross down slow? I guess it must.  Any links to pics of real

Here's another reminder that our forum is up and it is moderated - so,
you won't seen any political or other off-topic posts. Please give it a
try!

Was wondering what the groups opinions/expeirences with different/preffered
method of track cleaning is.
I am currently considereing purchasing a relco electric track "cleaner"
although I am aware that it doesnt actually clean the track as much as force

I have an extensive collection of Model Railroader and Model RR craftsman mags.
I remember seeing a page, probably in Model Railroader, that had American flags
in different sizes for different scales. You could cut them out and fold them
in half so they could be placed on a flag ...