Model Forum / General / Railroads / October 2004

On Sep 6 I posted requesting advice on gluing metal to plaster,
finally finished that project, pix at:
http://www.nconnect.net/~raul/crane 001.jpg
Thanks to all that responded, I settled on saturating the plaster with

Whilst I'm aware that there is no ready to run class 321 model available,
has anyone any idea where to get hold of a painted driving car? I've got to
get one to present to someone at work, quite urgently!
Thanks,

I am about to start my first layout in 'n' and am torn between going
continental or staying uk.  On the one hand I fancy continental due to the
lovely Fleischman and Roco ranges, on the other hand I fancy staying UK as
it has more sentimental value.

I just received my Athearn news, and for those of you who don't get that
email, Athearn has announced that at least the initial run MSRP has been
reduced to $359.98, from the previously announced price of 569.98. The same
announcement indicates that they should be in stores by the ...

FA: Less than 1 hour left!
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I found three kits for pennsy P70 passenger cars.
Made by Alco. Kadee compatible and RP-25 wheels.
1. When were they made?
2. Any hints on assembly?

Just thought I would pass this along.
Radio Shack is selling,what they call"Cold Heat".
I purchased one,$19.99.
After reading the instructions realized that this thing is a

While reading through this months edition of Model Rail, one of the
advertisers (think it was that mob in Southampton) was selling a Hornby
LNER Silver Jubilee set, plus an expansion kit of three coaches. I
automatically assumed it meant the train set that came out in the 80s,

My query is that I have read that when using DCC it is also necessary to add
additional boosters etc.  Is there any criteria for having x-amount of
boosters per amount of track length?.
Cheers,

I have some old (Mid 80's) Hornby and Lima  bits and pieces. I need to get
hold of so few spares before the can be made usable again.
What the best way of getting hold of spare bits?
Thanks

The ghost train terrorizes my model railroad once a month and my other
trains fear the ghost train.
What can I do to destroy the ghost train?

Gay Eskimos could screw up a wet dream!!!!!!!!!!1
Canadian sub adrift after fire
Tuesday, October 5, 2004 Posted: 5:46 PM EDT (2146 GMT)
OTTAWA, Ontario (Reuters) -- A Canadian submarine was drifting without

I've just moved and have manage to negotiate 'layout rights' to 8' x
6' -ish of a spare room, but I don't know what to do with it!
My interests in trains are many and varied from 19thC. LCDR to modern UK
via Irish, Japanese and US, plus the MR,GCR (esp. Woodhead), LNWR and

Having been immersed in development and the building of my MRR layout, my
web site has been neglected for almost two years. Of course this meant much
of the HTML programming I learned two years ago was forgotten, the result of
which meant the purchase of  text book to help me ...