Model Forum / General / Railroads / October 2004

I am needing a couple sets of Microscale decals 87-617 if anyone has them.
Larry at Papas Trains

I know my father speant well ovr $15G for it all new. Sadly... he
never got a moments joy out of running this stuff, and now it's in the
hands of some one who just doesn't appretiate it (but has an idea of
what it's worth.)

   Just read an article, concerning copyright.  That is what UP is using,
right?
   Had to do with Diebold (voting machine makers) but the law would
probably apply to UP as well.  It's the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

I'm building, (still struggling with), the H.O Gorre and Daphetid in
4' x 7', taken from one of the popular layout plan books
I would like to add a passenger line...one, maybe two cars for the
small fictitious town it will serve, strictly for commuters and

MIGO+1 is a modern Image gauge O and gauge 1 group, This year we are holding
our 3rd annual exhibition and is to be held in Chester on Saturday 16th and
Sunday 17th October, All the details are available on www.migo.org.uk
Special guest on Saturday Pete Waterman.

Anyone know of a UK supplier of large (108T) nylon 1 mod gears?
thanks,
Adrian

Ok, i know i know, but i was new to all of this, and after all, im a male,
so common sense doesnt really follow me around ;-)
I went out and bought the whole load of track, and thinking i was clever,
decided to make my own baseboard....

I'm about to fit DCC to a Mainline 56. Basic wiring seems ok but where I'm
puzzled is the lights.
There are 2 wires (a red and a green) from each bulb, the red going directly
to a motor terminal but the green wires have a weird 'round metal ball' in

This weekend, Oct 9/10 is our annual fall meet of The Great Scale Model Train and High Rail/Collector's Show in Timonium (north of Baltimore), MD. Plenty to see (806 tables), buy, or trade plus several really fine operating layouts in several scales. Bring your unwanted  items to ...

I am going through all my locos adjusting the back to backs using the
(Gibson?) gauge I got from mainly trains. For those of you who are
unfamiliar it is a "L" shaped piece of metal. So far so good, noted
improvement over points using DCC.

I am new to Model Railwaying, can anyone tell me were I can get Dapol
Pendolino Coaches from for a reasonable price as I want to extend my train.
I thank anyone who can help me.

My mother has just turfed out my old train set and presented it to me since
I have a 9 yr old lad now.
Tried to set it up last night, and MAGIC it worked , not bad after 35-40
years.

HORNBY ACQUISITION OF LIMA APPROVED
Hornby Plc, the model and collectables group, is pleased to announce
that the Court of Brescia in Italy has signed a decree which allows the
Liquidators of Lima S.p.a. to accept Hornby's offer of €8 million to

I am going to buil a gently curving viaduct for my N scale layout and
wondered if anyone had dimensions for Ribblehead viaduct. I want to
base my model on Ribblehead although I probably won't create an exact
replica.

From the October Bachmann Trade Bulletin.
The following items are expected during October:
32-125A 45xx 2-6-2T BR lined green
32-127A 45xx 2-6-2T GWR green