Model Forum / General / Railroads / November 2004

Thought the following item might be of use;
Easy to use bipolar stepper motor controller. Ebay link:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3849803457&ssPag
eName=STRK:MESE:IT

I'm a transplanted Brit building a US HO gauge railroad "for the kids".
I'm coming to the stage where I need to construct station platforms.
Does anyone have any good ideas on how to build US style platforms? I
was thinking of using wood strip of some kind covered with a suitable ...

"Gregory Procter" <procter@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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Dear folks,
    While building some benchwork modules for my planned 51" x 90"
rectangular layout, I realized what a lot of other people probably have
about the size it would require, and rearranged them into a better shape.

If you have used or know about Rail Zip, what do you think about it?
Gene
ABV61-1043.001.HCB
<A HREF="http://www.tckworld.com/opfoot">http://www.tckworld.com/opfoot</A>

Hi,
over the last few years, one of my sons has collected a small amount
of Hornby/Lima/etc railway kit. The problem is where to set it up.
He's outgrown his bedroom floor and the dining room table, and has

Can anyone provide advice and examples of techniques for adjusting the
back-to-back spacings of OO gauge British RTR locomotives? Examples would
best include Bachmann steam and diesel locos, Heljan diesels and Hornby
steam locos. I need to get the back-to-back to 14.7mm (as against ...

Have DC Kits disappeared? Their web site doesn't work for me,
www.dckits.co.uk times out. Is it me or is it them?
Thanks
David

See my post on sound below.  I am building a display layout with a single
track mainline in a folded dogbone around a room.  i.e it will be one single
track loop that appears to be double track mainline where it is visible in
the main room with loops at each end.

   I was channel surfing last night and ran across a movie I had never seen
before.
   Called "The Emperor of the North".  Lee Marvin, I think.
   It had in it several scenes set on a rr called the "Oregon Pacific and

Just a reminder that it is on at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre this
weekend.
At last! After a year of waiting! My Visa card is already fluttering
nervously!

Looking for Interlocking Diagrams for the Boston & Albany RR
1940's to 1950's
Will pay any repro costs
Thanks

Could I please get some information from all the wealth of info out
thee.....Ok here goes.............I would like to model a Pennsy passenger
train in say 1946 or there abouts. I want to use mostly heavyweights 'cuz
the Branchline (sleeping cars) cars look so nice. I want to ...

I poured the top coat of EnviroTex on Friday night. Most of it turned
out fine. However, one section about eight inches long still has a
sticky feel. It is dry to the touch if you slide a finger across it, but
if you press straight down -- it has a sticky feel to it. It doesn't

I have one of these (used on my layout during the eighties). I know they are
no longer made but they do seem to crop up on e-bay fairly regularly and
this got me thinking
I was wondering if the gantry and the wagons had any basis in reality,