Model Forum / General / Railroads / December 2004

A Happy and Prosperous New Year to one and all
Bob

Channel 5, Wednesday 29th 8.00pm.
Railway Modellers got off very light compared to other pastimes discussed in
the programme. Paraphrasing what Tony Slattery actually said:-
"These were the kind of kids who were always going to do well at school* as

HO! HO! HO! (subsitute whatever is appropriate for you and yours)
Off to ride the rails!!!
Coast Starlight - Empire Builder -- Empire BUilder - Coast Starlight

So far my layout has been constructed using Hornby points. I want to
extend it using Peco code 100 stream line points (and flexible track).
Can someone tell me what the track spacing would be if two Peco
streamline (left hand) points were arranged to form a crossing between

I've seen several fairly similar questions on this group (I've probably
posted most of them!!!) and wondered if anyone maintains a Frequently Asked
Questions?
If not, I have web space that we could use. There are too many gems here to

Are the Kato and ConCor Union Pacific passenger cars the same colors? I
am wondering about mixing the two in the same train. I understand that
the Kato cars are UP prototype and the ConCor aren't, but are they
pretty much equal in quality of detail and construction?

I just got a Lionel Trainmaster with my new K-Line Big boy for Christmas.
Being new to DCC I really don't know how this DCC system compares to other
systems.  I have been looking for a good site on comparing DCC technologies
but there is so much out there to sort thru and it's ...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=28139&item=5945494060&rd=
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K-Line Hershey's 100th Anniversary O27 Train Set
This set is rare and complete. The Shrink wrap was torn from storage
but still mostly in tact. Other than that, this set is BRAND NEW. ...

Has anyone had any experience with Lionel's #6-36788 tender with sound?
It's a stand-alone unit that is supposed add whistles, bells, brakes, &
chuffing sounds, with no special hookup...
Is the chuffing somehow synchonous? (I figure it might be if the the

The last I heard of this was that MTH had sued Lionel in a US court, and
won $48 million last month.  I heard that Lionel went into bankruptcy
protection because of this debt to MTH.  Does anyone have any updates on
this?  Will MTH win the day and acquire the assets of Lionel?  ...

I am in the middle of restoring a Lionel 6555 Tank Car, and after cleaning
the trucks I started to wonder if Lionel painted these trucks or not. After
cleaning they actually looked good that way, so I started to second guess
myself. Are these trucks painted or not?

Looking for some roofs for Farish Coaches.
Any Mk1, Mk2 or Mk3 in order to complete a project.
If you have any to spare let me know and we can do a deal.
Y

In the DCC set with 2 locos (thomas and percy... for want of a better
description) how easy would it be to remove the dcc decoders and put them
into something decent (with sockets)?
Are the decoders plugging into a socket on the loco?

What I am looking for, is a schematic for an automatic frog power
routing module.
Something like the DCC automatic reversing modules, but with only
three wires.

For those who don't normally read Nigel Burkin's web site, this is what he has
to say about the subject:-
http://www.nigelburkin.co.uk/OMWB2004/OMWB.asp
For those unfamiliar with the name, Nigel is a long time contributor to British