Model Forum / General / Railroads / December 2004

I am considering the purchase of software to design model railroads. I think
I've narrowed it down to the two mentioned above. Can anyone offer likes and/or
dislikes about them?
I am presently using RR Track, which I like, but it does not allow operation of

Just received Bachmann's new weathered 37/0. The optional snow ploughs have
also been weathered which is a nice touch as otherwise they would stick out
like a sore thumb when fitted. Don't know if this has ever been done before?
The "DCC Ready" logo on Bachmann's recent boxes has ...

just wondering if finally in the world of model rail there are sites with
true to scale downloads of walls, etc. ready for gluing onto card and making
one's own building?

Does anyone know a source for locomotive number decals for The Milwaukee
Road in the late 1940s?  What I need are the gold numbers with red outline
that were used on their early diesels that were in the orange, maroon and
gray livery, specifically the Alco RSC-2 and Fairbanks-Morse ...

To all Aussies
Could you please direct me to the different firms that supply Peco, Hornby
etc in Melbourne, or if much cheaper, online in Australia? Also, where would
I go to buy second hand Peco, Superquick, Tri-ang, Hornby and Wrenn

It seems that the latest batch of Bachmann 36-550 DCC decoders (Lenz
LE1014Es in Bachmann packaging) have been reprogrammed by the chappies at
Barwell in an attempt to get them to work better with their DCC command
centre.

Does anyone know if the updated Athearn F7s that are being released in the
"Ready-to-Run" series include the DCC quick-plug, like other newish RTRs?

Western Australian Locomotives from Midland  en-route to Broken Hill .
alt.binaries.pictures.rail
I will be posting the whole set of photos to my server in a few days.
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Does anyone know how much current the Bachmann Eazy-DCC system will
deliver.  I know that it's supplied with a 1 amp transformer, but I am
told (by the M G Sharpe models website) that it is capable of delivering
more that this.

My website, http://home2.scarlet.be/gerolfp/, describing the evolution of my
Belgian layout, is now available in English too.
I think non-Belgian folks might enjoy my site as well, as it describes a lot
of hints on subjects I've been reading in this newsgroup.

Most of us have heard of or seen concept cars at motor shows - you know, the
futuristic versions with gadgets and innovations not yet on the market but
which represent the designers' ideas for future enhancements to the car or
its general engineering.

Have one of the above and just got off the phone complaining to Micro-Mark
about the drive belts for the unit. Got mine in June, 2004, I'm on my third
drive belt and the last one didn't last more than 10 minutes. Okay it was
defective, but the one that came with the unit didn't ...

About this topic that someone calls "American bashing" I am not being critical
of any other their home/country! Yes, I am naturally thinned skin when it comes
to being this critical of my home/country, I admit that negative things do
exist however there are many positive things that ...

I've been considering buying a custom made baseboard but these dont have
much scope for scenic areas lower than the trackbed with their solid tops.
My layout is planned to fit on three baseboards. A 4 ft x 2 ft board for the
scenic section and a 2ft x 1ft at each end of it to ...

The page on pine trees has been expanded with text and pictures and can be
seen at http://www.rrscenery.com
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Phil Anderson