Model Forum / General / Railroads / January 2005

I have been fascinated with model railroads my whole life and I think
it is time to try making one of my own.
My problem is that I have essentially no woodworking skills and the
thought of constructing the kind of benchwork I've been reading about

Has anyone made a suitable loco for reproducing the LVRR passenger
locomotives in N scale?  How about N passenger cars?
Doug

I'm going to start building the station Terminus soon, and will need
signals.
There is 6 roads and three platforms with a MPD near the throat.
Era 1954 - 1964ish, location BR Southern, but entirely freelance!!

Group,
Thank you for all your wonderful information and support. Especially
for these old 40's and 50's models that seem like "just yesterday" to
guys like me (:

How good a model are these kits? I know they have been around a while and
have no interior, but that I can deal with.

I've seen some really low prices on this loco now that Rivarossi has been
bought out. Does anyone own one, and if so, could you tell me if there is
anything egregiously wrong with it?
Also, I do believe it's DCC-ready, with an 8-pin NMRA socket, right?

Does anyone know of a good site or book that has a fairly comprehensive list
of UK steam locomotives and the rough dates between which they were used
(and the lines?). It would be useful, particularly for modellers (i.e. me)
to make sure they have some sanity check in the ...

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steve w.  nscalesteve

Guess what showed on the last episode of the Andy Griffith show?  The
story location was based on Mayberry NC (real life Mount Airy), but on
the last episode Andy is at the train station and a F/3 or F/7 pulls up
and it is a UP train.  I know the show was done in CA but I do not

Does any one have a photo and description of livery used on the 6 wheel Milk
Marketing board 6 wheel milk tankers?
Thanks
Simon Evans

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steve w.  nscalesteve

Eastern car works no longer has a web site. Does anyone know their phone number
or email address?

I just put up a page about a possible train wreck that could happen using
DCC. Come on you guy, fess up if you ever had one. I don't mean as bad a one
your about to see. http://www.rrscenery.com/wreck.html I just had to do this
because of all the bantering lately. The main about the ...

I know I could work this out by trial and error but I was just
wondering if anyone has any experience.......
I want to lay the tracks on my new baseboards at the 'correct' scale
6' spacing (as provided by back to back Streamline points) rather

Am ploughing through the masses of info prior to starting my layout build.
Am wondering what people think of the:
LENZ compact
It "seems" to have large capacity, but I don't know what I am looking at