Model Forum / General / Railroads / February 2005

I'm just starting out with a 4'x8' layout and will be using flextrack on
cork bed.. any tips or thoughts for someone who has before used only
green "grass" paper :) ?

THIS REALLY CAN MAKE YOU EASY MONEY IT WORKS !!!
BUT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IT
TO A LETTER FOR IT TO WORK!!!!
JUST AN INVESTMENT OF 6.00!!!

Which is the better model, the Hornby 100 ton tanker or the Lima one?
I personally think its the Hornby one but I am no expert on "modern" stuff
generally being a steam man.

A mere £90 and someone's made a bid !
Are these people for real ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=47443&item=5957934853&rd=1
Apologies if it's someone on this group  - surely it can't be, can it ?  -

ABC News: Docs Work on Monk Who Glued Eyes Shut
Doctors have partially restored the sight of an 81-year-old Buddhist monk who
accidentally glued his eyes shut when he mistook a tube of superglue for eye
drops. ...

Hey Everyone,
I need to down size our HO scale engine collection. The funds are
needed elsewhere. We have about 10 engines [mostly diesel] that we'd
like to sell. Roadnames are primarily ATSF, BNSF, and BN: several Atlas

Does anybody know if if the old Pola HO scale workshop, identical to the N
scale version numbered PO320234, is still produced by anybody? (see
http://www.eurorailhobbies.com/erh/eurorailhobbiesdetail.asp?pageid=&MN=9&SC=N&s
tock=PO320234) I
know some of the Pola buildings seem to ...

I've had one of these on order for over two months now.  Any of you
insiders got any ideas when they might become available?  January
stretched into February, and now Feb into March!
Cheers,

I've lost my old 36inch tracksetta for 00 guage. Anyone know where I can
buy another one from please.
While I'm at it anyone had any experience of using Peco templates to
mark out the positions of trackwork before laying track.

Some of you may remember that I posted a couple of months ago about the
"state of the art", "perfectly safe", "can't leak" refueling depot that
BNSF built over the Spokane aquifer.  It leaked.
Well, now it leaked again.  Through a "sealed" concrete barrier and

Sorry about this off topic, but we have a Xerox Tektronix 850 printer that
needs mending. Anyone know of a good cheap engineer in the Nottingham area?
We are struggling to find someone.
Thank you in advance

Does anyone know if the old Airfix "blue circle cement" 12 ton van was
fictitious or based on an actual wagon?
thanks

Discover again pleasure of slow trains on
http://www.litterateur.org/index.php?mod=articles&ac=commentaires&id=135
Stef

Does anyone know if any of the Graham Farish 'N' gauge diesel or steam locos have flywheel
drive?
Apparently none of the current Bachmann OO gauge steam locos have a flywheel, but
their diesel OO gauge locos mostly do (a lot have 2 flywheels).

I'm looking at buying a new loco (steam) for my (small) layout. Looking
through the Bachmann Branch Line catalog, I quite like the LMS Crab's,
the Collett Goods, and the Ivatt Class 4's.
But, the catalogue, unlike the Hornby one, does not state if the loco's