Model Forum / General / Railroads / February 2005

Last night I was talking with friends about a gunshow we recently went to when one of
them mentioned that no one in Australia was allowed to own a gun, or have possesion
of one on their person or property.
Is this true?

I've brought my old Hornby loco's out of hibernation (circa 1985 when
they last ran), and all but one runs well after a wheel clean with the
track rubber.
The one in question is a tender driven 4P Compound, and it jerks all the

Does anyone know of a model of CPR 4-8-4 #2816, the subject of a great DVD
re its restoration and test run.
Tom Spence
westover@teleport.com

I am are having a discussion with a few guys in an Austalian based mailing
list about the Long Island double deck cars that were built in the late
1980's Apparently these cars were originally supposed to be built by an
Australian company called Comeng with a design based upon the ...

I'm still toying with ideas for my garage layout, one idea I'm playing
around with is having a fiddle yard under my proposed "Country terminus",
because of clearance problems the only way I can see this working is by
building it as some form of traverser. But I still have problems ...

Associated Press
Feb. 4, 2005 08:20 AM
FLAGSTAFF - Two Northern Arizona University students were seriously injured
when they were struck by a train in downtown Flagstaff.

   Saw in a local (Melbourne) throw-away paper that the German model train
firm Marklin is to sack 400 of its staff, account falling sales of model
railway items. Other traditional European toy makers say the same. Cause:
electronic games and the like. Many of these firms are ...

How would I go about re-gauging a Hornby Merchant Navy to EM?
Cheers,
Rob.

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With all the fad to equip one's rolling stock with kadee couplers, it
strikes me that many hobbyists must have lying about, left over original
couplers of assorted brands, which they may wish to part with.
Thus, does anyone have any triang couplers available for purchase, or know

Can somebody confirm that there is no such thing as Fairburn Prairie. I
cut this from the Bachmann February page.
"You'll see from a quick glimpse of the catalogues that we've
introduced the 9F, Fairburn Prairie and the Class108 DMU to the range,

Hi; My son broke his new train set from X-Mas. He put some thing in the
whistle hole on the bottom of the Tender. Then tried to sound the whistle
and over heated the transistor on the little control  board. I have ordered
a new board (due in 2-3 weeks) but in the meantime would ...

After the Horizon takeover  of these two companies, I reluctantly went
to their web site and found that the only "local" retailer was a
national "Toy Store" chain. I've been there, they don't know anything
about model trains, and have virtually no items in stock.

Can someone please tell me whether 108s worked in/into East Anglia?
Can't say I recall seeing any.