Model Forum / General / Railroads / February 2005

I would like to fit a socket to a loco which doesn't have one so that
subsequently the decoder can be changed easily. Anyone know a source of
suitable sockets?
Mark Thornton

I have seen several locos labelled as early and late BR crest (on the
Bachman adverts on Model Rail for example!!).
What are the rough dates that would have related to the various crests or
was there quite an overlap? I assume that as soon as the railways were

I am new to N-scale and have decided to give Unitrack by KATO a go.  I
saw it at
the Big E in Springfield and really liked it.  Here's some questions.
Can someone tell me what I need to get up and running?  I plan on

Any opinions on the quality of this model? I know it's based on the 03
originally produced in the Mainline days, but what are the running qualities
like? Does it have the split chassis arrangement like other Mainline
products? What about room for a decoder?

Anyone have the drive shaft for a Genesis F unit the part number is
G19252, the part might be used on other Athearn loco's.  If you have
this part and willing to sell please email me.  I have a part coming
from Athearn but they said it would take 3 to 4 weeks!!!

Just wondering if anyone knows a good hobby shop that stocks
Vollmer.........in particuilar, I am looking for #5624 Container Crane kit.
A lot of shops with email facilities, don't even reply. Could get it from
Walthers, but I try to use local first.

Hi all. Just got all the track layed, wired and points wired on my new N
gauge layout.
I need some help modeling the station platform. Basically, its going to be a
small country terminus, single platform affair.

.. time for new decals!
I don't know if this paint scheme has actually been applied to this
locomotive, or if it is just a photoshopped image:
http://www.bnsf.com/images/new_locomotive.jpg

If one was to collect the full set of A4 locos including all the livery,
renaming and renumbering variations how many locos would this amount to and
are there any published lists with this information
Thanks in advance

I've been looking for a pic of one of these locos going round a trainset
curve, or in fact any curve, as I'm trying to find out whether the extreme
lower end of the body side (the bit that's out on it's own near the buffers)
is fixed to the bogie ala Hornby, or to the body ala ...

Can anyone suggest an alternative to Testors "Decal Bonder" product,
as this is unavailable locally. I do have an "old" bottle of
Microscale "Liquid Decal Film", but I haven't tried it yet . Would
normal flat / gloss clear coatings work, or are they not flexible

I once saw posted on this newsgroup a speed table converting prototype
speeds to HO scale... 60 MPH prototype equals so many feet covered over so
many seconds.in HO.
Does anyone have that table at their fingertips?

The February 2005 edition of Model Railways On-Line Magazine is now
available on our website at http://mrol.gppsoftware.com for you to
download.
We would welcome your feedback and comments about the magazine.  In

This was from Pat Hammonds site Model railway Express the news is it is to
be a 9F
Bachmann's three new locomotives this year are to be the Class 108 Heritage
DMU, a Fairburn 2-6-4 tank and a Class 9F. The news broke at the Toyfair in

The other day when I was operating my small layout, I was going through the
usual switching routine of uncoupling my caboose and pushing it into a
siding so that I could pick up and drop some cars.
While I was doing this it suddenly dawned on me that in real life