Model Forum / General / Railroads / February 2005

I already have a collection of 'OO' gauge locos but have no room for a decent
sized layout in this scale, and so I am thinking about getting DCC and creating an 'N' gauge
layout, and I have some questions...
 About the Lenz DCC system and the decoders - I have seen on their website ...

Hi all spotted this on ebay tonight looks the part !! nice bit of art work
This is a scene featuring Bullied Merchant Navy 35017 Belgian Marine with a
Saturday only working on Honiton Bank, circa late 1950's.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI ...

In a dual-lamp E unit with a Mars Light on the top, which would be
appropriate to be turned on in forward, and which in reverse? Would it be
prototypical to have either lamp on at all times?

Do consider slow and powerful and inexpensive turnout machine controls -
Roto-Motor, Scale Shops, Tortise, etc.
Some less than $7.00 in kit form  ----
Bruce

I have been inspired a lot lately with miniature railways and would like to
start building a 7.5" guage loco.  I would like to start off with diesel,
hopefully an S class.  Where can I get the nose cones etc for these models?
Does anyone have any secondhand ones for sale?  And ...

I'm planning on building a yard using Tortoise switch machines, and I
wanted to have the ability to be able to press a button on the control
panel that corresponds to a track for which I'd like the turnouts to be
throw/aligned. As I understand it, this is accomplished using a diode

Jerry,
I did not see an answer to my question that I posted on this evening's
Jerry Calabrese/Lionel Chat session, so I'll post it publicly hoping to
see an answer:

I am coming up empty searching through Lionel catalogs and e-bay for
the name of a ready to run set.  I saw the set in a local hobby shop
several years ago.  It was a modern era ready to run set with a civil
war theme.  Evidently civil war is not in the title of the set.  I

Does anyone know where I can get plans for the stations on the Ffestiniog
railway. Also where can I get lights for yards from?
Pboris

I am trying to find out what the correct name is for the boards that clip
into the roof of the Hornby Pullman coaches. If someone has some, or knows
where to get them, please let me know
Thanks

I'm looking into the possibility of adding some lighting to my hornby
carriages.
But, I don't know where to start.
I'm thinking a couple of white LED's could be appropriate, with the

Can anyone suggest a good book or video about building scenery?
Thanks
Jim

I have two Athern Locos I want to add Kadee couplers to.
I know I need a 2-32 screw, and a #50 hole.  How to get the hole drilled?
Which Dremel drill should I get?
Or should I use a normal drill, but which bit?

The first part of the long awaited Trainorama update is now available at:
http://home.pacific.net.au/~tomshobbys/Trainorama.html
I'm working on a major re-arrangement of the Trainorama site, but in the
meantime there is an "interim" version up, which includes:

Does anyone know of a web site that lists the numbering changes from GWR
loco numbers to BR numbers. I am finding out which of the GWR locos required
for my layout are sold under the guise of a BR style and numbering (such as
the BR 4MTs from Farish).