Model Forum / General / Railroads / April 2005

But there are some other items worth looking at.
Such as
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4978&item=5972063359&rd=1
only $450 which at todays exchange rate is around £230

Things are sure slow on RMR lately. I don't think I've ever seen it so quiet
in the past five or six years. With warm weather things have always slowed
down but RMR has always been fairly active place year round.
For me the hobby has been fairly quite too because I have not been ...

Folks,
The TrainPlayer site opens for business today.  We offer TrainPlayer
1.1, the ultimate in mouse-driven railroading, along with all 101 track
plans from Linn Westcott's classic book, fully tracked and ready to

Well my friend was testing out his MRC Prodigy Advance DCC system and
tried the "consisting" function which is like MU in Digitrax and for
some reason now I have a loco that is programmed to his consist number
and cannot be changed back to its original address.

sorry for the FS guys but thought i'd offer these here before i ebay them
2x Lima 33's one slightly scruffy other brand new in box
1x Lima 4F mint brand new in box
2x lima coaches   tatty unboxed

Hello group,
I have just purchased the above engine for £40.00 without box. The engine is
in superb condition and about 25 years old
Question, did I pay to much, or as I hope about the right price, thanks for

Hi again
I have been able to get the Hornby Lit Pullmans for 14 pounds EX-VAT each
and can't help wondering if there is anywhere that has them even cheaper.
Steve

Anybody out there in cyber land have any contact details for anyone involved
with the said train show this weekend,
mick

Gents
How far apart should the centers of two parallel tracks be in HO scale?
North American prototype officially, that is.
thanks

Jim Guthries web page on Newton St. James
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~sprocket/index.html seem to have disappeared
together with his other pages on light-weight plywood baseboards.
Dear Jim, I hope this is only temporarily.

Hello fellow rail modelers
I have a few Atlas decoder equiped HO locomotive and the decoder/motor is
quite noisy compared to other Atlas models or Kato locos.
Is that normal or are my locos deffective?

I finally started to build my HO  north island refinery that ive had
for 5 years only to find that the oil loading platforms that I need are
no longer in stock "anywhere". Does anyone out there have any of these
kits or know where I can get a couple of them at.

From time to time I see pictures and articles of model?? railroads large
enough to ride on. Where can I find information on buying any of this.
Mostly the rail, who sells that?
Tim

Is anyone familiar with a shop called L&N Trains in Louisville?
I am told they have a good selection of L&N flagged locos and rolling
stock, something I am having a hard time finding.
For the L&N to have been such a large carrier in its day, it's

As alluded to in my earlier posting, I've listed two unpainted, mint
condition brass models for sale on Ebay today:
- Mansfield Hobbies Brass HO 44 Class Mk1 Diesel Loco         (1)
  http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5971612929&ssPageName
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