Model Forum / General / Railroads / April 2005

I have been considering buying either a US or European model with a
DCC sound decoder already fitted, just so that I can 'have a play'.
Will I be able to fully operate one with a Lenz compact, which I
believe only gives me access to F0-F4?

Apparently the July 1965 (VOL6-No.11) Airfix magazine contains an article on
motorising the City of Truro and I was wondering/hoping someone out there
may have that copy and could scan and email it to me.....alternatively
someone may have done the conversion and could email em ...

I've been perusing my collection of books trying to find an example of a
plate girder or metal span bridge carrying a road over a railway. Every
example I've found has the railway on the bridge.
Were they ever used in the way I'm looking for?

G'day all :-)
The latest Eureka Models update is now available.
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quality models of New South Wales Railways prototypes in HO.

I buy a Set of six Roundhouse (MDC) Harriman
Passenger Cars Kits.I built these. I will use
on my Branch-Line. I replace the Standard Coupler
to Kadee Copler (no Body mount). I have on my Laout

First I saw in this month Walthers flyer "I" gauge. What is that?
Second: Did SP ever have any observation cars with the open end platform in
Daylight colors?
Tim

Does anyone know at what temperature polystyrene starts to soften up enough
to slightly change its shape?  I have a building base that is warped.  I'd
like to heat it to the point where it begins to soften just a little, then
flatten it out and let it cool.

I know this may have been discussed before, but it is now getting very
extreme.
The Standard 5MT is available at £59.00 for 73030, £64.00 for 73068,
£67.00 for 73014, £74.00 for 73110 and £75.00 for 73069, but a

Still hard at  the baseboard construction, and wanted to ask, is it
wise/unwise to paint your benchwork  or leave them all natural?  I
thought it may give the wood some protection, and also for the visual
aspect.

I have one section of track, specifically a closed loop trolley track that
is to be purely automated.  The trolley cars will NOT have DCC decoders,
they will be straight DC with live overhead wires.  They will be
operated by a computer program and not under human control.  I am ...

Anyone got any Rivarossi Italian locos Ho or O that they want to depart
with? old wrecks for parts also welcome. will buy or exchange for UK locos
that I have in my collection.
reply via  news or removespamfs-db-br@libero.it

Hi, I'm planning on using a Walthers background building called
""Imperial Food Products".
I need this industry to accept both reefers and tank cars. Can someone
let me know, logically, what type of load would this use for tank

I have just bought a job lot of old railway stuff from an auction which
includes a Zero 1 controller and 4 decoders, can anyone give me a brief
description of how to use the damn thing also how to work out how to read
the loco cumbers from the chips

The group I belong to was told by someone within the advertizing
department at Model Railroader that the editor is considering removing
the "free" train show and activity listings in the magazine. While it is
possible that we were told this just to get us to buy a paid ad for our ...

Can anyone confirm the colors of the C&A Alco Pacifcs used on the 1924
edition of the Chicago - St. Louis "Alton Limited"?  Dubin states the cars
were maroon with red doors and red window posts, aluminum roofs and black
underbodies.  I seem to recall a color picture of the train ...