Model Forum / General / Railroads / May 2005

Things that make you go "hmmmm."
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=78178&item=5973894127&rd=1

.... is available in the US for $557 Aussie PLUS freight downunder. Just saw
it and thought to let folks know
Steve

I have been contacted today by my friend Derek Gelsthorpe, owner, builder
and operator of the well known N Gauge layout "Sutton Junction", which has
worked under the CVMRD banner for the last few years as one of our guest
layouts.

All,
Can you tell me about the collector demand for the Penn Line
Fleishmann NP passenger cars that occasionally show up on eBay? Like
this current listing.

Did anyone see Dead Doctors (Heartbeat) last night?
Not just old regular 'time-machine' 80135, but shots of the yard, sheds,
6-wheel tanks, a class 24 at speed and.....there was one shot where there
was something in the blurred distance that definitely looked NSE blue...

I would like to get pics (if any) of any factories where Pullman Carriages
were built..... Alternatively if someone has web addresses or names of books
with detailed works pictures that'd be brilliant.
.....yes, I am thinking about building a scale model of a Pullman factory

Hello again,
   Some will know that I have been slaving away over a new DCC layout that
incorporates a working sand loading system. All went well at the first
exhibition last weekend in Warwick and pictures can be found on the Oakamoor

I've seen old (1950's vintage, I'd guess) O scale wood kits from All Nation,
and similar kits from about the same vintage made by Walthers which look
identical.  Is this just coincidence, or did Walthers and All Nation kits
have a shared history?

The summer time slack in models is upon us so I put back the page on the
1938 El Capitan. I have been working on a model of this early engine as no
one makes this plain and simple front end type. see it off the home page at;
http://www.rrscenery.com

Got this site from a post in the HO newsgroup. Very neat idea! Bruce
http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/1879/locomotives/wipers/

 I spotted a heavy weight car sitting in front of the Summerville Ga
station on Saturday. It is lettered Norfolk Southern and numbered 960053 MW.
It has 6 wheel trucks under it and appears to be a wreck tender possibly. It
has 8 bunks a restroom, shower, cooking facilities, and 10 ...

Anyone heard any news about the expected delivery of the Freightliner or
GBRF 66 from Bachmann ? - the EWS one is around in reasonable quantities but
no sign of the others 8<(.
Ta

One of my customers has just advised me that the twin-forked electrical
connection on the draw bar of Hornby steam locos is a serious potential for
DCC decoder failure caused by short-circuits if the forks become distorted.
Suggestion is to remove the draw bar electrical connectors ...

Mark Newton posted a question about brakes layouts on Pullman Passenger cars
the other day. I just relocated the site
http://home.att.net/~pullmanproject/  where I had found brake diagrams and
Pullman poop. It's a very good place to visit  if your building or bashing a

I heard an interesting conversation on the Dapol stand at the Bristol
show this evening. Some guy made a slightly humorous comment about the
lack of a banger blue class 73 (I immediately thought of Steve Jones
website when I heard this) and the guy representing Dapol basically