Model Forum / General / Railroads / June 2005

Hello i am after the 80 class decal set to suit the Austrains freight rail
blue loco.
The 81/82 sets are to big could somebody help
many thanks   scott

Growing up in Chicago fifty years ago (gasp) my friends and I used to
play around a small CNW yard on the northwest side of the city.  In my
faded memory I believe that it would be a great little switching puzzle
yard to build up and take to shows... but I can't remember the exact

Hello to the group.
I've lost my hard drive and I thought I had a site for Cannon& Company.
Does anyone know it?
Thanks.   Paul

Whilst speaking with a number of persons (Names withheld) involved with
the production of railway models over the weekend, I put forward the
view that re hashing models that have been done in the past could be an
exercise fraught with danger, and put forward that they instead should

Reports on the net over the weekend that Peco are to enter the ready-to-run
N-gauge loco market were today confirmed by their rep, who brought along a
superbly proportioned pre-production model of a GWR Collett 0-6-0 loco.
It's worth reporting that this loco is to be produced DCC ...

Just wondering where I could get a BMT kit from besides Lloyds?
Rob

I thought it was time for something other than politics. :-)
I just got a US Diesel loco in a box of junk. I was going to figure out
the prototype by searching through my stack of old mags, but some of
you  seem to need something to do.

Actually two related help-technical info sites, listed
below, were updated: a model and a prototype.
Finally arrived at the state where the Linux/Debian
installation is refined enough for usage. LAN to Amiga and

I hope this is the correct list to ask maintenance questions about electric
trains. I have been on the list for a few days.
I am trying to get my loco running. It is from a Marx 4200 set. The engine
is a #400. The track and circuit are okay because my other engines run fine.

There was an article in MR ( I think ) about automatic control of a
helix.  Anybody remember the month - or if my memory is totally out of
whack, the magazine?
thanks

Please stop responding to the silly totally OT subject!
Obviously, someone is trolling for replies!
I thought that we are all smart enough not to keep those kinds of
postings alive on r.m.r.

I have been painting my track over the last few months, first by hand, and
the by aerosol, from the local model store "Floquil Rail Brown". I am using
Peco Code 100 nickel silver track.
Problem is, doesn't to seem to matter how often I clean the top of the

Hoping someone can give me some infomation on the OHG gaurds vans, mainly
the introduction date. Those trainorama vans look pretty good and am hoping
to fit them into my time era (1950-1959).
Cheers

Hi again from OZ,
We were having a "66" night, last evening at our local club.  A discussion
ensued on the subject of the "Day/Night" lighting feature of the 66. As a
retired driver, I know all about marker lights etc, but day/night has us