Model Forum / General / Railroads / October 2005

Greetings all :-)
After lying more or less dormant for a couple of years, Lambing Flat seems
to have woken from its slumbers and seen some activity!
I have just uploaded a selection of recent photos of Lambing Flat onto my

My next inquiry has to do w/ a double main line.
Q: How do you make a siding accessible to both main lines [northbound and
southbound]? I can see this being accomplished with a double crossover prior
to the siding from both directions.

A little time was spent finishing a fly-over viaduct on the layout for an
eventual return loop. It was an ugly plaster glob for a year, but now I feel
better about it.
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I'm hoping to visit the USA early next year (just before Easter) and was
thinking about taking the opportunity to see more of the country and the
trains by travelling by rail.  The Amtrak Rail Pass looks like a pretty good
deal and I wondered if the group subscribers had any ...

Luke,
Why not try  MERG at www.merg.org.uk  or
home.intecom/wurzel/DCC/index.html
merg also has a Yahoo site but it does cost to join - I think well

I am finally ready to start laying track but there is one aspect that I
am unsure about. I have a couple of junctions that will straddle a join
in the boards so I can place points either side of the join and connect
them with a short piece of track fixed to a strip of pcb.

By "Foreign Rolling Stock", I am referring to items from other RR's
that do not often make their way into the region of your layout.
I am curious how you handle such rolling stock on your layout
[especially if you are using a car card/waybill system]. For example, I

Has anyone seen an HO-scale, Bachmann Doodlebug operate? Could you please
rate its performance, its detailing, and its paint/lettering. I have never
seen one.
Out of curiosity, what time period did the Doodlebug operate?

Diesel Engine:  MP15AC
Does anyone know what time period would this engine fit?
Thanks!
Matt

Please can anyone tell me when the ordinary steel bodied open goods wagons
(not mineral wagons) went out of everyday use (not departmental use). I mean
the sort like the old Hornby Dublo model produced with a plastic body.
Thanks,

Just to let you know it is the
Woodthorpe Nottingham Model Railway Show
November 5th
10am to 5 pm

For anyone interested in early steam here is a link to the prototype
Richmond MA&PA #4 that the announced Bachmann Spectrum 4-4-0 is thought to
be biased on. http://www.mdrails.com/images/mpa4dm.jpg
As for me............I'm excited. It appears that with minor mods it could

Am so very impressed by my Lenz Compact that I have decided to upgrade to a
Lenz set 100, can anyone suggest where I might find the best price for it .
Best price located so far is Hattons at £240 plus an additional £44 for the
TR150 transformer.

I have a Hornby "smokey joe" and an (anachronistic) Lima class 09 and
a couple of other miscellaneous small locos and they all have the same
fault: they run at express speeds flat out and are hopeless at
shunting pace.  

Google returns nothing except endless Ebay links.  Argh.