Model Forum / General / Railroads / December 2005

In 1949 the Milwaukee Road tested a GE electric locomotive for three
months on their Coast and Rocky Mountain divisions.  This demonstrator was
numbered GE750 and was painted olive green with a white stripe.  I have
several photos of this locomotive but they are in black and white.  ...

Trust all will have a good time and that the end result will be an
expansion of the model railway network
Mike

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Going to bore with more stuff about my layout project I'm afraid! ;)
Finished another building. This time it's a modern industrial unit from
Kestrel. I tried out the drybrushing technique on it and, while it might not be
fantastic, for a first attempt I don't think it's too bad and ...

 Hello to all, I am about to commence building an S guage layout
with American Flyer rolling stock and AF turnouts, Gargraves flex
track and some old Gilbert track as well. I was planning to make the
roadbed from sawcut wood strips covered with sandpaper but I'm

Hmm, just got the Heljan Crompton 33 004 in DCE livery, and one of the first
things I noticed was the slightly flattened appearance to the roof. Having
seen these almost every day in my 'yoof' as 33/1s hauling services between
Bournemouth and Weymouth, I believe I have a ...

Just to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Hope you all get some nice (railway) presents to play with.
Regards
Bob

http://www.mannresearch.com/rr/obtrr/outcomebased_SummerSpecial05.jpg
http://www.portsmouthbranch.com/img/outcomerraug.jpg
Eric

Usual excellent close up pics from 'Rails of Sheffield' upon the
release of 45543.
http://www.railssheffield.co.uk/products.asp?StockID=3454
Whilst the initial views seem impressive, it's spoilt somewhat by the

Since I'm postign the other thing, may as well let new people know about the
free online  resources at
http://www.thortrains.net
Layouts and track plans for G, O, S. HO, TT.and N, online model RR manuals,

added some photos taken at the recent Wigan exhibition including one shot
which seems to appeal to quite a few people, it has been put on the front
page for quicker viewing - Widnes by night.
Enjoy......

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Hi again all
Was just wondering if people knew of good quality layout programs that I
could show others in order to help inspire them to take up the hobby......I
am thinking of well shot footage with tips on scenery, weathering etc.

   I've been doing some slicing on the night shifts and come up with a good
model of one of the stations on our line. Now I wouldn't say it was
perfectly to scale as it was made from the card that comes as the backing to
many a lined note pad that we have at work, but it was ...

I have a ~3 x 6 foot oval of RealTrax.  There seems to be a power spike on
one side of the power terminal that extends to the other end of the oval and
then ends.  In other words, when left at the same power from the
transformer, the train will at two different speeds depending ...