Model Forum / General / Railroads / March 2006

Does any body know  were one may see a VR ZLP gaurds van. May be in
still use! or stored at a historical society.Does any one have access
to drawings of a ZLP or were one may find/purchase copys of ?
Any help greatly appreciated.

Got a couple of questions I can't seem to find an answer for.
My lhs has gone toes-up so I can't find out there. Question 1: in HO
scale, I know ME only has a #6 turnout. What I need to know is what is
the length of the turnout (the straight section)? The Atlas #6's are 12

Anyone got any pics of cattle pens (or know of any links), all the ones I
tend to find are out of focus, in the background or have some damned silly
engine in the way.
On a similar vien the station on my new layout is meant to serve a

This is a standalone record/playback sound unit based on inexpensive
components designed to be used in local scenes to add realism.  I
designed a small PC board and have it available for sale.  Come stop by
www.stormyacres.com and take a look.

I am planning to take my first steps into re-painting a model. As a
starting point I have chosen to make a Network rail New measurement
train from an old HST. It looks like a simple place to start.
My question is, how do I convert the clear "glass" from the original

The April issue of Model Railroader has a news blurb about a new model
control system, 5-DCC.  Quite interesting, and very affordable.
If you're still not sure how it works, the magazine has a video clip
demonstrating 5-DCC on their web site:

This is the first 1/87 building in the upcoming Urban Structures Series
of my Structures for Railroads collection.
Free Download at:
http://www.dc3d.co.nz/mist/urban.htm

Lionel LW transformer,what is term U only 1 not marked

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAmL9QewyP4
This video is called Big Train. I found it on the MR forum. Thought you guys
might get a kick out of it. I wonder how the UP will feel about the ending?
Bruce

Sorry if this is a silly one, but ...
I read things like 4mm scale or 6mm scale , (associated sometimes with
1/76, 1/72, 1/87 )
what does it mean ?

A stock with a PowerRating of 10 performs 16.9 times better than the
S&P 500.
Google was PowerRated 9 on Feb 15, a day before its big pop.
http://www.powerratings.net

I've just bought a load of Peco track, including points, crossovers and
double slips.  I was half way through laying it and thought I should
try some rolling stock over it, especially around the points and
double-slips to make sure they were all alligned properly before I went

I have purchased ballast from a company called Timber Products, in Tempe,
Arizona.  Is anyone aware of a web site for this outfit?
Jeff

Been doing a little kit building recently, and just finished the rather
nice model of the dapol railbus. However, I now want to make it move
under it's own power.
Any recommendations about chassis/motors?

Anybody in this forum into running G gauge trains?
I got out of O scale back in the '80's cause I felt it was too small
for me.
Now I'm into G gauge (1 3/4 inches between the rails) and am wondering