Model Forum / General / Railroads / July 2006

Can anyone give me a EW&S class 60 number ( not EWS ), I want to re-number a
60 026 into something else, but keeping the "&" .
Also is there a named EW&S Class 60 ?
kindest regards

Could somebody recommend a supplier of etched brass name and number
plates in 4mm please? I presume that Jackson Evans are no longer in
operation? A web address would particularly helpful.

Which transfers are better / best
Fox, Replica, or modelmaster ?
kindest regards
Simon

I'm looking for an older version of a building which has been around for
quite some time.  The current reincarnation is the grey & pink nightclub
complete with red lights and "employees" of questionable moral character.
It is a Faller #130440 "Lila-Eule" night club (see

Anyone been to Train World to see what new stuff they have. Seem they
have annouced a lto of goods wagons, and were wodnering if anyone has
heard more............
Regards,

Tomsalvé,
Sorry fellahs (and fellahesses....) the aliteration wasnt meant, however... Way back when , I.K.Brunel tested one of his loco's to see (purely for fun apparently) how fast it could go running light, it seems that it reached three figures does anyone know more about this ...

I E.mailed Ebay about my problem with O scale section. O scale has become
mixed up with OO scale, and there are 2 categories, O scale & Other O scale,
Now try trawling through that lot looking for O scale only !  It must put of
both sellers and purchasers alike ??

I photographed an intermodal car DTTX 454030. I think. I believe the first
letter was D and the last digit looked like 0 the rest I can read.
Anyway, I couldn't find the 454 series in my 2000 ORER. Anybody have pics of
this car on the web? I just got a corner shot so didn't get a ...

I've got a couple of loco models that have live overhead traction wiring
support through their pantographs and one question which I've raised in
forums at my site in these two threads:
http://www.railzone.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=101

The building (now demolished) seen in the following links was an old pumping
station at Barry Docks in South Wales, site of the famous Woodham's
scrapyard :
http://philtpics.fotopic.net/p5478140.html

a mate bought these and is understandably disappointed that the axle boxes
don't stay in position for mounting the wheels. I recall having seen these
chassis, but can't remember on what. If anyone can let me know that'd be
great.

With the reserved price finishing a few weeks ago, does that mean the
"T" will be shipping soon  from Powerline ? I'll admit I didn't get a
$199 pre-delivery price and will have to pay the extra for one. But I'm
stil happy to wait to see it in the shops.....then I'l decide.

I'm kind of new to this and possibly this question has been discussed
a million times before.  I just purchased my first  Atlas #1402 ACF
4650 3 Bay Covered Hopper.  The car is great looking and good detail
but when I measured it the thing appears to be about 4 scale feet too

There are many different glacial landforms created by glacial erosion, one of these landforms is U-shaped valleys or glacial troughs. This glacial landform has many distinct characteristics. One of these characteristics is that it has very steep valley sides caused by the glacier ...

The building (now demolished) seen in the following links was an old pumping
station at Barry Docks in South Wales, site of the famous Woodham's
scrapyard :
http://philtpics.fotopic.net/p5478140.html