Model Forum / General / Railroads / August 2006

I'm looking for a OO 'jinty' to shunt the yard in the small layout I'm building.
 It seems I have the choice of rtr locos from Bachmann and Hornby.  As I
haven't purchased a new loco since I was a kid in the 70s I don't know much
about the quality of modern models.  Does anyone ...

Just returned from Flying Yankee open house.  The complete Flying
Yankee is currently undergoing a rebuild at the Hobo Railroad in Lincoln
New Hampshire.  They erected a very long tent to keep the weather off
while working.  The exterior stainless steel skin is in fine shape, the ...

Hi all, need some help on this one, just been to visit the parents this
weekend and was given the accessories for chad valley train set box
containing a milk tanker, oil tanker, brake van and railway container, all
made from tin in "0" gauge and in a never removed from the box ...

In case anyone hadn't notice the Hornby Auction site closed on 1st August
having failed miserably to seriously challenge eBay.
John.

Had a quick look around in Modelzone today (yeah, I know, but it's the
only model shop I can get to easily...), and noticed they are
advertising a special edition Hornby 466 in South Eastern livery.
IIRC it was listed as having a "type 7" motor - does this mean they've

I'm in the process of changing all my cars to Kadee wheels. When I've
changed some of t he cars (mainly Walthers) the new Kadees do not run as
well as the old plastic wheels. In fact they are very stiff.
I'm thinking of buying the truck tuner from Micro Mark but as I live in

The 50' box with both a slide door and  a smaller plug door is called ?
Amd it would carry ?

I have an Athearn Intermodal 5 car set which I bought second hand. The
reference number on the box is 5915 and it sates that it is a BN
twin-pack. The problem is that the first car has the non coupler side
truck mounting broken (it was probably me wot broke it!). This is the

I recently purchased the kit # 159-407 but there are no instructions.
Does anyone have a set of instructions that I caould get a copy of?
Scans will work also. I will pay postage if needed!
Thanks,  Mike

I have recently bought a house and "inherited" loads of model trains,
pretty neat looking stuff, with it, stashed in the attic. I am just
curious as to what could be their value on the market, if at all. When I
look at the bottom of these things they are either "Lima Italy" brand ...

Can anybody tell me how to get the body off a Bachmann 2-8-0 please? I have
not been able to work it out yet and its driving me crazy because I don't
want to break, snap or otherwise ruin any part of the loco or chassis. Any
assistance greatly appreciated.

I had inquired earlier about these trains. Here I quote the original post.
"I have recently bought a house and "inherited" loads of model trains,
pretty neat looking stuff, with it, stashed in the attic. I am just
curious as to what could be their value on the market, if at all. ...

I have recently bought a house and "inherited" loads of model trains,
pretty neat looking stuff, with it, stashed in the attic. I am just
curious as to what could be their value on the market, if at all. When I
look at the bottom of these things they are either "Lima Italy" brand ...

Hi all, need some help on this one, just been to visit the parents this
weekend and was given the accessories for chad valley train set box
containing a milk tanker, oil tanker, brake van and railway container, all
made from tin in "0" gauge and in a never removed from the box ...

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