Model Forum / General / Railroads / August 2006

Hi What are the Best screws for mounting kadee couplers to freight cars etc
size and length
Any help would be appreciated
Anthony

Link to photos showing how the battlefield looked before superintendent John
Latschar raped it.
http://users.snip.net/~hart/
We loved Gettysburg: took dozens of week-long trips, spent many thousands of

Folks:
He comes up maybe a little short this time.  I haven't bought the
August MR yet,
but might after a while.  I did flip through it at the grocery store,

Took my new Bachmann 9F to the local railroad store (Atlanta Trains) today
to get a Decoder and program it (I forgot to build a programming track on my
layout).
The response was amazing! Best thing I've seen from Bachmann, and look how

Just wondering if its my computer or is everyone else finding RMWeb
(www.rmweb.co.uk) unobtainable atm ?
Cheers
Jeff.

Went shopping for model RR stuff the other day, the first time in a
looooong time; ended up buying some cheap cars on sale at a small local
shop. One of the things I got was a Varney boxcar, for $3. Thought it
might tickle some of the old-timers here to hear about it.

I'm goin to have to post here from now on,
I useta post on aus.rail but all they talk about is bumsex, choas theory, islam, and dribbly foamers.
It's gone downhill!

I'm presently building the Hurst Models kit for the Wessex Electric Class
442, in it's documentation it tells you to remove the bogies and discard
them as Mark 3 Coach bogies aren't correct.  But what do I replace them
with??

hello, I read quite a lot and I think I did my home work about what to
know to start etching my own part. My problem is I still was not able
to fine a small enough supplier for dry-film photoresist or brass
already laminated with photoresist. I know there is sealman (or

I have encounterd a frustrating problem. I am in the process of
building a small shunting lay out using Kadee's. I have converted a
small batch of mainly Bachmann goods wagons to start me off. Last
weekend I have installed a couple of under-the-track magnets.

I'm about to deisgn a garden railroad and am looking for some
easy-to-use design software.  Atlas' Right Track is great, but there is
nothing in G-scale, just N, HO, and O.  Do any of you have any
suggestions?

Does anyone know when Powerline are going to release the T class loco?. This
is getting a bit long in the tooth... a 9 month delay with still no word on
a delivery date.
I now hear their VQCX wagon is delayed and also the VHGF wheat hopper has

See how your can improve the appearance of a mat board structure.
http://www.rrscenery.com
--
Phil Anderson

As stated in the subject, I will be in Seattle (city bound) with my family,
for about a day and a half. Are there any clubs or stores or other RR things
I can see?

Hi all, I've got an O scale brass locomotive that I think my Dad
purchased in the late 50s or early 60s.  It looks to be an interurban
freight loco, but beyond that I'm stuck.  The only marking is "Japan"
stamped on the motor.  I've done a fair amount of searching online but