Model Forum / General / Railroads / September 2006

Take a look at this ebay auction - http://tinyurl.com/z5gnt
Item number: 230022321210
He got $1200 for "10 engines 10 cabooses (some of them are metal) 100
box cars + other goodies" as he states it in his listing.

Before the war, when the USN operated helium filled airships, the helium
gas was transported by rail in tank cars. Was the gas under pressure in
these cars, if so, what pressure? If not under pressure, this means that the
tank cars would weigh less when loaded than when running ...

I Made my own Twin T block detectors and they work perfectly controlling
three color signals. Each Yellow aspect is wired into the red aspect of the
advance block. The Twin T's control a 4 pole relay that allow other
functions to perform automatically like crossing flashers and ...

We received word today that Peter lost his battle with his illness on
September 1. He died peacefully with his family at hand. I'd like to
think that today Peter's sitting on that big front porch with Big John,
rockin' and sippin' lemonade and swappin' tales.

was helping an older lady move from her house and found 2 boxes of
trains 7 engines total. 4 of them  stil boxed up and never open in the
basement she was going to to trash them she said i could have them that
they belonged to her dad when she was a kid  she is 70 yrs old  were can

can some one please send me a diogram on how to wire the points up to
the switches and then up to the power supply i would most apreashite it
My e-mauil address is i.t.works2@ntlworld.com

Today is the 56th anniversary of the Speedrail wreck during the 1950 NMRA
convention in Milwaukee, which killed ten people and injured forty-six more.
An interesting story on the wreck and the 1950 convention is here:
http://my.execpc.com/~jruss/NMRAspeedrail.html

After me plonking him  on rec.models.railroad he writes to me privately, my
response follows: -

I just bought a Bachmann HO scale Climax and would like to put DCC sound in
it. Anyone have an experience doing this? I looked online to see if it could
find a decoder made specifically for the Climax, but only found one for the
On30 model.

I'm looking for a 7mm fine scale 3 way point. Is there a ready built one out
there or will I have to find a kit?
TIA
Dave.

مقطع فيديو لـ "صليب " مطعم " الارنب
الجائع " بـ شارع الظهران بـ الاحساء!
http://www.hammss.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10301

There was an article in the model press how someone built a concrete silo
grain facility out of PVC pipe in HO scale. What size pipe did they use?
--
Phil Anderson

I seem to have mislaid my membership card. Would I be correct in thinking my
membership number is the same as the last four digits on the top of the
address label they just sent me?
(kim)

I have several freight cars with trucks that I am unable to tighten and, as
a result, they wobble down the track.  It appears that the threads have been
stripped, and the screws no longer hold.  Does anyone have suggestions for
solving this problem?