Model Forum / General / Railroads / November 2006

I noticed on Hattons website, Hornby 8Fs ranging from £47 to £88. Are
there any differences to these other than number and livery?
Cheers

Ron Preston passed away peacfully this morning (Wednesday). A sadly missed
railway historian.
Dom

Check out: www.Brandon-Lands.com

My local PBS station had a television show called "Hobby Railroading" on
several years ago.  It was probably the mid-90's that I last saw it on
WTVP-47 Peoria, IL.  I was wondering if anyone knew anything about it and
if it's still being shown somewhere.

I have got a model of a 21 ton mineral wagon made by Hornby (R6161C)
which has a diagonal white stripe on the end without the door. I though
it supposedly indicted where the end door is. Has Hornby painted it at
the wrong end of the wagon?

I have a model of a 21 ton mineral wagon made by Hornby (R6161C). It
has the number B310437K on it. Can anyone tell me what the K stands for?

Sorry about the caps needthe info for a friend
CAN ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT THE FIREFOX HO TRAIN ,WHO MADE IT ,HOW MUCH
WAS IT ,AND ABOUT WHAT YEAR.I THINK IT HAD 5 CARS WHICH INCLUDED 2
FLAT CARS WITH PLASTIC MACK CF PUMPER AND MACK CF REAR MOUNT ,BULLDOG

Bought a Hornby Duchess a few months ago, from a trade stand at a train
fayre. was a good price £60 and just the one I wanted - Duchess of
Buccleuch. Loco and box in mint condition. Had never met seller but had nice
chat, complemented him on his prices. Talked about other traders ...

Recently I've got a bit fed up with not having a totally level
continuous run, so when I've got a really long train that a loco can
pull on the level or downhill, it gets really frustrating when the loco
slips to a stop going uphill.

After years of collecting Thomas locos, wagons and coaches young Oliver has
announced he wants the new Bachmann train set for infants:
http://www.recordstore.co.uk/undergroundernie/
Are the 2 offerings compatible in terms of track, power etc? (no 3rd or 4th

If anyone is out there that uses the prodigy advance system I have a
question.
I'm new to Dcc and i've learned how to advance consist but how do you
turn the light on in the front locomotive after you have consisted it ?  

I'm very shortly about to order a significant amount of 009 track and
points - all PECO, I know that you can do better if you build your own but
I simply don’t have the time.
One thing concerns me, I currently use SEEP point motors for my 00 gauge

The only thing stopping me going DCC, is installing decoders in my
trains they are all 15-20 years old. I been told (not sure if it's
true) older models like this the wiring is different from the newer
models of the last few years something about being isolated I think?

I have about 140 Marklin Items listed on eBay.  About half are HO and
the other half are Z scale.
Click on this link to see the picturea and the listings:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=qrq