Model Forum / General / Railroads / February 2007

Being a NASA lover I just had to order it. An MTH 20-98483 NASA #2006 75'
AutoTrain AutoCarrier.
When I opened the packing box I thought there had been a mistake and I was
sent a G scale version. Nope. The behemoth is MTH O scale. Just a little

How do companies letter such small text on N-scale rolling stock? Do they
make silk-screens? If so, is possible for the hobbyist to make them from a
computer?

Hello chaps,
The usual apologies if this has already been said and done before, but
I'm going to embark upon getting a garden railway in the garden
(obviously!), and any hints and tips would be most appreciated.

My son was given a Lima Class 20 loco which must be 20 - 25 years old.
Tried it on the test track .... no movement just a loud hum and a
rattle.
How to remove the shell ?  Eventually noticde one of the buffers

Is anyone going to the NMRA convention in Detroit this summer?

Y6 n:o 1113, one of the DMU units of the huge YBo6-series built in the
50's. Today a few ones of these space age designed vehicles, more or
less rebuild, still are used in internal service - this one, almost in
original shape, probably used for staff transportation.

I have a Hornby 31 which I know was cobbled together from two duffers.
The body is from one loco and the chassis from another.
All is well, except that the red tail lights don't work. This appears to
be because the spring contacts on the chassis don't meet the pads in the

Looking at the Bachmann's 0-4-0 Side Rod Gas Mechanical in On30 after
seeing a conversion kit for it. I know the prices in the Bachmann
catalog are inflated compared to what the products can be purchased at
near anywhere, but why is the Davenport set at $110 while the 0-4-0

I have made some important changes to my DC train control circuits.
See my web page for details.
Terry Flynn
http://angelfire.com/clone/rail/index.html

http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,464338,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/09/german_model_railways/
Oh my, the hobby is maturing.
Val

Will this be the first ever RTR LNW prototype or has there been one before?
(kim)

Does anyone have any news on the likely delivery dates for the Bachmann BR
4MT Mogul yet? It seems to have been ages coming, and their website still
lists it with a $ for no release date yet... :(
Ian J.

Anyone in the business willing to give some rough idea of margins
achieved on Model Railway items? E.g. train sets, locos, stock,
accessories?
I have the opportunity to buy an existing business where I would

I wonder if model vendors ever consider modeling failed trains. The 4-14-4
was a single prototype Russian leviathan that made only one publicity trip
in 1935. It was apparently so heavy that it spread the track, wrecked the
points of switches, was far too large for the turntables, ...

The discussion of Hornby, and HO / OO in a different thread had me wondering:
1. How common is it for someone to use a European HO scale model on an OO
railroad because it is close to a prototype that they want?  I ask this
question because if I remember right Lima used to make a ...