Model Forum / General / Railroads / March 2007

I was on vacation at the beach.  Returning home I prayed God would
have kept the clean up of the train board moving, but now it is worse.
Steve Caple is back to his old ways and others have joined in.
But I am a believer and I am still praying you will all get right with

Can anyone recommend a good HO scale train store in the Minneapolis area.
The one's I've tried stock very little inventory.
Thanks
Chris

He is out of control and a troll.

In my last house, I had an OO terminus station in the loft, from a
design from an old railway modeller plan.
I would like to rebuild it again but the space available in this loft
sort of dictates I need to build it the opposite way around, a mirror

Not many years ago if you turned over a plastic toy etc. it would have
printed on the bottom 'Made in Hong Kong', nowadays it will probably
say 'Made in China' (Hong Kong is now part of China again so ...... ).
As China are now deemed to be one of the worlds worst contributor to

G'day All,
Just a reminder that Our Town Scale Modellers Association Incorporated, as
part of the Maitland Steam Fest, are holding their 2006 Maitland Steamfest
Model Train Show at the Maitland Federation Centre, 10 Bent Street,

30 December 2006
District Superintendent, aus.rail
District Superintendent, aus.rail.models
District Superintendent, misc.transport.rail.australia-nz

Helllo
I'm going to the uk 5th Arpil and wondered about good model shops over
there.
I'll be mostly in windsor, Horwich, Greenwich and Truro'

I need a replacement Buhler motor for a Bachman Pannier Tank #9643.
Anybody know where this can be obtained? BTW I'm in Canada but this
isn't necessarily a problem as I will be in the UK early May for the
summer.

I just read about the new Ho dockside working crane in Model
Railroader.  Wondering who has already gotten it and how you like it.
Looks like a really sweet machine.  I saw more pictures of it at
www.BearcoMarine.com

April MR  did a piece about mounting Tortoise machines on foamboard.
The author (Mike Berger) makes a 2.25 * 1.75 square hole clean thru the
foamboard and sets the tortoise in from the top.  He fastens a piece of
perfboard to the top of the Tortoise to keep it from falling thru ...

Anyone remember what serial killer that was?

Are they still in business?

When considering steam engines and their service / refueling:
How often did oil burners refuel as compared to coal burners ?
If one was to have facilities for both, whould they be in the same
location ?

HE SUCKS THEM LONG AND SUCKS THEM HARD