Model Forum / General / Railroads / November 2007

(no, not the one in Georgia! :-) )
Hello there,
we had a small FREMO module workshop in Athens this weekend, it may be
interesting to other members of this forum.

Meant to ask this question when Bachmann's railway calendar first arrived
last year instead of leaving it until now but what is the approximate scale
of the R, H & D's locomotives in relation to their full size counterparts?
Half, third, quarter?

Die-Cast to nominal 1;43 with 3 MK 1... $300 US retail... a bargain
really...
A Hall class... what could the intrepid basher make it into... a
saint, a 4-4-2... a 2-8-0...

Saez has some detail information that you can use without spending any
money. Cardboard boxes and band iron.
see it at http://www.rrscenery.com
Have a great Thanksgiving.

I have an old engine from the 50's that I've had since new. Since I grew
up in Norwalk - and Athearn was "just down the street" in Carson - it
was easy to assume that it was an Athearn. It "looks" like an Athearn -
-- everyone that sees it (including me for the longest) *thinks* ...

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le_id=489555&in_page_id=1773
Cheers
Robt P.

Not a complaint... but a repair story.
I picked up a N scale Kato GP50 at a show today, and ran it around a bit
on the layout.  Noticing it ran rather fast at low voltages and wanting
to confirm there was no decoder inside, I opened the case to take a look.  

Does anyone know another emailadress then the one on their site, I don't
seem to come through their spamfilter. I sent them an email 2 weeks ago and
another one according to their instructions last week but still no reply.
Hoping one of you has another contact method or an ...

After many years have got back to detailing some locos ( 2-6-2T 82004 comes
to mind as one) and have forgotten what diameter wire is ideal for 00 locos,
I see Mainly Trains have 0.45, 0.7 and 0.9mm wire . Also are the handrail
knob holes large enough for the 0.9mm?  It may come ...

Probably not of much interest to many here, but I noticed a while ago that
Bachmann incorrectly stated on their website for the new Standard 4MT Mogul
that:
"...All Southern locomotives had BRIB [sic] 4725 gallon tenders, which were

Anyone know of a geoup that deals only with O guage?
Jim

It has appeared in the railway press and on this group, but not in the Hull Trains website, that the plan to cover for the broken Pioneer consists of running 86101+5xmk3+dvt for the Kings Cross - Doncaster section to be met by a Pioneer at Doncaster, with cross platform ...

Folks:
I have put down some track, and operations have
started.
Plan: