Model Forum / General / Railroads / December 2007

I like Atlas code 55 because it looks great, however I will need to change
wheels on some rolling stock, with the cars thats no problem but what do I
do with the locomotives that touch the ties, can I replace the wheels or is
it complicated.

I would be interested in hearing comments about the quality of the
Lionel train sets that are sold in the big box stores such as Target,
Menards, Hobby Lobby, etc. in respect to those sold by other sources.
Thanks

Howdy: Many years ago I bought a Climax loco kit, un-powered, to kit
bash a project I saw in an issue of Model Railroader. At the time I
was planning on it being a static model, with no need for locomotion
(no pun intended). I've since changed my mind and now want to put a

Found neat stuff on makin your own trees with sea foam. they seem to look
pretty good, where the heck do I find the stuff. I cant seem to find it
anywhere.
Thanks in advance

Isn't it about time someone (re)started making Hammant and Morgan style
point motors?

I'm just about to embark on the track laying for my new layout, and I think
I'm going to have to decide what to do about point motors from the outset.
For my other layout, I used Peco point motors with the extra switch, which I
used to control the frog polarity. They've been fine, ...

I'd appreciate some feedback (sorry!) on currently available
controllers as I'm about to buy one for the first time in nearly 30
years. I don't want to go with DCC for a couple of reasons that I'll
mention at the bottom.

I would like to paint up a BR Green Stanier Tender in the Lined Black
livery used by the LMS. The Fowler Tender is lined in White on marroon
but none of my photos are good enough to determine the Stanier scheme,
in fact I cannot detect any lining at all (except on the locos).

Pekka Siiskonen wrote:

I wish to raise one oval of my sons layout on some kind of pier
arrangement and was thinking about cutting out two pieces of 6 mm MDF
board to the shape of the track and supporting it with dowels.  My
concern is will the MDF be flexible enough to allow the slope /

I want to try an re-engine a Triang Blue Pullman (OO). The centre-centre for
the outer wheels is 22.1cm. Does anyone know which present Hornby or
Bachmann product comes closest to this (either as a DMU or a Bo-Bo) for
using an alternative chassis?

Hi, I'm whipping together a temporary display layout (just an oval,
2x3, n-scale).  I plan to use styrofoam (pink or blue) as the base and
for rough contours.  Do I need to glue some 1/4" ply on the bottom for
strength or to prevent crumbling or help it survive the trip from my

thanks for the help clearing up the AC/DC thing with DCC earlier,
I want to go with N gauge, and whilst there are a few DCC starter sets
out there, they all seem to have really naff looking controllers,
i like the look of the Trix 66920 controller, avoiding the maerklin

In what area, and in what period, would I have seen a green Hymek loco
pulling private owner coal wagons, in how long would a prototypical rake be?
Thanks, scoot

Last year around this time, I asked for help concerning where the horn
was supposed to be in my 1958 Lionel 218 Santa Fe locomotive.
Originally purchased from my grandfather, my Dad had no recollection
of the horn ever being sounded when he was a kid. Someone