Model Forum / General / Railroads / January 2008

looking for decals for the orange blossom special for the 1953-54 grey and
red
paint scheme. lettering is red.
emmetk

Does anyone know the dates of the next Model Toys & Trains Collectors
Fair in Poole/Broadstone?  The people who run it seem to think it's some
kind of secret society and don't publish the dates on the web ;)

See a rare construction technique on the logging repair building shed, plus
a surprise.
http://www.rrscenery.com
Phil Anderson

I am thinking of building an O or G scale business car, probably starting
with a commercially available car, such as the 1:29 observation from
Aristo-Craft.  Anyone have suggestions or sources re detail interior or
exterior parts?  Or perhaps a better starting point?

It had Pete Waterman on talking about his O gauge railway
Also showed Model Rail magazine

On a prototype railroad mail list a request for pix of railroad trucks and
vehicles was posted.  Seems all roads had delivery and maintenance
vehicles.  Found some of the pix rather interesting and this made me think
about railroad vehicles on layouts.  Perhaps this is an overlooked ...

Seeing the word guage used instead of gauge really gets up my nose, I
also browse a guitar forum and see it used there also. I did a google
on it and found this
http://www.watervalley.net/users/caseyjones/guage.htm with both

I've been struggling with my Athearn since I converted it to DCC.  I
replaced most of the friction type electricals with solder and connectors.
I still have the "black" rail pickup going thru the truck/chasis pivot
though.  And this is where the problem seems to be.  It seems to ...

My first article appears in 08 Railroad Model Planning and it's about my
study the late John Allen with his seven by three and a half foot layout.
Phil Anderson

Anyone know of a source here in U.S. for a replacement motor for an old
Rivarossi H0 Krauss-Maffei diesel,  or for inexpensive replacement ball
bearings for it?

I am looking for some HO or S scale decals for the Seaboard Airline Citrus
paint scheme for E unit diesels.
Larry at Papas Trains

This used to be a great way to communicate, idiots have turned your internet
news group into a complete mess.
It might be time to have a moderator appointed and get rid of these fools
and let them loose somewhere else

Irish Examiner
Paul Kelly, Consumer Correspondent
21st January 2008
"  ..........  One of the latest such serial magazines is The Flying

Sorry false alarm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Railpage_Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tezza1

Does it work?  Do the wood ties have enough grip on the track spikes
all by them selves?  Last time I handlaid, the roadbed was soft pine so
the track spikes had more wood to grab onto.