Model Forum / General / Railroads / July 2008

Would appreciate it if someone could point me to the El Capitan high
level train in N gauge - that is if it exists.  I'm transitioning from
HO to N.
thx

If anyone is interested, I've been writing a blog for the newspaper I work
for for more than an a year now.  It's entitled "Along the Right of Way" and
deals primarily with my interest in model railroading but also railroading
"stuff" in general.  I try to update every three days ...

Having just replaced the magnet in my Wrenn unrebuilt BoB bulleid
pacific with a Neo magnet I thought I'd do a haulage trial on my 1 in 28
helix. The Wrenn loco could haul an 8 car train up the helix but could
not start it, would keep going with a push start. The unrebuilt modern ...

My first urban scene titled "The Bus Stop" finally has a bus in the scene.
Then there's a story about my first unauthorized ride at seven years old
The "Gasoline Alley" project got painted today.
See it at  http://www.rrscenery.com

I built a Jordan horse drawn cart and came up with a theme for it.
See it at    http://www.rrscenery.com
Phil Anderson

I am contemplating buying a Falcon Brassworks "Saint" to fit on a new
Hornby 5 pole castle chassis ( with suitable cylinder mods). Any
comments on Falcon as I cannot find any fotos!
Regards

Why else would Bachmann announce a peppercorn A2 in the middle of July for
release in 2009 ?

Cheers,

Is / was there a 5 pole version of the 3 pole X04 motor.
Has anyone news of the trader who bought modelspares? When might
business resume?
Regards

Thinking about the size of Black 5
Hall?
B1?
Black 5?

Any pointers please, as to the best place to obtain a replacement front bogie
for an OO Lord Nelson. My OH had managed to launch my Ltd Edn 850 onto the floor
and it appears OK, apart from havnig snapped the central pivot of said bogie.
Cheers Andy

I'm sure this has been asked many times before, I want to design my own
layout and would welcome some advice on what is the best software to use. I
may model in N gauge or OO gauge, would this make a problem to the software
or will the software be capable of working in both ...

I can't seem to define elevations.
I've got the track down pat.  Lets call it a figure 8, the train runs
around finally. (lots of broken sections of track).
But I want to make the tracks go over/under each other, not figure Xing.

I've added two new photos to my South Shore collection stating at
http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p51819376.html
WARNING:
These photos may contain images of a disturbing nature due to their

I'm doing a major G gauge kitbash - an LGB mogul chassis under a shortened
Bachmann cab and smokebox with a 2" ID PVC pipe boiler.  So far so good, but
I'm now to the point of attaching the running boards to the boiler.  I've
looked through my loco cyclopedias, and this is a ...

I've read many positive comments on this method, and passed them on,
too, but I've never done it myself. I'm about to try it, as it's said to
be safe for styrene. But I have a couple of questions.
How long does it take, typically? Does it just soften the paint, or does