Model Forum / General / Railroads / July 2009

I am after a bottle of Goo Gone but can only find it on the web !
Do any of the main retailers like B & Q,  Focus,  Homebase sell it ?
Or a Carpet shop ?
Thanks

Midweek Herald
15th July 2009
"  An East Devon company, which manufactures model railway components,
has negotiated its first order with Russia. "

Argos have this reduced from £127 to £100
Set includes BR (early) class A4 60029 'Woodcote,' 2 Mk1 (carmine and
cream) composite coaches, Mk1 (carmine and cream) brake coach.
http://www.argos.co ...

I was privileged to be allowed to take pictures of Edmonton Model
railroad club's purpose built building at Fort Edmonton park, Alberta.
I've added some more model pics taken at Edmonton.
They do not, as yet, have any captions on them. This will be updated

Sorry of this is already well known or documented, but if I add a
booster amp to my Lenz DCC system do I need to isolate the sections it
powers or can it simply be coupled to the other end of the same track
as the main amp?

I have son #2 who is very interested in model trains, HO scale and
frankly I like that stuff as well. I have been somewhat frustrated
that the model trains that I bought are basically low quality, such as
have shoddy couplers, and shoddy everything else. I have been

The contractors just poured the concrete for my new "train room"
connected to my house. My imagination is now going wild with the new
possibilities of layout design. It has been a long time coming. The
lighting will be natural light. The room when finished will have glass

A bit of a long shot I suppose, but does anyone know of a shop or dealer
who still has one of these? Or an as-new boxed private sale?
Thanx,
Eric

I've just started building a small branch line goods yard, dated around
1960.  It's not designed to be historically or technically accurate, just
fun to operate.  I hope to use a webcam and an Arduino board (small
computer) to connect it to the Internet, and allow for remote ...

Barely on topic, but there is a train made from paper. But the scenic's are
pretty good.
http://tokyobling.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/a-paper-craft-castle-on-the-ocean/
Chris

Well, I'd like a GWR pannier plus a couple of choclate and cream or
maybe GWR brown coaches to go with ti, ca 1945048. Or else early BR, ca
1948-54.
What for? I want to run  them under the Christmas tree, along with nice

Just received an email from Dave at NWSL. The new Shay gears are
ready.
HOn3 Conversion kit for Bachmann 70 ton GE diesel is ready.
Dave is working on replacement HO Climax gears, ON30 Shay and ON30

Over the Fourth week end, I got the last of my semi trucks built. See them
at,  http://www.rrscenery.com
Phil Anderson

The Tornado won. I wonder if the crew thought the Tornado sounded like
a freight train?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azV5bC2br-Q
r

http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/extension/ExtPubs/PlanList97.htm
Lots of plans for (mainly) agricultural related building, fences, and
everything else!  These are 1:1 scale, so adjust sizes as appropriate.