Model Forum / General / Railroads / June 2010

I just picked up a new Walthers Trainline GP9M at a show, and it runs
beautifully.  When I drop the power from ~8V to 0V, it continues on for
another inch or so.
How can I get my other Trainline GP9Ms to do that?  What kinds of

Due to the unusually bad weather in January, the NMRA Winter Meet Had to
be postponed. There was no date available at the hall until 26th June so
the Meet was re-titled 'Not the Winter Meet'
I've uploaded some photos which can be found at

Gary Coleman, star of the 1980s sitcom "Different Strokes" and also a
co-star in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"  (alongside my reason for
watching the show  Erin Gray http://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SAui1kkZr1I/AAAAAAAAO1o/s0uVM-H_gk8/erin_gray0124.jpg)
died late last month.  He ...

I'm a beginner and starting my HO 5' by 9' layout. I've been doing a
lot of research on this, that, and the other. One of the things is
should I use Code 83 or 100? I see all sorts of things about what and
why it is but not what is recommended. Does it matter? Thanks in

Does anyone know anything about: http://www.mount-tabor.co.uk/ ?
They seem to be a few doors from my favourite book shop, but I have
never heard of them and their web site appears to be unfinished.

In the past there has been some discussion on this group the latest being
in the thread "Ratio coach kits" about the availability of RSUs since
London Road Models stopped selling them due to them being unable to get
clear guidance on what was required to get CE compliance. Talking ...

Made a start on it and seems ok so far. Correction on instructions. Theyre a
bit brief but diagrams are good.
Only quibble have at the moment is if put crank covers on as they show then
if want to remove wheels will have to remove crankpins. However it is

I just came across this newsreel from 1944, when Joe Duddington, who
drove Mallard to the speed record, was filmed taking her for his last
shift.  It's an extraordinary sight, the great engine in wartime gloom
and the tiny number of people seeing him off.

Are they really that bad? I bought a hornby Flying Scotsman (about £50
version) and I can't send it backwards over points at any great speed
(even if the points are straight). The train will derail or cause the
points to open and send current down a siding with a stationary train

All the below is non DCC.
Well I've aquired another controller that is completely seporate from
the other. Please see the crude drawing below of a track layout. It's
not my track but it'll help me understand more of someone can guide

I know it's a bit of a turd-polishing exercise but I like the model so
I have ftted a Black Beetle to my Hornby Class 110. As I was bending a
piece of metal to shape to fit the motor support I spotted that a
spare piece of spur shelf slotted square angle was exactly the right

Rode my motorcycle out along the tracks over Beaumont Hill this
morning and discovered that the U.P. is doing some heavy-duty track
maintenance work out there: cleaning the ballast, Etc.
But leading the pack of track maintenance critters was something that

So that it will sit naturally in the desired curve
and not try to spring out of it?

BNSF probably isn't happy about this situation (looks as if both locos
are totaled) but I'll bet the local wildlife is thrilled about the
grain that the leading hoppers spilled all along the river bank when
they tipped over...

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