Weight is a three dimensional equation, so 1:1 coal car to 1:160 n scale coal car is: 286,000 lbs. gross weight (of modern rail car) times 16...
Actually, the high headlight is correct for that UP road number, UP did use high headlights on some EMD's.
but atlas is using a new frame on the latest run of GP38-2 which would require a new board design
Hi, is it me or did the NS sd70’s sell out fast? And has anybody made a board for it?
I was recently able to purchase some Walthers well at a good price. While I like the weight the cars have, a major of them seem to have extra...
not a shop building but a modern fueling setup for servicing diesels like sd70s sd80s and GEs
hmm... google Bachmann diesel fuel sanding facility and this came up, I guess they don't make it any more in N scale. LOL any suggestions for...
Maybe its window to check something in the engine, [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
What's up with the white mark on the on the left side of the NS units by the logo? None of the NS tier4's have in photos in real life. Is in the...
totally forgot about those, until I did a search on them, must be impossible to find. that leaves me with a question, what happened to the kato...
Only Athearn made the SD70M with the flat radiator that would work for UP 2001 & 2002. The only kato version of the SD70M has a different nose and...
it looks like the black paint they used in the middle of the Virginian is type of glossy paint compared the top and bottom of units. that could be...
1:1 doublestacks intermodal cars can be 20'2" high with railroads using clearances of at least 21'2" which equals 1.6" in n-scale, i would use at...
Very Nice. I'm guessing 33 inch are typical on modern coal cars? The only thing would make life better is a another run of TOPGON's. You can never...
I think he said the conrail sd70mac pulls a car more than the latest floating-axle NS sd70m's. NS runs to buffalo then to binghamton, ny, although...
I would buy a kato sd70-series locomotive to handle the job. - a friend has loop with 4% grade and 11-14 in. radius and pull about 10 or more...
hi, the typical story, i lost space for my train layout, and now i need to sell it. (some people think a garage is for a car):tb-confused: the...
I'm coming. here is a link. http://trainweb.org/nrmrc/2010show/
NS black with some gray topgon's would brighten things up.:tb-biggrin: Hope to see some highhoods at the Danville Show....
189 car coal train on the southampton roads ntrak layout with 3 Athearn Norfolk Southern SD70M's pulling last september at the tidewater division show
