I think what you are looking at is not part of the locomotive. It is a unit heater or some othe HVAC device hanging from the roof above and...
Tomix showed running samples of a PCC at the Louisville NMRA National Train Show a number of years ago. It was properly scaled and a different...
At some point one comes to the realization that just because it is neat it shouldn’t come home with you. I went to a train show today. I only had...
Simple answer…the “Geneva Motion” track is molded into the bottom face of the wood deck. The HO and N versions use this compact and self-indexing...
The people that first started saying the Hobby is dying are dead and continually replaced with yet another generation of doomsayers. Sure, older...
Actually, Burlington E-5s spanned E-3 and E-6 production. E-5 Phase I are mechanically E-3s, Phase II are E-6s. Since we have an E-5A, my vote is...
I am working on the “Burlington” Solariums. PM me. With your email! Charlie Vlk
A number of railroads took 2-6-0s, 2-6-2s, and 2-8-0s and converted them to switchers. The MP 2-6-0 will work but the drivers would have been...
ESM also had Rivarossi Tank cars in owners and paint schemes that were not available from Atlas. Perhaps somebody could post a list of ESM...
Just got back from Jim’s Celebration of Life service. Thank you to all that posted here; I printed out the comments for the family. Anyone...
It is with great sadness that I have to report that Jim Reising of the N Scale Oakville Sub fame passed away yesterday morning. Jim was looking...
You can also try checking the gauge on the wheels even without a spring they shouldn’t be derailing on Unitrack curves. Charlie Vlk
Good luck! Some. If not all, of Model Power was spun off from MRC to Lionel. So far only the O and some HO items have been cataloged and no...
PM me and I’ll send my email to you or if you are on the N Scale List post there and I’ll be glad to share with you. I live near Nashville and set...
Whoops, Trainboard has no edit feature! charlie Vlk
The smoothside series cars from Kato had mostly UP design cars. The Observation was a Pullman / SP prototype. The Dome was an ACF UP dome. The...
Sorry it took so long to dig up my parts catalog...haven't had to look at it for a couple of decades.... The listing for GN may have an error in...
Young Grasshopper, you have much to learn! In the beginning Unitrack roadbed was BROWN with no paint on the ties! Not only that, but Kadee was one...
There is no debating the brilliance of Unitrack and the Unijoiner. However, the limitation of the small range of turnouts and other track pieces...
After the corrugated Business Car came out a second production of Smoothside passenger cars was released. For the Great Northern, cars for two...
