Hemi, I read this in one of the RGMHS magazines from a couple years ago that featured the Grande's 4-8-2's. Rob
Tom, Did you know that the M-75's were a shortened version of the UP 9000 seriers 4-12-2's? The M-75's have the same diameter boiler as the...
Fitz, ya, you remember! Like riding a bike. Rob
Fitz, I don't think injectors by themselves have nearly the effect on preheating water as a true feedwater heater does. By preheating the...
Pete, Thanks so much. We'll try that tomorrow. Rob
The Alturas & Lone Pine was the HO layout of Whit Towers. It was featured in MR back in 1981 or 1982 IIRC. It was a point to point layout that...
Group, My neighbor has a G scale trolley that runs back and forth point to point with automatic reversing capabilities in the bumpers at each...
Guys, I just remembered the layout I was thinking of...it's called the Brook Valley and it ran in MR back in the 60's or early 70's. It's...
Dave, if this is the plan I think it is, it is a very intriguing layout. You can expand to fill almost any size space. It features a 3-times...
Everyone has posted some really good information. Hammers, you can also go to the NMRA website and download any and all of their standards,...
Do you have a trackplan for your Moffat Route layout? I'm working on a rough attempt at modeling the line from above El Dorado Springs to the...
Proto 2K PA's Guys, Thanks for the suggestions. I will keep you all posted. It may be a couple weeks before I can tear into them again....
Yes, you are right. Neither the Moffat 100 series 2-8-0's or the 300 series 4-6-0's were ever produced in brass or any other form for that...
I finally plunked down a few $$ and bought a couple of P2K PA's in D&RGW's 4-stripe scheme. These are one of the original runs. I was shocked to...