The Bachmann Peter Witt streetcar, GE 44 and 70 ton radius limit is 140mm(5.5in). The Brill and PCC do the 103s. The N-Cat group have done a lot...
You'd be surprised on how many locos will run on 140mm/5.5 in track. The Atlas MP-15 will even run on 103mm/4 in radius tracks all day long. Cars...
Dummies have never worked right for me. I like the power of a second motor just like the prototype. If you take your train visiting and hit a...
I use 2mm LEDs in my EMD Bulldogs. They fit perfectly in both the upper lover headlights. The LEDs only need a 680ohm resistor and will give you...
You guys should try traction modeling. Almost nothing is available commercially. Then if you model a specific system like the CSL/CTA (CHICAGO)...
The Santa Fe dumped the worst of the F units on Amtrak. If I recall right I've seen films of up to 8 As & Bs pulling into Union Station in...
What surprises me is that they have Microtrains trucks from the factory. When I swapped them onto other passenger cars the trucks and couplers...
I'm wondering, a couple people are talking of buying the Wheels of Time Gallery cars. I bought a lot of the first release in C&NW and RTA colors....
You might want to consider building the layout in an underbad storage container like this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7sTIRe6sOo The lid is...
Remember even the Santa Fe did not give Amtrak the best equipment. They did use it to dump a lot of misfits. Otherwise the FP45s would have been...
Nice job on the tutorial. The company I worked for sold Fiber Optics. One of the things I learned to increase the output is to always heat...
I would say that if Kato did not make any changes to the body of the non Metra paint schemes those locos are incorrect also. There are three...
I'm not sure if you guys understand the process of how many manufacturers make the trains we get. 1. The designer get the go ahead to do the...
I'm sorry, I didn't understand that you had to import the paint. A lot of us in North America take it for granted that the paint colors usually...
When you plucked the wrong jar off the display, did you compare the bottle to a loco your trying to match. I've read quite a few articles of...