I would say that this is 140# rail, maybe as I was eyeballing with the tape beside the rail... less than 8". The 7" + is for sure though. This is...
I have just noticed the reverse of this happened on my layout. Not wanting to take up car space in the garage, but wanting those big radius's, I...
I like the idea of using a piece of circuit board, that I can do. I'm also welcoming some arguement regarding the rail size issue. It's been said...
16x12 is not alot of space for an HO layout, I think your wishes are a tall order... I utilized a 24" wide x 21' long area against one wall of our...
Very nice, looks like you have the bleached out orange down to a science now...
I've had been debating which code of track to use on my future layout, currently having code 100 for everything. Having the BNSF sumas sub only a...
Nice weathering on that SP unit!
I'm modeling a location where many locomotives were used at times, so dummy presence is necessary. I have several T-2's that I have had no...
I believe DW has one which is just a amber lens and metal base, but there is a post on the lens that passes thru the cab so you can light it from...
I don't have a plan yet, it's going to come down to the space availiable so I haven't done much more than saved some favorites in google earth. I...
Wolfgang has a nice page depicting the how-to for making the details west stands movable. I'll be trying some of these when the time comes, only...
I got an old bayliner boat so I was "missing" for awhile this summer. Ended up having to do a bunch of defered maintenance but ended up getting...
I happen to have about 7 more in BN, 5 units of "yellow peril" and 2 more SW's one each BN and UP. I've had about 8 loco's since my teens, the...
I've also got a trio of BN SD40-2's, an SD9, 2-Geeps, 1 SW1500, 5 UP Geeps, and 2 UP SW's...
I've heard about that but never had it happen to me....and I have some BN geeps and an SD9 that are really old that I ran back to back front to...
Mr. SP, Have you done this to any six axle loco's? Reason I ask is that the rear of the kadee box doesn't clear the trucks on the front, and...
That's too bad about the dullcoat, you had it nailed before you applied it. I read a detailing article about how it does that, and the writer had...
Here's some pics of my motive power. Planning on depicting the Moffat route during the D&RGW/Southern Pacific days. These are all in various...
I can do some pics of my loco's in a new thread of course:) I'm not getting excited about the new layout till we got some house sale action going...
I am modeling the last days of SP, such that I have several tunnel motors and geeps that will be well weathered, and a trio of -9's that will be...
