My "Guide to North American Steam" says MoPac had 0-6-0 and 0-8-0 switchers and all were retired by the mid 1950s.
Interesting. They were retired between 1950 and 1953. Guide to North American Steam says that 3 were built but as passenger service died out,...
While the last of the American 4-4-0s (standard gauge) were probably built before 1900, many continued in service into the 1940s in switcher duty...
Don't really pay attention got my vote. I do talk with the manufacturers at the model train show and pick up their brouchers - if I'm interested...
The reason articulated engines were made in the first place is to have a big engine work on a small radius turn. Have you every watched UPs 3985...
Don't know how many of you train folks read Aviation Week & Space Technology but this week's magazine (9/3/12) has an article titled "Trains Reign...
The first thing to do is to make it a fully functioning locomotive. It's missing the bell and a few other things that are needed to allow the ORM...
Interesting time for a CF7 discussion to pop up. My local railway museum just added a CF7 to it's equipment list on Wednesday. It's Los Angeles...
HO 20th Century Steam to late steam. Alton Railroad and Alton Limited + UP steam. Years ago, I mentioned to my wife that there were some Alton...
No "modeling" but I will be working on the railroad at the Oklahoma Railway Museum. This is a run weekend for the Museum so I'll be out there as...
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Add Kato Unitrack to your short list and consider using it instead of EZ Track. http://www.katousa.com/HO/unitrack.html
My vote is for Kato. It's code 83. Kato has ballast that matches the road bed. The switches work much better than EZ Track. The track joiners...
In the OKC area, there is an Oklahoma Railway Museum located on the northeast side of downtown that operates some old diesels and passenger cars....
Kato's website, under the FAQ section says that HO Unitrack is code 83. http://www.katousa.com/faq/code.html
Got to thinking and wondering, if you're interested in regional railroad stuff (prototype and model) check out Cowcatcher Magazine at:...
Welcome to TB. One Okie to another.
I've no experience with True Track but I do have some with EZ Track and Kato Unitrack. I'm running all Kato Unitrack now. Primarily because the...
I had an older Spectrum 2-6-6-2 that stopped running last year. Sent it back for repair and was told they didn't have the parts for the old so...
