Kato's website states that the City of Los Angeles sets are on there way to the USA, and should be in Hobby Shops the first week of April. They...
Builders In Scale also make stains for wood, one is called Silver Wood Stain. They have other stains as well. As stated by 282 Mike, Micro-Mark...
I have made power poles using wood dowels, sanded lightly with fine sandpaper, stained them with light brown (liquid shoe dye), and then after...
As a general rule, telephone poles along railroad lines were placed 132' apart. If you travel the Union Pacific from Denver to Cheyenne; or the...
Dave, do you have any idea when the UnitPak Freight Car Storage Boxes will be available again? I could use a bundle of them! Buzz Lenander
The General Instructions say: The main component of this kit is high grade laserboard. The tank is laser cut wood, and it is wrapped with...
I have a UNION PACIFIC ABB set of E2 shells. I bought them many years ago and haven't done anything with them. They were made by Porthole...
Oops! My mistake, the model of the Union Pacific CA 11 Caboose was indeed made by Key, and not Overland. Sorry 'bout that. Fox Valley was...
The only accurate Union Pacific CA11 caboose is the brass model made by Overland, and it is very good. Buzz Lenander
Hi Carl, The first thing to check as mentioned before is the wheel gauge. But you might also look for a bent axle, or a wheel that might be...
Our club, New Mexico Rail RunNers, an NTrak club, is in the process of switching from Digitrax to NCE. A number of our club members were...
I bought the Portland Cityscape trailer because I have all the other Cityscape trailers/containers. I mostly buy Special Runs to operate on our...
Last Friday afternoon I toured the IM factory in Longmont, CO with 9 other club members from the New Mexico Rail RunNers. They had several test...
Chris, Look forward to seeing you and your AMTRAK train on the layout again!!! Buzz
Check out N Scale Railroading magazine, July-August 2009 issue, for an article on the Union Pacific Scale Track and Scale House in Cheyenne, WY....
Howdy Chris, Baggage cars looks real good! Keep up the good work, you are making AMTRAK look great. Will we be seeing more of you down here...
Having traveled the Union Pacific mainline from Denver to Cheyenne the past five years on the Denver Post Frontier Days Train, I have clocked the...
Pete, Thanks for the compliments about the New Mexico Rail RunNers. And come to think of it you may be right that we did have balloons on club...
Several New Mexico Rail RunNers members have Hot Air Balloons on their home layouts, I don't know of any on our club modules. We do have a Crop...
I have used Pine-Sol to remove the lettering on Atlas GP-38's by applying the Pine-Sol on the numbers, letting it set for a few minutes, then...