I just bought a Kato SD40-2 #6752 in the heritage 3 ("swoosh") scheme and would like to patch over the number and put the correct, current number...
Thanks, Tom. Is the film "SP Vintage West" by any chance? If so, my local library has it. Also, were the MT-4's in their pre-skyline casing...
Eventually, when I find nice one at a decent price. The ACs are awfully nice, too. And the Pacifics. Ug.
I hear you. RR books cost me quite a bit, and I've avoided buying models/brass until recently. Fortunately, I found the 4300 book for $20...
Thanks Mark. And, the book sounds fantastic. I'll look for one.
I just bought a Genesis Mt-4 #4350 (no skyline casing), and wondered what an appropriate consist would be. I know that the Mountains handled a...
I am trying to get a better understanding of how railroads work. One question I haven't been able to find a decent answer to is how (before the...
I know that the Rock shared a yard with the Rio Grande in Denver for many years, and that it reached the yard largely on rights over other roads'...
Thanks Bob, that's exactly what I was looking for. I hadn't realized there was a cost-per-locomotive maintenance factor involved. I assumed that...
From what I've read, UP's steam motive power philosophy focused on more and more powerful locomotives due to its long grades and desire to...
I love reading about railroad history, including the anticompetitive shenanigans that railroads engaged in to keep other railroads from entering...
I really like the look of most GN steam, and saw the little Bachmann Spectrum 4-4-0 for a decent price. It is numbered #121 with a green boiler...
You know, there is also a Denver Rock Island railroad that is a terminal type switching railroad here in metro Denver. They copied the bankruptcy...
I live in Colorado, and have always been a fan of MoPac. I'm also a Rock Island fan, and found a great book that discussed in good detail Rock...
I'm curious how much nice running, excellent condition German steam locos cost here in the US used market. Specifically thinking about Roco and...
Good points, Mike. I think the cab unit advice is good. Plus, I love E's, F's, PA's and FA's.
Thanks Wolfgang. The 4 year old will need lots of supervision...
I want to see if I can get my daughters (4 and 7) interested in model trains by setting up a temporary layout under the Christmas tree. I have...
Hemi-- I am doing the exact same research, although I'm starting from scratch. I sold off my N-scale stuff (heresy!) to get some 3-rail O scale...
I own three Atlas SD35's, and each runs at a different speed. The difference between the fastest and slowest both from the same run is...
