I've been in Ntrak now for 35 years. The biggest issue in Ntrak, as I see it, is the joiner tracks. I am well aware of the use of the Kato...
Okay, I filed the pilots on the front of the two units to where the coupler is at an even height with other rolling stock couplers. In doing this...
No response from MicroTrains and to be truthful, I really did not expect one as this is not their error. So, I will file down the pilots the...
I disagree. Look, this is not Kato's first attempt at making an N scale diesel hood unit. After encountering the problem, I did some research...
Actually, If I called after 3:00pm it would have been about 12:00 noon on the west coast. So, they would have had a whole afternoon to return my...
Well, as I said I would, I spoke with two people at Kato USA. According to their website you can only speak to someone between the hours of...
Cars on my passenger trains do not get switched. The trains run as a unit. Freight trains use MT short shank couplers and uncoupling is done...
I intend to post what response I get from Kato. All my other Kato locomotives take a 2004 (old number) MT coupler. On my E units and other such...
Okay, I consulted MT's website and observed that both the 1015 and the 2004 should have the same height from the railhead to the midline of the...
US Steel had a whole factory in Clairton, PA devoted to producing coke. They probably had others in Gary, In and Birmingham, AL. It also...
Still the distance is different on the SD70M than the SD40-2's. I would think the distance should be the same because if it were the same then...
Try this, measure the distance from the bottom of the pilot to the bottom of the coupler opening on the SD70M and the SD40-2. On my SD70M I get...
I'm willing to try anything once. So, I inserted a 1015 coupler onto the SD70M and tried to couple to a MT gondola. The 1015 coupler could not...
I heard there were about 250 people there on Saturday. I don't know about Sunday. All in all, I thought the attendance was less than in prior...
Okay I managed to locate the problem. According to my measurements the opening for the coupler on the Kato SD70M is .06" too high. That would...
Several years ago, I laid in a supply of Model Power flex track at a train show for a ridiculously low price. The vender said no one wanted it...
Use white styrene then tape over all your painted lines. Then spray paint the entire area with your road color. When the paint dries remove the...
I hear ya. I decided to go another route. I converted all my passenger cars to Unimate couplers. That lasted a while but I found I was running...
So, I bought two Kato SD70M locomotives. Normally Kato locomotives take an MT 2004 (old number) underslung coupler. Since my old hands are not...
