Earlier this year I picked up a used Kato 2-8-2, probably a second run, from my local hobby store. The engine came with a decoder preinstalled...
PGE Mikado #58 based on Micro-Ace JNR 2-8-0 with Kato trailing truck, Bachmann consolidation boiler (yet to be lengthened) and shortened tender...
A real pain to install. Very small clearance from side of motor housing to inside of shell. Mount as low as you can, bottom of shell's edge. They...
mount a large LED at the middle of a piece of styrene. Mount an SMD resistor here or wire one in back near the motor contacts because there is no...
Lenz Silver Mini, Digitrax DZ125 or CT Elektronik are the only ones that will fit under the cab roof. CT Elektronik is the smallest but will have...
A Santa Fe Mikado on it's way to the scrapper
A Santa Fe Mikado in N scale by Model Power
An article I can't recall led me to repower this Bachmann 2-8-2 with a Sagami can motor and flywheel in the early 1980s. I found that the loco...
11 Aug 2007 - This was a L&N unit that I repainted the cab top and placed a MKT hearld on the tender. Still have to number it.
