I have two old Lima locos from the 1970s with the pancake motors - a GP and an F unit. They have 4-wheel electrical pickup, 4-wheel drive, almost...
If you are still modeling in HO, 4'x8' is a bit tight, in that your running track will be forced to run mostly in an oval shape near the edge of...
I still have the Aurora road/rail crossing (with brass rails!). It is part of a very large collection of Aurora Model Motoring track (roadway...
One day in 1968 or 1969 my Dad brought home that Rapido EJ&E yellow box car as a suggestion to start working in N scale. We had an HO layout on a...
I have two of the short Peco turnouts installed with the 9.75" radius curve diverging, and plastic frog. I bought them between 15-20 years ago at...
Looks great. If that is supposed to be a waterfront terminal on the Hudson River in NJ (based on either the old Erie terminal in Jersey City or...
Very impressive! And thanks for sharing your documentation of how you did this.
Not quite N scale, but I could not help but share this ad from the November 1980 issue of Model Railroader:[ATTACH]
Wonderful work, and wonderful documentation. Thanks for sharing.
I still have my Minitrix F9 (sold as Aurora Postage Stamp) which I purchased around 1971. It could crawl at an impressively low speed compared to...
The linked article said the 8th car derailed. If the track had become damaged (by heat or other cause), would it be odd that the 8th car derailed...
Train2 derailed, but Train1 showed a major rocking motion - look at 0:05. Just to make a point: You could change your question from asking why...
I just watched the video again and notice the freight car connected behind the diesel does a lot of side-to-side rocking when it goes thru the...
I once had a problem where my Kato F3 A unit would derail when going nose first, but not when going in reverse, through a particular spot in my...
Wonderful job.
Do the full service pumps have 9" or 11" radius curves?
The two G-scale 4-6-0 steam engines look like a G Scale Bachman 4-6-0 that I own. The one I own will not run with its tender. None of the steam...
Sorry if I was not clear: I was trying to say that I think the trailing truck of the prototype looks weird.
Regarding the question on whether the proportions were correct, here is a link to another page which shows a side shot of an ATSF Hudson. The axle...
The Aurora "Postage Stamp" Santa Fe F-unit diesel is almost certainly the same unit as the Aurora F9 (made by Minitrix) that I bought around 1970...
