Or that active. This is Nippori:14 tracks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaaNHEkNdhc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMaatLCymvY
Is it this? http://urenaimokei.com/photos/cars/loco/loco-E/EF66/EF66-acc/EF66-acc082.JPG I've seen something like that on trams. Its kind of a...
Glad you got your EF66. Here is a Japanese language article on the detail parts for a Kato EF66 that might of interest. Lots of photos....
I got that notice too when I got up this and another notice just now that it has shipped.
Here is some reference material. Its a couple of photo collections called Bus Companies in Transition. These photos are from 1969 and 1970. Jan...
The TDH-3610 was a small transit bus used in big cities (when labor was cheaper), small cities, suburban lines, and by small independent...
C49 102" wide deliveries as listed in May-June 1992 Motor Coach Age: Seattle Transit System Boston, Metropolitan Transit Authority Terminal...
There were 102" wide C49s and 96" wide C49s. I imagine WOT got their dimensions from the Mack Trucks Historical Museum which has extensive files...
Mack C-49 specs: Length = 39' 2 3/4" Width either 96" or 102" Wheelbase = 289 1/2" Front overhang = 99 3/4" Rear overhang = 81 1/2" Height =...
In an increasingly world wide market N scale may cause you grief. Most modelers will assume N scale is 1/160. But when you go on eBay or other...
Japanese model trains are often referred to as 'nine gauge' rather than N gauge. The use of term varies from country to country. There are far...
For anyone wanting to convert the Kato Portram to DCC these pictures from a Taiwanese train board will be of interest. The Kato Portram has two...
Here's the prototype. (These pictures were slower to open than usual today.) Randen: Keifuku Railway, Kyoto (—’“d/‹ž•Ÿ“d“S—’ŽRü) : funini.com...
I have one of those. It runs very well and has a working headlight, but no tail light. I think its supposed to be run as a two car train...
My latest addition is the Tomytec Toyama Portram LRV. I can run it on C103 track with my 6V battery powered Tomytec tram controller. It can fly...
Bernard, Gorji looks like he's only waiting for his take-out Sushi. :)
It was built in 1928, but Japanese Wikipedia doesn't say who built it. You can read this page with Google translate....
There is very little switching in Japan. This was deliberately phased out as inefficient by JNR (now JRF) in the late 80s . Freight trains are...
Which reminds me that the FRA imposes standards on trains that don't apply to cars or planes. Big oil has/had Washington in its pocket. How the...
John and Bernard--thanks for the kind words. Hope you have fun stoking the fire!
