Thanks for the replies...looks like a long search is in the offing
Hi, does anyone know of any website / forum / place on the internet where there are pictures of bridges, large or small, with the names or...
Again thanks for the replies. Off topic but I notice in the photo referred to in post #7 that the F7s had lifting eyes on the front of the...
Starting to find the pics now but again, is this fuel?
Thanks for the replies. I found this photo on Railpictures which is almost exactly the scenario I want to replicate (I assume that this fuel and...
During the transition era did any railroad ever install rudimentary diesel locomotive refuelling apparatus at passenger depots? If there were such...
Many thanks for the replies...Wabco E2 it is.
Is that a Leslie 200?
Hi I've just installed a TCS Wowsound decoder in a Proto 2000 NYC F7. Very pleased with it but I'm a bit confused about airhorn (and bell come to...
Thanks for the replies. The layout certainly is freelance so I think a refuelling stand will appear sometime soon!
Hi..I have seen a photo from the early 60s of a passenger train being refuelled during a stop at a passenger depot. This was a simple set up...
Thank you very much
Are they still available please?
Hi As I understand it, some (most) GE 44 tonners had Caterpillar D17000s installed as the prime mover. I have an HO model of one of these and am...
As always, this is going to be good. Hope it all goes to plan with no hitches. Did you see/ have you already seen the link I pm'd to you?
Fuel tax is another 'catch all' tax in the UK designed to fund general government spending. Healthcare is free to most at the point of delivery,...
Hi Good job. What sound decoder did you use? Phil
As a matter of interest, here in the UK tax accounts for over 70% of the retail cost of a gallon of fuel - say $7 in a $10 gallon. Now you know...
To put things into perspective, here in the UK, petrol (gas) has just recently broken through the £5 per imperial gallon barrier (4.54 litres)...
This is really interesting to me, thank you. In my mind's eye the caboose would be switched out by the resident switcher on to a run round road,...
