Don't pass this release off as junk...yet! If it is anything like the pre-production sample running in Ft. Lauderdale and the Chicago show they...
My understanding was that the "rumor" concering the 70 series would be would be substantiated or debunked at the National Train Show this weekend....
I have gotten both mags since their respective first issues. I can't really imagine just getting one or not getting MR either for that matter BUT...
Well, I am here in Miami and curious if anyone else is here. Over on the Atlas forum we had talked about meeting at the Atlas tables this weekend...
Hi guys, Another Atlas refuge here! Hank the Hudson you mention is a Kato product. You will see Seikisui sp? on the driver plate. These are...
I think you may be a little off on the repaint dates for NS SD80MACs. The first one to be repainted was NS7213 on 8/18/99 and the second was 7204...
Alan, Saw those on your website last week and can't wait to get my hands on some! (When will they be shipping to the retailers on this side of...
Well finally got to run the new MDC 2-8-0 today and I am pleased. I finally realized the prototype for this engine: It was a top secret attempt...
If you check Mark Peterson's Spookshow N scale loco encyclopedia you will see that he gives it an F for running. You may also see that the one he...
I had much the same quandry. I wasn't as much worried about the cars (since as others have pointed out they often stay in service for many years)...
Swissrhb hit on several of the problems with N scale onboard sound, the main one is physics. There are several "decent" approaches to N scale...
THough I am withholding my wallet until I SEE the 2-8-0 run my take on it since being announced it that in my opinion they haven't gotten diesels...
Speaking of the LMX versions. Who leased these? I have checked my rosters and don't see any 8-40Bs listed as leased by any of the roads... Vandy
Well, last winter I finally decided to start building instead of armchair engineering and quickly had a little over 100 feet of my mainline track...
I just posted the same thread on the HO side after responding to a thread where N scale was siad to be for babies... What scale would you choose...
I am curious if you had to do it all over again and could NOT choose your current scale what would you choose and why? I am an N scaler but IF I...
Well, I will add another point of view; why I did NOT choose HO. First, I noticed several of the posts seem to point to HO as being the best...
I will agree some of the Atlas/Samhongsa Mallets were POS BUT with some loving care (and luck) they can be great runners, evidenced by the two on...
I usually leave them in the vinegar overnight. To be honest I have never tried longer or shorter times by more than a few hours, so not sure what...
Haven't run my SD80s enough to really comment, but Paul Graf of Atlas has commented in the past that several of their locos showed very different...
