Well, I would like to see the following: 1. Pioneer Zephyr/FLying Yankee. 2. Milwaukee Road Bi-Polar 3. Milwaukee Road Little Joe 4. A nice Y6b 5....
Despite the much talked about problems with the SPectrum J, I would still recommend the engine. The draw bar problem is very easy to fix, as you...
The skyline casing is the shrouding on the top of the boiler. The Spectrum's skyline casing ends a little to early and appears to be a little to...
I have very generous curves on my layout. However, I have heard a lot of people have had trouble on the sharper radius. A suggestion that I often...
I just got both the new K4 and the J. I have yet to have a problem with the J. Bachmann still seems to have a lot of quality control issues. It...
The Russians did not pull much in real life. I have had no problem pulling a ten car train. The Russian is a very small engine with a very small...
I have two of them. They run really nice and look really good. My only problem with them is that Bachmann made the running boards too thick....
Speaking of N&W 2050, does anyone have any pictures of her at the Illinios Railway Museum outside? The picture on the official website just taken...
The one on the NWHS.org web site is not the Spectrum aux tender, but a kit that came out recently. The Spectrum Aux tenders are very nice and a...
I have yet to have any real problems with my new Spectrum steam. However, there seems to be a trade off between Bachmann and Life-Like steam. With...
According to this website, Life-Like berkshires are in the works. Late 2002 we should see C&O, NKP, PM, and Undec Berkshires. It has been a rumor...
What about new steam? Already announced for this year: Life-Like USRA 0-6-0 Bachmann Heavy USRA 4-8-2 Bachmann High Boiler 4-6-0 Bachmann Low...
I have worked on four Bowser kits. I started out with the rather simple H-9. Which really is a poor imitation of the Pennsy H-9. I found that when...
I just got my aux tender on thursday. I am very impressed with it. Bachmann chose to do the original N&W aux tender and not the excursion version....
I don't understand why you would not like to see more of them. I have one of all the new steam engines except the just released 0-6-0t from...
The third run is in right now with the new tenders. I got my Pennsy #373 last Sunday. The fish belly tender looks really good and Life-Like did an...
I always wondered about the Arbour Allegheny. Arbour also made a Pennsy J1 2-10-4. It is probably one of the worst locomotive kits ever. I don't...
You can pre-order the Allegheny for around $350 at a lot of places. I have never paid "suggested retail price" for any engine. Eric
There are going to be a lot of steam engines in HO scale coming out from now until April. My guess its the largest release of new steam engines in...
For some reason Bachmann's steam engines are really good. I have not had a problem with the Spectrum mountain, shay, or consolidation. So while I...