Has Craig hit the big time? No offense intended, (in fact, admiration is in order!) N Scale Supply, a nationwide, big time N scale dealer has picked up a certain someone's products! Congrats are in order! http://www.nscalesupply.com/BLM/BLM.html Chessie ------------------ Harold Hodnett Fan of NS, CSX, and their predecessors! Coming soon: The North Carolina Railfan Web Site http://www.trainweb.org/ncrail/
Wow! Thank you Harold for all the kind words and all!! Much appreciated. N Scale Supply picked up my product line about 2 months ago but just didn't have me on there site until now. The photos on their site are really up close (blown up about 4 times) and make some of the parts look a bit rough. Check my site to get broader pictures. http://users4.50megs.com/blma/ It's kind of hidden but I am also in N Scale Railroading under the NHorizons section. Also, 5 more detail parts coming out soon..... Thanks!! ------------------ Craig Martyn Best Looking Models Around Custom detailing AND N scale detail parts. BLMA N Scale Detail Parts BLMAinfo@aol.com
Congranulations Craig! Now that you are National like Lionel, are you still going to talk to us low lifes that are still gathering up soda pop cans to buy a spare part? I guess next you'll merge with Norfolk Southern and teach them how to run a railroad? I can see the box cars of parts now shipping out on the "Salad Bowl Express". WOW! Success is sweet, isn't it? ------------------ Watash
Wow Watash! You have one mighty imagination! Thanks! ------------------ Craig Martyn Best Looking Models Around Custom detailing AND N scale detail parts. BLMA N Scale Detail Parts BLMAinfo@aol.com
Shame on you Tunnel88, you are supposed to call Craig or Alan, and take out time payments like real railroads do! After all at 1/160, the monthly cost is only 1-1/160th peanut. (I know, Boo, I'll crawl back in my pit!) ------------------ Watash
Keep talking, Watash ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
Alan, as a series of spine cars passed, I was looking for detail now that I know what one is, and I noticed that there seem to be two or three linked together without a coupler between them. Also I could not see any cut lever on the end of any of them that did have a coupler. How do they uncouple these cars from the engine? I assume they lift the trailers on to and off of these cars, so don't have to separate them for unloading. ------------------ Watash #982
Welcome to the World of Modern Railroading Watash! We've come a long way since the days of the Iron Horse, haven't we. However, I still like steam. I was just going through some old photos tonight that I'm going to have scanned. I have some classy museum pieces on flim...Frisco 1522 before here total overhaul and return to the rails, for instance. ------------------ Brent Tidaback, Member #234 BNSF Railfan-to-the Max and a N-Scaler to boot! Ship it on the Route of The Roadrunners! The Aransas Odessa & Western, a division of the BNSF
Brent, you got 1522 BEFORE her face lift? SCAN HER, SCAN HER! go for it!!! Bless your heart, I may live awhile yet! You realize there is more coal than oil, so these pesky Deezuls will run out of gas someday. Then Steam will RISE AGAIN!!! ------------------ Watash #982
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by watash: Alan, as a series of spine cars passed, I was looking for detail now that I know what one is, and I noticed that there seem to be two or three linked together without a coupler between them. Also I could not see any cut lever on the end of any of them that did have a coupler. How do they uncouple these cars from the engine? I assume they lift the trailers on to and off of these cars, so don't have to separate them for unloading. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Watash, they do indeed have cut levers on the end units. The cars are articulated in five unit sets, with couplers on the outer (end) units, A & B. Articulation removes a lot of slack action, so protects the goods being carried. The five unit sets have six trucks. Isn't modern railroading wonderful? ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.alancurtismodels.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery
What wont they think of next? It was going too fast to really get a good look, but I thought it did look like only one truck between two cars, like the Burlington Zepher was. Someday they might even think of making an articulated engine I'll bet. Alan, you are in on the ground floor of a bonanza! There must be some big callouses on the knuckle of the coupler hauling the load of all five cars! That is five times the load one usually has with each car having the load spread out. Probably a lot of breakage. Huh? ------------------ Watash #982
Actually, since the cars are only the frame, and there are fewer trucks, they are quite light to begin with. Also, they carry either containers or trailers, which usually aren't on the heavy side either. So those couplers probably still only pull about 100 tons. They do these 5-unit sets with twin-stack container cars as well. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. ------------------ Corey Lynch Pres - Rensselaer Model RR Society, NEB&W RR http://www.rpi.edu/~lynchc/Railfanning/railfanning.htm - My Site http://www.union.rpi.edu/railroad/ - NEB&W
