I really enjoyed the article in this month's MRH (October) on modeling a NS GE 70-tonner. I own a model of that loco from Bachmann, and it got me to thinking about some work I could do on it. Up to that point, it was detailed and painted for my freelance RR, but I have been wanting to find an obscure, short line prototype railroad to model. 

Gang,

I was going through my junk box and found a couple of trucks made by TAPP. I seem to recall that these trucks are the ones that came on a Front Range Products GP7. I have never used them and apparently, they do not run very well, what a surprise...  These FRPs came with Mashima motors but poorly running trucks. Sad, because the truck sideframes are some of the most detailed ones I have seen, especially considering they were last produced about 15 yrs ago.

I have an N scale True Line Trains Gold series Loco that now has a broken coupler. I have not gotten too far into changing all my couplers over to Micro Trains yet so I am not all that familiar with them yet. I looked at the conversion sheets on their site but nothing is mentioned for True Line Trains. Can anyone assist me in getting the right one for this loco?

Thanks

Hi

Does anyone know if the chassis on Proto 2000 E8/9 A&B units is the same? In other words, would I be able to install a B shell over an A chassis?

thanks

Bob