Diesel locos
Teaching my 9 year old how to clean the gears
Yesterday I decided to repair/clean some locomotives that have been sitting in boxes for quite a while. My son was curious as to what I was doing so I decided to let him do the work with me coaching him. Explained how the electricity makes the motor turn and how the gears work. He did a great job of cleaning the gears and putting lubrication on them. Hopefully he will get the train bug too!! So after reading all the posts abo
Replacement wheels for Bachman Spectrum F40PH (Older Version)
Greetings All.
I have been scouring the internet with no luck to find some replacement wheels for my Bachman F40ph Spectrum Loco. Looked at NWSL but can't determine which one would fit. Anyone have a good part number? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mike.
Switcher Type Question
I have these two switchers and I want to identify what kind they are for DCC conversion ((hopefully with sound) if you could help me out please do.
Junction Valley Railroad
I found this while wandering around Google check it out it is the worlds largest quarter size railroad.
IAIS's West End - Alco C420 850 completed
Atlas released their HO scale C420 and RS36 in factory Iowa Interstate paint nearly six years ago. In that time, I've often been tempted to buy them, but resisted, since the prototype units were no longer on the roster in the 2005 era I model. My willpower finally met its match earlier this month when friend and fellow IAIS modeler Scott Thornton offered to sell me his IAIS C420 850 and RS36 900 models for next to nothing, both with Tsunami sound and working beacons already installed.
Tsunami ditch light programming question
I'm programming my first units with working independent ditch lights - Athearn Genesis GP38-2s and an SD70ACe - and I'm having the same ditch light issue with all 5 units. I have CV40 set to 6, activating FX5 and FX6, which causes F6 to activate both front ditch lights.
Carbody Filter Detail
Hello
I'm looking for advice on a particular locomotive detail part. I want to retrofit a pair of Norfolk and Western RS-11s to be more accurate for their paint scheme. This means replacing the horn with a proper 5-chime and adding a detail part over the existing carbody filters. Here is a photo for reference: http://rr-fallenflags.org/nw/nw327ads.jpg
I also want to kitbash a T-6 using an S-4 as the base for the project. These locomotives also had similar carbody filters as the RS-11 and here's a photo link: http://rr-fallenflags.org/nw/nw48ags.jpg
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