Steam locos
Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 #13, modeled using LEGO
Hello friends and modelers.
This is my first post on MRH. My name is Glenn Holland, I'm a young mechanical engineer in the rail industry, and my modeling efforts are done with Lego bricks. I've been building and seriously modeling trains for about 12 years now.
Here is my newest model: I chose the Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 Consolidation #13.
iPhone 4S Speakers in stock at PDC.CA for the last time - SOLD OUT
I just received what will probably be my last shipment of iPhone 4S speakers.
It looks like the reliable supplies of these speakers are drying up.
I offer these speakers in 4 packs for $6.50 or 10 packs for $13 including free shipping in the USA.
Aristo-Craft G Gauge motor bound up
Hello .. I have an Aristo-Craft G Gauge Santa Fe Steam Locomotive # 209 San Bernadino that has been in storage for about 15 years and we have gotten the setup out and find that the motor seems to be bound up. I have opened up the bottom of the engine case to expose the motor and it seems OK, and all connections are good but the armature through the motor won't turn. Any suggestions would be appreciated. TNX, Steve
The Great 3D Printed Reading T-1 4-8-4 Challenge
It’s downright amazing what you can find if you look hard enough. There is someone out there who has the basic printings, courtesy of Shapeways, to make an HO scale Reading T-1 4-8-4 if you’re so inclined. There’s even a gearbox cover printing available, although you’ll have to supply your own gears, not to mention motor, wheels, rods, valve gear, etc. All this for the grand total of $567.22 without shipping. My recommendation for drivers is Greenway.
Another hard working steam engine (2-6-6-2T) on Mother's Day
Good morning,
This past weekend I was visiting my Mom and Dad in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The weather was perfect for picture taking and I hadn't gotten any video of the "1880's Train" (Black Hills Central) this visit. Here is #110 working hard and almost to the top of the grade between Hill City and Keystone South Dakota.
Older Brass engine troubles
I have an old HO Scale United Brass Steam Engine that was given to me by an older gentleman years ago.
I had a hobby shop put in DCC sound and a new motor.
The problem is that it doesn't run well. It did at one point but not now. After a bit of investigation with the lights out and the use of a multimetre, I think I see the problem.
Genesis 4884 big boy
Hi, I have a genesis 4-8-8-4 big boy.The engine operates sound, bells, whistles, etc.The engine will not move forward or reverse when I give it a speed command. I want to inspect the driveshaft from the engine to the wheels to see if somehow it came dis-connected as my wheels turn freely. I dob't know how to remove the shell. Anybody had this problem.
Chuck
Fuel bunker loads for tenders
I made them by cutting up an old piece I had for a coal hopper. I made it by gluing coal bits to pieces of balsa wood. I carved the pieces I cut from the hopper's piece to fit the tender's fuel bunker. 2655 was the hardest to fit, as it had inner lips near the top edge on its fuel bunker.
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What to do with an old Bachmann Consolidation?
I'm just getting started back up modeling. I have a bunch of rolling stock from back in the past, but the one item I have that I'm not sure what to do with is a Bachmann 2-8-0 Consolidation from about 1988. It's still new in the box actually.
I bought a Tsunami DCC decoder to put in it, but then I took a closer look at the loco. It's got the old-style pancake motor in it and the two halves of the frame are energized by the locomotive wheels. The tender trucks are the really cheap snap-in style with plastic wheels and no power pickup.
The Pine Spur Chronicles
What started out to be a simple new layout with a loop of track, inspired by the one-town layout design concept, has morphed into a railroad that I have become very excited about building. It is still a basic loop that will start and end in a four track staging loop and pass through the town of Waipahu (pronounced “why pa who”) where cars will be left for the branch line.
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