So I found an N-scale Bachmann Spectrum Nickel Plate Road tender with a healthy price reduction and bought it, thinking along the lines of 'With this I can probably take various steam locos produced in different road names and make them into NKP locos'. 

I was wondering if anyone has tried attaching this tender to the Bachmann 2-6-2 (which I have one of already, but which the Nickel Plate Road never did, so far as I can tell from the Historical Society's steam roster), or, to the Bachmann 0-6-0?

I've got a couple HO scale Bachmann "modern" 4-4-0 steam locomotives, one operable, and the other basically a parts donor.  I'd like to swap the steam and sand domes between the locos.  I tried gently twisting one off the donor loco, but it didn't want to budge.  Does anyone know whether they are glued on or simply a friction fit?  Or are they secured by a screw inside the boiler (I haven't disassembled either loco yet)?

Thanks in advance,

-Jack

So for the past week I've been trying to install a dcc decoder into a ho ahm 0-4-0. I've insulated just about everything but it keeps shorting out. I've removed the motor. Insulated wheels from the frame but just can't figure out what I'm not doing. Has anyone attempted to add dcc to one of these. Because this is one of those projects I might just leave be. Thanks for any help I can't get yall. Have a great day.

Went to the Big E railroad show in West Springfield, MA this past weekend.  Great show and lots of people.  I'm mostly interested in O Gauge Generals and was lucky enough to find another to add to my small collection.  This was a Lionel Union Pacific.  If you'd like to take a look, you can see it running around the upper layer of my Southwest Tombstone layout in the video here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehhh3ZqiyUs