Steam locos
DCC Deadrail 0-4-2 Porter
Well I've been working on my livery of dead rail steam engines and Den (Morenci Southern) kind of prodded me to install a decoder and batteries in a Porter. Just looking at it seemed impossible so, of course, I had to try.
Taking it apart involved some head scratching and eventually so dove in. It seems as though the whistle and a steam dome are lost among the sh$zza on my desk but below are some pictures of the progress.
Thanks for looking and I always enjoy comments. Good, bad, or ugly. Must have thick skin ...
My Product Reviews (UPDATE: Rapido ultimate Canadian gondola coming soon)
This is the thread for my product reviews.
Here are the coming items as of 12/1
- Scaletrains.com item (coming sometime next week CLARIFIED: WAITING TO ARRIVE (and permission to show it 
)
- Soundtraxx Souncar (also sometime next week CLARIFIED: WAITING TO ARRIVE)
-RS Laser Kits (working out the details)
Something you don't see often
Well, for as often as you seen Civil War era modeling, at least.
Anyway, there are several railroad photos in this but look for the huge windmill used for pumping water for the water tank.
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/11/scenes-from-the-american-west-150-years-ago/416787/#
Charles
Item Values?
Here are some various items from my Grandpas Dads collection. Any ideas what any of it is worth? More info is by each image/set of images.
UTLX Prints:
Metal date plates.
027 Lionel Loco AC or DC?????
Hi everyone I have a question that I know somebody can answer. I primarily use N scale stuff but when my dad passed away I found 2ea 027 steam loco's, one was made out of plastic and the other was pretty heavy cast metal. I was thinking of setting up a small layout under the xmas tree this year, but after reading about the transformer/controller how do I know if my 027 trains run off of DC or AC. I want to make sure I get the right controller seeing as I don't have one. All I have is a few rolling stock and some track.
Help with a brass steam loco
I am interested in tuning up some older brass steam locos and getting them DCC'd. I've read the awesome clinic handouts from Mark Schutzer. But I have a few more specific questions and are a bit more unique that what Mr. Schutzer included. The loco that I have on my workbench right now is a Customer Brass 2-8-2 that has been remotored and DCC'd by the person who owned it before me. The locomotive works, but it has a bit of binding. I am thinking that when the driver axle was pressed on it may not have been quartered correctly. Is this a good place to start?
Mantua Steam Re-Motoring - What's the current thinking?
I know some may turn their noses up at old Mantua steamers running in DC-only mode, but I have several that I really love and would like them to run smoother. Most of the threads on this topic are pretty old, now, and the solutions are outdated. I have a couple of factory can motor Mantuas that are extremely smooth and one Camelback that has a Helix Humper inside. I plan to take these apart and try to figure out what's actually going on. And some of the open-frame motor units are very smooth and quiet.
Opening my own can of worms
Thanks to Bill Brillinger and his excellent decal work, I now have my own logo and lettering for my Moosehead Western home road. So for the past few months I have been painting my loco's in preparation for the decals. However, this has now caused me to think about how I am going to number my locomotives. Let's just deal with the steam locomotives right now ( my first love ) and then deal with my first generation diesels later.
Oct 2015 Act II - New Live Steam in the Garden Series: Fired Up!
Explore the world of garden-scale live steam with Trevor Marshall and Jeff Young. This 6-part series will showcase small-scale live steam in the backyard give you plenty of information to get started in this fascinating segment of the hobby. Part one of six. Watch it now on TrainMasters TV ....
need some info on this steam engine
ok so i bought a steam engine from a seller at a local swap meet who knew nothing about it it didnt come with a coal tender can any of u guys shed any info on this engine in terms of what type of couplers it has and the like so when i go out hunting for a coal tender as well as other freight cars i can look for ones that fix the engine heres some pix (2).jpg)
cant get the other pix to resize correctly sorry
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