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Weekly Photo Fun - Feb 21st-27th

Happy Friday! Let's start the Weekly Photo Fun picture sharing!

BLI N&W J

I was curious if anyone who is running the BLI N&W J on straight

DC is having any problems? Mine constantly stalls. I've double

checked all connections. All my other engines run great except for the J.

Thanks

LOGOs Heralds - share yours?

Share your "homemade" logo or herald. 

Looking for inspiration; whether yours is freelance, proto-freelance, alterations for "what-if" logos and heralds.

Please let us know what era and inspiration or story behind your RR.

I am working on a Rock Island / Conrail "what if". I have done a KCN (Kansas City Southern & Chicago Great Western merger) what if.  Pix to follow,

 

 

Athearn Mike

I have an Athearn Mike.  The motor runs, the wheels do not.  I want to remove the shell.  I called Athearn and they said to pull hard.  I've tried with no success.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Paul Reagon

Ozark Mountain Railroad

Rx224 enters traffic after 2 and a half years

Hi All,

A rather momentous occasion occurred recently, when my South Australian Railways Rx class 4-6-0 entered traffic.

The prototype loco entered traffic in April 1915, and was built by Walker and Co. of Maryborough in Queensland. Some 80-odd of the Rx class loco's were operated by the South Australian Railways, and were basically a jack-of-all trades, go-anywhere loco's and weighed in at 80 tonnes and were equipped with Belpare fireboxes. Some loco's received superheated boilers, however, Rx224 (as I have modeled), remained a saturated loco.

Tyco 2-8-2 Steam Locomotive Kit

I need suggestions.  I very gratefully received a Tyco 2-8-2 steam locomotive for Christmas.  I have searched the internet for blogs or examples of people putting together one of these, buy have failed.  I would like to build it, into a reliable model, so I'm asking for help. 

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Bachmann HO 2-6-0 driver diameter?

Could somebody with the Spectrum Bachmann 2-6-0 please measure the driver diameter for me?  I am hoping that it is the same as the low boiler 4-6-0, so that I can replace some or all of the drivers.  I like the counterweight style on the 2-6-0 a bit better, as it will be a little easier to modify for my purposes.

Looking for steam loco drivers

Hi,

I am looking for 80" HO scale boxpok drivers for a GS-4 rebuild project.  

I don't really care for the warranty option given by Bachmann for my early loco.  Mind you, it is fair, I just don't like the option.  

I'm hoping to use 3-d printing to replace the crummy split axles, but so far no follow up responses from the 3-d printer folks.

All of the usual folks either don't have them, stopped making/carrying.

Converting HO Bachmann steam drives to On30 trains.

I have seen the kits available for converting HO (including Bachmann) steam drives to On30 steam engines.  I have viewed the kits offered by Backwoods and a few others.  We have discussed converting a Spectrum 3 truck HO Shay that I have to an On30 Shay in another post.

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Cab Curtains

I've completed a set of cab curtains based on an article here on MRH. I posted about them on my personal blog at: http://coloradosouthern.blogspot.com/ .

Please enjoy if you visit,

Darel


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