Recent content by ESE999

The worm gear slows down as well as the wheels. I will check the alignment of the gears tonite. Thanks everyone for all their fine input!

I just got the Mantua Classic six train set today, and I want to start off with a little review to the set. Mine has some issues that I'd like to point out. When I first started up the locomotive (mantua saddletank 0-6-0), the motor spun but the wheels did not turn. I inspected it and saw that...

I went to school to learn how the media worked. Trust me, it's much worse than you know. Michael

Largest amount of graffiti on a single consist!

Exactly 10 years this Christmas.

And this is why I am afraid of ebay.

You may be familiar with the Knox and Kane Railroad in Pennsylvania. You may also know that over a year ago, a tornado strick and blew down one of the largest bridges in the United States: the Kinzua Bridge. Now that an integral part of the line is gone, excursions have to stop at the bridge and...

What worries me is how you would go about painting such a livery? :confused:

How about a weird and wonderful sort of thing? Who can design the ugliest car/locomotive, or the largest and smallest layouts dedicated entirely to subways (75% of your main line must be underground)?

I'm not married, so most of my tools I steal from my dad. Especially the drill. If I had to choose just one power tool to buy, it would be a drill. But who needs to buy one when you can steal it? My dad is real nice though. He'll just roll is eyes when he discovers his drill in my room covered...

I grew up with Life-Like. I Loved their trains and they work very well. I've never had to take a life-like locomotive back to the store. Bachmann would be my last choice. I've never bought a Bachmann locomotive that I didn't have to return to the store. They're just too fragile. Lionel's making...

I was a good kid. A dirty look and a raising of the hand was all I needed. :D My sister was another story :rolleyes:

Just a little tip. In order to make your track layout look realistic, make it look like the track is negotiating the land, not the land is negotiating the track.

At worked at this museum for a little while: http://www.rochnrhs.org/ They have a large collection of transition era diesels, interurbans and two 0-4-0, one saddle tank the other fireless. If you want the best of western new york steam, then the a&a is what you want: http://www.anarr.com/

January 31, 1986, since there seems to be no 86 ) :