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I recently welded (soldered) the first track of my main. The rail is flex track. I was soon operating 30-50 car trains without diffuculty. I stopped a 30 car grain extra after 30 perfect laps. Then a week later I started the train up. Over the mainstreet overpass on a horseshoe curve, the...

I decided to write about the former B&O Hagerstown branch that was once a busy line as an example. It is the only line out of Hagerstown that has no through traffic anymore of 7 lines. B&O Hagerstown Branch This line was one of the original B&O lines. It had many large bridges. The...

Are some of CSX's RDMT road slugs GP-30M that are rebuilt? Because here at the Hagerstown engine terminal, near the engine yard, you can see the east end of the large Hagerstown yard, and what I thought was a GP-30M but is a RDMT and a GP-40-2 do the east end switching. In the middle and west...

Earlier today I went to an auction out side of town. There were 18 engines and about 170 cars in N-scale plus 2 layouts ,several buildings ,a KATO Amtrak set, and track. I payed about $350 for 64 cars (mainly ATLAS, some Con Cor Autoracks, and intermodal cars, but all with rapidos), 3...

New L&N U-25B!!!! http://www.atlasrr.com/highlights/nu25b1.asp Although I do believe one of you has made some type of L&N GE loco...

What engines go through your home town? We have CSX GP-40-2, AC6000, AC4400, B-23-7, GP-38, and SD-50 and RDMT's. They pull locals, interchange, coals drags, and 4 daily mixed's to and from Baltimore. In January the Tropicana Juice train and 2 intermodal trains will be added to these lines...

Please post your's Mine: 1940's Alco: FA1 EMD: F7A FM: Erie built Baldwin: Centipede 1950's Alco: RSD-15 EMD: GP-20 FM: Trainmaster GE: U-25B Baldwin: Shark RF-16 1960's Alco: C-636 GE: U-23B EMD: SD-40 1970's GE: B-30-7 EMD: GP-40-2 1980's GE: B-40-8...

Ok, I was having electrical trouble on my layout on a series of spurs, that branch of of my 12 track railyard. After spending a few afternoons trying to figure out why trains wouldn't work, reinstalling new track, and soldering connections, the trains still won't move there. After some...

Mine: 1940's Alco: FA1 EMD: F7A FM: Erie built Baldwin: Centipede 1950's Alco: RSD-15 EMD: GP-20 FM: Trainmaster GE: U-25B Baldwin: Shark RF-16 1960's Alco: C-636 GE: U-23B EMD: SD-40 1970's GE: B-30-7 EMD: GP-40-2 1980's GE: B-40-8 EMD: SD-50 1990's...

I'm not sure what to do with my layout. I have 3 trains that run (55 car coal drag, 40 car mixed, and 10 car local + MOW stuff) I really don't want a train over 60 cars (unrealistic because front can see back) and I have 25 engines waiting. I also don't want to spend over $150 on cars. Here...

Today I saw a NS intermodual train go by at about 70 MPH. I chased her for about 25 miles. This time I shot it with a digital camera, but unfortnately I'm not sure if you can post digital 15 sec. clips. Anyways I caught it at an at grade crossing outside of Chambersburg Pa. It was powered by...

This evening after dinner I rolled by CSX's (ex-WM) Hagerstown Yard. I was expecting to see a GP-40 pull a few cars around or something like thatj avascript:smilie(':rolleyes:') , and I saw 2 GP-40's, but they were just sitting there. Then I looked over and saw an ex-Conrail B-23-7. That's a...

I want to make a special topic for n-scalers trying to find locos.. I think we should write comments about our engines, like the loco encylopedia.... Write a post, comments and a grade for engine/s you have. If someone already wrote it, write from your experiances on the same engine.

Yesterday I went to a bustling hobby shop in Baltimore. I looked in the glass case and noticed low prices. I bought a CSX SD-35 for $45 NEW, in a HOBBY SHOP!!! I also bought 10 atlas 90 tons (for my drag) for $44!!! But I knew little that the best was yet to come! When I got home, I looked...

But nothing in any eastern roads. I smell another engine coming soon!

Guys, what are your favorite locos to run? I was reading a a thread on Trainboard.com, and was curious about all of you. I love my big ol' Kato CSX Dash 9 the best. The SD-80's are a close second, but derail on my unperfected areas on the track. I know there the best, but the dash-9 never...

Today I used my GP-20 that I had for awhile. It was always noisy. After a few months, it began to wobble every few seconds. Earlier today, I disassembled it, and cleaned the gears and wheels out. I noticed a piece of brass that I recently found out is called a contact strip, was dangling and...

Today I called my local hobby shop (20 miles away) and found out that they just got a shipment of 8-40B's. I reserved a CSX engine and will either have them mail it to me, or will pick it up later. I'll fill you guys in and when I get it, give you a report. Right now I'll likely take my CSX...

What is the setting and style of all of your layouts? We all talk about all of our buildings and stuff, and never really about our layouts. My layout is suppose to take place somewhere South of Pittsburgh, where WM and B&O trains switched with other railroads such as P&LE. The layout also has...

In a few weeks I'm going to start St. Lawrence Cement. The prototype is a few miles from my home. I had a tour a few weeks ago. It is a Portland Cement Factory. I'm likely going to buy another Superior Paper, and use the kraft mill, which looks like the "mill" building, where stones are...