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Attention all Frisco Folks: Richard Napper, well-known Frisco Modeler and NMRA Kansas Central Division Director, has graciously volunteered to be the editor of a new Frisco magazine, The Meteor. He will produce it four times a year and will only send it to E-mails in PDF format and/or...

Updated Photo Here's (yet another) bad picture of my Mikado, with some repairs made: I bent the boiler stay from brass wire, as Doctor Wayne suggested, after installing the new pilot. I also had to add a grab to the tender, and I seem to have lost a tender marker lamp. I added tender...

Ray has a website at http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/7115/sl/o Ray, much like Wayne, is one of the good guys--an excellent modeler who is glad to share his ideas, techniques, and knowledge to help you. He doesn't post much, though, because he's busy with...

The axle gear is 2147-6; the idler gear is 2181-6.

I don't think so, but I am by no means a C&O expert or a steam expert. Check here. They seem to be a little bigger than the standard USRA designs, though if you want to call a USRA heavy a K-2 you'll get no argument from me.

Thanks Dr. Wayne. I sent Athearn parts an Email a couple of weeks ago inquiring if parts were available for the Mikado, and mentioned that I needed the brace and the road pilot. They responded a week or so ago that they would check and see if parts were available. I hadn't heard anything...

Dr. Wayne-- The Accurail C&O hopper--it looks like it says "CHFSEPEAKE." Is that weathering, or are my eyes playing tricks on me?

I have been reading this thread, and Dr, Wayne's how-to with great interest (and chagrin). I recently purchased an Athearn Genesis Mikado from an auction site, and it came damaged in shipping. The pilot is broken and bent and one of the boiler stays is broken. I origianlly thought the pilot...

The electrical equipment was similar between Erie-Builts and PAs/PBs, so they were mixed together on some railroads. You could try to get a PB and run them together.

Steve-- Have you called Trainworld? They have often had the Erie-Builts on sale, either the A units or the A-B sets. I believe their stock number is #31688.

Thanks for the links. Here's another picture of 454 from the Fallen Flags site: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/ri/ri454abh.jpg I may go with this color scheme, but I prefer the maroon with the pinstripes.

I'm kitbashing two RS-2Ms, one in Frisco and the other Rock Island: I want the Rock one to look like this: (not sure where that photo is from.) What decal set is correct? Also, anyone have any idea what horn the Rock used on these heffalumps? Thanks,

Thanks for the reply. No neutral on the pack. I did try the reverser, no go. The power pack reverses by turning the speed all the way down and a little past--just like the Marx train from my youth. I got this as a tip: http://www.marklin.com/tech/digital1/delta4.html I tried flipping...

Does anyone have any tips for troubleshooting Marklin 3-rail AC locos? I bought a used set recently for my nephew, and my brother and I are stumped. I checked the powerpack output, and it ranges from 0-17 vac. I checked the track from outer rail to inner nub, and it's getting power. We...

Bonky-- You might like the new Athearn SD40-2. It has an improved drive, good plastic handrails, and kadee #5s drop in. It has markings for grab irons, too. Like mykroft says, you can get NWSL wheelsets to improve the running quality. It still has the bonfire in the cab, but you can get...