Recent content by Belmarvalley

I would add my voice into agreement with purchasing MT couplers with the trucks. Also, if you are swapping out Loco couplers, be sure to buy the pre-assembled MT couplers. They are far easier to deal with, and most Atlas and newer LifeLike Locos are designed to easy to convert with these. I...

I would not discount Life Like altogether. Kato may be tops, but I think Life Like keeps setting the bar for affordable quality. Their newest release, the GP18, is reported to have a smoother mechanism than their GP20. I have a couple of their GP20’s and they are very nice – exceptionally so...

DC due to financial constraints, but a DCC dreamer… :D

Great Pictures! Thanks for sharing - I've been looking through all your picture topics. I was especially pleased that you got a picture of a module from our N-trak club (Northeast N-trak) on post #25 - The bridges canyon module. The member who built it (Bob P) rolled it out for the first...

I agree that you just can’t go wrong with Atlas. They also have the largest selection of available locos and road names – with more coming out all then time! Sadly, with my limited budget, I only own a pair of SD35’s. They’re great runners (made in 2000), but the current generation with slow...

I hope this photo is following the "usual rules". It's my modeling, my layout, but the background was photoshopped. If I'm in violation,.. sorry. :cry:

I'm considering building a straight 4' module as well. Mine will be in a farmland theme. Yeah, it's pretty straight forward. But my club does not have a module with this theme and I need something on the simple side to practice up on. As for ideas, I often surf around the various Ntak...

Good: Very well stocked LHS for my scale. Bad: Charges MSRP.

While I have no experince with these locos, there is a website I often consult. I've found where both have been reviewed: http://www.visi.com/~spookshow/atlas282.html http://www.visi.com/~spookshow/atlas462.html Looks like both were made by Rivarossi (imported by Atlas).

Maybe these will help (pics I found from NERAIL)?

I'm going to call the police. You should be arrested for robbery! :D Outstanding find! As Atlas (and others) have been re-releasing these, I’m sure dealers are anxious to clear the older stock. I recently picked up a quartet of older ACF 2-bay hoppers for $3 too. Wish they had more...

I would agree that LL rolling stock is of lower quality. A while back I purchase a five-pack of "Bev-bel" boxcars with eastern road names. I would not say they were terrible, but you can do better. They actually did come in handy. I used them to perform unspeakable weathering experiments...

Hemi - You're getting really good with these photos! :thumb:

Here's a good lawyer joke: An engineer died and ended up in Hell. He was not pleased with the level of comfort in Hell, and began to redesign and build improvements. After a while, they had toilets that flush, air conditioning, and escalators. Everyone grew very fond of him. One day God...

Wow, I didn’t realize these were such big issues. As someone who recently stopped lurking and is guilty of posting photos on my first post (to which there was some "ohhhing and ahhhing" over) I apologize for the apparent waste of bandwidth. :oops: