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How about an ad in one of the model railroad publications?

If you have time to get further north, there are several tourist railroads in the San Fran area.

There is also the federal regulation aspect of your search for brake wheel locations. Over the years, for safety reasons, the brake wheel location was changed on both new and rebuilt cars.

Hi Rob: The numbers indicate the length of the turnout and the radius of the curved track. I don't think there is anything scientific to the numbering system. For a more complete answer I will suggest going to the NMRA website. Just type in NMRA in your browser and find the beginners...

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From what I have read and observed, you will probably need to find photographs of the cars that you want to model. A lot of older cars were updated at various times over their lifespans. What may appear to be a new car could be a rebuild. Have you searched the internet? Hopefully, you will...

Bud: Welcome to The Gauge. You picked a good spot to land. I sure hope that you have high ceilings in your house. Modeling the Frasier River Canyon in BC will require a lot of vertical space. Its a fabulous scenic area. To those of you who may not be familiar with the location that Bud is...

Sgtcarl: I guess the bad news got out. I didn't want to be the bearer of bad tidings about the brass track. Ron is, unfortunately, correct about the brass track. I also see that PooBah corrected my statement about .Givens and Druthers. Nobody will consider you a traitor for looking at it...

Sgt: Did you get flex track or the shorter 9 inch pieces that came with the older train sets or maybe a mixture of both? Have you looked at the Givens and Druthers forum yet? Its set up to allow you to do some preliminary planning based on your desires and space limitations and a bunch of...

I'm going to do some preparation work for the opening of our club layout at a local museum, the museum opens on Memorial Day. I'll have to check to see what the cold did to the trackwork over the winter. I will probably work on scenery on my home project too, an On30 module

I built a Walthers double track bridge a couple of years ago and found that it takes some research to get an idea of where all of the parts go. Keep a sharp hobby knife and sanding sticks (nail file boards) available for the pieces that need adjustment.

Roadbed serves two functions on a model railroad. Cosmetic and noise supression. As mentioned above, you will get quite a bit of noise from the thin door skin. You will also have quite a bit of flexability if you try to put nails in the door skin. I would suggest gluing your track instead of...

Hi and welcome: I came across the following book of cutout, HO scale buildings at a bookstore quite a few years ago. I don't know if they are still available. Cut and Assemble a Western Frontier Town by Edmund V. Gillion, Jr. Publisher; Dover Poblications Inc. 180 Varick St. New York...

As usual, a great bunch of posts regarding something that we all think about at some point while building our layouts. Thanks for the info. Jim K.

Maybe a bit of drybrushed black/grey along the horizontal surface and a very small amount of drainage in the same colors where water would carry the soot or dirt down the sides of the building. Your call.

Herc: You won't see anything but the finished product at Boeing Field in Seattle. Final assembly of the 737 takes place at the factory in Renton, WA, about 8 miles East of Boeing Field. The railcars go into the factory grounds where they are unloaded and placed on dollys for movement into the...

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What is the total output voltage of your three batteries? Will the motor in your "special" locomotive handle a 12 DC power supply? Just a couple of questions to ponder.

Bachmann does make an HO, two truck Climax. Check their website or try trainworld.com It's probably available on other online store sites also.

Only15: Are you interested in European prototypes or also in North American equipment? There is a group called the National Association of S Gaugers. National Association of S Gaugers, Inc. They list a reference library website at nasglibrary@earthlink.net.