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Welcome back, Jon! :wave: The Gauge is still going strong. :thumb: You'll discover that there are lots of new members who are very active. Ron

Rob, I made a quick search on Amazon und found the reference here. As you can see, the book is obviously out of print, and just as obvioulsy it is a much sought-after item. Thus the whopping second hand price of $132! :eek: Perhaps you'll be luckier if you look for it at e-bay? Ron

The LNER 'Flying Scotsman' #4472 (here is a picture) was built as a 3-cylinder Gresley A1 Pacific in 1923. 1934 she officially topped 100mph - and for this she became world famous. (However, 1935 another A3 #2750 'Papyrus' was even 5 mph faster, but this went by almost unnoticed!) The LMS...

Steve, I would say that I'm indifferent. But frankly, perhaps my method uses up more time, but the result just the same looks satisfactory to me. For me here in Europe I had to add a substantial amount for postage, so FOR ME it wouldn't pay off. Judge for yourself! I used a #4 brush and...

Hi ejen, welcome to The Gauge! I think your configuration shouldn't pose any problems at all. 3.5 Amps should be more than enough to run at least 3-5 looong trains in N scale (provided you haven't more than 20 year old model locos with coffee-grinder electric motors :D :D). So enjoy your...

My father was an electro engineer and worked some years for BBC (Brown Boveri Company) which developped and built electrical parts for Swiss electric locomotives. My father in law was station master for the BLS (Berne - Loetschberg - Simplon, a big RR company), and later he had a job in the...

Here is the link to new website of the 'Golden Pacific Railroad' which runs the T-1. Beautiful engine - wish I could ride behind her! Ron

This was the 1973 'Ambassador' passenger train of the (N scale) Trim Creek Southern. Unfortunately the color scheme is sharper than the photograph... :D:rolleyes::oops: Ron

Edit: I blew it - forgot to add the picture... :( Ron

It looks like you had a good time together. And it's a beautiful layout, too! Val, I am glad you obviously are more skillful than I am. Some time back I jeopardized a friendship when I attempted the same (cleaning track with catenary strung above). Well, I managed to tear down almost a meter of...

Hi Mark, you have struck a bonanza! Thank you for unveiling this link. I followed the links backwards, until I found the source: Mike Condren's Railroad Pages Mike is a Chemistry professor at the Christian Brothers University at Memphis TN. He has LOTS of vintage pics, but also lots of modern...

Like Don has put it, the standard gauge part of my layout could be called a "Hode-podge-Line", too. So far I haven't decided on any prototype road - I'm even not quite sure about steam and/or diesel and what the time period should be... Now and then there's a loco or some cars of the TCW (Trim...

H0 - at the moment, at least... I started out in N scale in the late '60s - and then I tried to scratchbuild some freight cars. From there I went on to modifying locomotives... Later, when my daughter was born, I had to tear down the 'Trim Creek Southern RR'. :cry::cry::cry: (Well, the girl...

H0 - at the moment, at least... I started out in N scale in the late '60s - and then I tried to scratchbuild some freight cars. From there I went on to modifying locomotives... Later, when my daughter was born, I had to tear down the 'Trim Creek Southern RR'. :cry::cry::cry: (Well, the girl...

Awesome work, Ray! :thumb::thumb::thumb: A question concerning these CR-ROM motors: Am I right that they run on maximum 5.9 Volts DC? (I conclude this from the Note 'D / V 5.9' on the sticker attached to the motor.) If they do - how do you adapt to our normal model RR 12 Volt, so that you won't...

Loud Music: Come to Switzerland! We have LOTS of hiking trails in the Alps along the most spectacular RR routes! (End of plug for Swiss tourism! :D:D:D) My other hobbies: I'm collecting, building styrene kits and superdetailing die-cast racing and sports cars from the 1950s up to the early...

The Climax 'A type' had a vertical cylinder steam engine inside the cab - only the later B and C types had their cylinders outside which acted on the characteristic drive wheel. The first A types had a round water tank at the rear end, but you also could order engines with a rectangular water...

Harold, the link you posted only shows the same pic you posted here. This is too bad since your article about your lighting system is very informative and full of great ideas (like your system of making a valance, the lighting up of the harsh shadows along the edge and so on). :thumb: So I post...

Wow, Michael, I really appreciate the prompt answer! :thumb: Thank you very much! :) I'll print the table out and take down to my workshop as a future reference. This discussion just came in time for me, since I have two old computers and I planned to take them apart a save the power supplies...

Just for us poor metric measuring folks outside the USA: Does anybody know the conversion formula to calculate the wire diameter from its gauge number? All I understood so far is that the smaller the gauge number, the thicker the wire... :confused: E.g.: What diameter in millimeters has a #22...