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A little touch of black paint will help conseal the wiring a better. Or if you have slack you could even pull them out more to resemble a true MU cable. They also sell shrink wrap tubing at radio shack to make them appear to be a single black cable. I used to run 1-2 engines off of my...

Yes. Similar to your idea...the cars would either enter a tunnel or go behind a backdrop to reverse direction. Perhaps I could make a big loop going all the way around the layout like the trains do. That way it wouldn't be the same cars over and over. My layout goes around the entire...

Ya, the price of magnet-wire autos seems to be excessively expensive. I'm going to think about rigging up non-powered cars in some form. Russ, I like your idea of using underground trains to power the cars. I've been thinking of something like the San Francisco cable cars...using an...

Cool! That's something to think about! I wonder if the battery life is any good.

Hi all, Just curious...are there any working cars and trucks in 1:87 scale? I know there are "HO" slot cars...but they are way to big to be 1:87 HO. Is there a clever way to activate the stationary cars and trucks that are already available? I've heard that the original HO slot cars were...

MBTA Pan Am Railways (Guilford, B&M, MEC) Amtrak Downeaster Conway Scenic

Have you thought about using the Kato track system? Its sort of like bachmann easy track only a little bit nicer. It think with the molded roadbed it might be more resistant to expansion.

Ya, the lifelike f40's I had ran pretty well and durable, but like you say they aren't the most impressive looking/sounding mechanisms! I have another one in Amtrak colors that will be painted to MBTA soon. I think both of them will receive modified GP35 chassis to allow them to operate more...

Hi Diburning, Here's a link to all the Life-like f-40s. This definitely is one of the old screamers #1004. These were made in the 80's! Great to have found another one....and OHH what a great price! (under $20 for NIB)...too bad the models were only so so in quality...

Cool thanks for the Info! I will most likely go with the darker purple. I will be receiving a life like MBTA f-40PH found on ebay. I had one of these years before, and I remember the color to be much darker than the Walthers. I will probably use this as my color guide. Too bad the lifelike...

Thanks for the info about the CTC-3 cars. I had no idea they were German made! I am going to try to make my own CTC-3 coaches from scratch. I will build a master and then create an RTV mold so that I can cast more. These won't be finescale, but they will work fine for me. I am building...

Green Elite Cab, I just checked out island models and Imperial. I guess I'm not sure now if the MBTA's BTC/CTC-3 is a Comet 3 or something else. MBTA refers to the Comet 2 as a BTC/CTC-1. The MBTA BTC/CTC-3 has no middle doors unlike the comet 3. I think every commuter rail train has...

I would really prefer to stay as modern since I have the Amtrak downeaster running with my commuter rail. I'm making exceptions for the LRVs simply because there are no other options for them. I'll be staying away from the RDCs and F-10s. The F40phs, GP40MCs, and Comets are my focus...and in...

diburning, The Walther's MBTA cars are just about next to impossible to find right now. I really hope they come out with more soon. One problem is their color choice for the purple. Its a lot pinker than the real deal and other models that are availble. (such as the soon to be released limited...

Hi Diburning! Nice photo from Nerail! You really captured all the important details of the engine. It gives me a nice prototype shot to use when modeling! What a coincidence you contribute to both sites! I do as well. Thank you for your take on the LRVs! The Bowser mechanism is...

I have the same issue of Model Planning from forever ago! After re-scaling the dimensions, I tried building this station 3 times in 1/29 scale (G) for my outdoor railroad...Each time I got the framing done I'd set it aside and work on something else. A couple years later I would try it again...

Trainiac77, I think the green line train could use a little help... The shell is extremely light-weight and is clipped on rather than screwed. I attribute the noise to this design "feature." As far as traction goes...there really isn't much. I think adding some weight underneath the...

Tonight's showcase...Amtrak's downeaster. The real downeaster runs between Boston North Station and Portland Maine. The train is powered by a phase V GE P42 on the north end of the train, and usually has an NPCU (cabbage) on the south end (or another P42). The train usually carries 3-4...

Triplex... The GP40MC was an active link with a picture of a GP40MC in MBTA colors. The prototype engines are mostly rebuilt ex-canadian national locos with HEPs and modern controls. The GP40X is an excellent base model for this project since it has a longer hood than the standard GP40...and...

Trainiac, I tried to post them as attachments to the original post...I will re-upload them onto my personal web space. To post a picture in a thread directly, must they be resized to 500 pixels max?