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You might want to look at this: N-Scale Model Railroad #2 Mark ("Spookshow") has built the Scenic Ridge and has a play by play description with the pluses and minuses...

I did this: (the logo and the reporting marks only) using an HP "All in One" inkjet on paper made by Bare Metal Foil Company (I will try to edit in the exact brand name). It's very important to make sure that you have the ink jet version-- as I found out the hard way! I used a very...

If I had to take a "do over" I would in fact switch to HO and do urban, specifically Jersey City, New Jersey on the Pennsy. It's simply not that feasible yet to do in N Scale; there just aren't the buildings and details available that I envision for such a layout. But I don't see a "do...

Nothing really railroady to show from this weekend... I was away on business all last week and needed to catch up on the rest of life.

Catt, appreciate the heads up. I will be offline for at least the next week on business travel so if I'm missing don't take it personally. If Peter (behind the curtain) is reading this, thanks for all that you do. As you know from my handle I'm a "double dipper" on your boards (one of which...

I think the bill of materials needs to be rechecked on the C&VV. Seems to me at that price difference there are remote turnouts and the electrical components as well.

If it's an E-8, it's an Atlas First Gen made by Rivarossi; those were notorious for burning out motors. If it's an F-unit, it's a somewhat later Atlas offering made by Roco. I don't count those in the First Generation but they're close to that age (later 1970's.). Roco did some...

These sound like Atlas First Generation products. Am I guessing right with an E-8A powered and dummy, in one of Union Pacific, Pennsy, Chicago and North Western or Santa Fe? Or perhaps a C-Liner in Pennsy, UP or Santa Fe? I don't have the locos on my A1G site, but there are three of us...

The Unofficial Micro-Trains Release Report website has been updated. The April 2007 Archive Edition is now available there. http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr In addition, all release tables have been updated to reflect April releases and discontinued items. The April 2007 full-length...

The GP38s and later F7's aren't "that bad" for entry level diesels. If you can get them for a price point of $10 to $15 they're OK. The E8's are OK as well, though their noses are not that well modeled vs. the prototype. But they will pull the siding off a house since they are heavily...

Nice. I like the isolated elevated section for the "L"...

DC, nice video. Nothing is 100% certain in life as in model railroading, and it seems that you may have gotten one of the better copies of the Little Joe. You're lucky. I have one of the 0-6-0 steamers that Atlas distributed as part of its "First Generation". It was number 147 (the...

Hi all-- Photos of Micro-Trains Runner Pack #1, a set of four Pennsylvania Railroad forty foot single door boxcars, have been posted to the Unofficial Micro-Trains Release Report site: http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr "Coverage" of the packaging as well as the cars is available, as...

Sorry about the tumbleweeds. The Little Joe train set is definitely an "entry level" and a "low end" at that. The steamer in it doesn't run all that well and has a short wheelbase to boot which will stall or otherwise throw fits on many turnouts (switches). If you want a steamer but...

I would definitely stay away from that water heater. Check your building codes-- you may be too close already, although that's a matter of "discovery" in terms of residences. (The apartment complex I lived in had a "four foot rule" based on fire codes and frequent inspections by the Fire...

I have some at least that old also. The older versions of these weren't as reliable. I got my first Atlas turnout in 1970, for example, and I don't think it stayed intact for more than a couple of years. If the points didn't go, the manual "throw" did or the plastic around it broke. It also...

Yes, that would work...

Technically speaking, there wouldn't have been many (if any) cars with beer logos running between 1950 and 1970 due to the Interstate Commerce Commission restrictions on advertising on private owner cars that went into effect in the late 1930's. These removed from the United States the cars...

I have had this problem. I've used the Model Power branded wire, which looks to be fairly thin however I don't have a gauge to measure it anywhere in the house (that I can find anyway!) I jumped from the point behind the frog to whichever route in front of the frog was giving me trouble. I...

The Unofficial Micro-Trains Release Report website has been updated. The March 2007 Archive Edition is now available there. http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr In addition, all release tables have been updated to reflect March releases and discontinued items. The March 2007...