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You think a railroad's car shops are where they fix their Maitinence trucks.

KCS and Katy are seperate roads, most notably with the UP having taken the KATY over and making a "heritage" unit for the fallen flag while the KCS still runs town the middle of the U.S. today.

When I first started, all I had was a loop of Bachman E-Z track, a Railpower 1370 DC transformer, and a P1K F3A lettered for the CNW, the entire "set" an early Christmas gift. I loved my little looping train, at least untill it broke after an hour. My dad, who had bought the whole set as my big...

Huh, that's weird, I've never had that happen with my Accurail cars before, although one of them has a permenent whisker coupler after the peg on the boxplate broke off and required glueing.

That is Beautiful! If I ever get a bigger layout with a port, I'm gonna need something like that!:p

I have no idea whatsoever, although I doubt "stock" as the engine shell itself had been stripped then repainted, the only evidence being a patch of black located near the loco's nose where the gold paint had not gone, and I think Athearn never made an unpainted Hustler. There was also a brass...

Wait, if I remember correctly, Hustlers originaly were rubber band powered, right? The weirdest thing still about my Hustler is that it wasn't rubber band powered at all, but there are worms on the axles and drive shaft that came with the engine. This is the only known pic of the guts of my...

hmmm.. I have a few simple sugestions for repairing your 4-6-4: For the headlight: the wiring connecting the bulb may be worn or the bulb may be on its last legs as it is if it's the same from the 1960's. I'd replace the headlight with a better and brighter yellow/white LED in your shoes, and...

Hmmm, if your museum is going to have so many old steamers and diesels, you will need a servicing area for them if they are to run excursions:mrgreen: Maybe a roundhouse styled museum might work, compete with working turntable that can acomidate even the Big boy and the Veranda?

Whoa! shaygetz, all you need is some smoke from the engine and some spinning wheels to make this thing look as close to real as any picture I've seen! jawdrop

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Wait, you have a Hustler with weights in it? Could you post a pic of how you did it if possible? My Hustler is in need of weight, but the motor takes up most of the room in there. This is my Hustler: Still needs some glass in the head/rear lights and windows, plus grab irons.

Acomplished only with my fingers, a really small flathead screwdriver, and mass uses of choice 4-letter words: Yes, those are Kadee knuckle coupler springs in those trucks, and yes, they were one :curse::curse::curse::curse: of a pain in the :curse::curse::curse: to get in there. These are...

Whoa! I had to double take for this pic, I thought it was real!

YouTube - Mythbusters water heater And this is why:mrgreen: Of course, you don't do what these guys did

Deano, don't you have a "Gern Industries" sign on your layout? Coulda sworn the Canadians had already invaded the RVS...sign1 Is it just me, or are those two spurs with boxcars on them too close to each other? The Burlington boxcar looks like it's touching the gray reefer behind it.

Mostly mainline running, as there is only one industry on a passing siding style section. I do have a small two-track spur for car and engine servicing, though:mrgreen:, and I run the occasional fantrip with my three passenger cars

How did I know there was a future expansion planed?:mrgreen::p Anyways, it sounds like your current problem was one I have: the need to run a bunch of locos which all come from different roads, time periods, and backrounds. I solved the problem in making the Riverside Railroad, the shortline...

Nice start to the thread Spanky!:thumb:

Hey Ralph, your newly updated barge scene also appears to have much better lighting too! It doesn't look as dark and depressing anymore (no offense meant if you take any).