Search results

CN GP9 movie & pic Ok, here we have 2 chop nose Geep's with a hi nose in the middle. Technically the lead and the last are supposed to be a Geep 9's but are really a GP18's. As I do like the chop nose's, Tyco and the like were passing them off as GP9's. The lead is my very first Tyco locomotive...

This is such an awesome forum, many thanks to all your kind words. I check and read it daily and just wanted to share in some of the fun I've been having in the hobby. I do have some of the old Tyco rolling stock that I've stripped down, fixed up, repainted and weathered if any one wanted to...

Hey many thanks Jeremie, I have the biggest smile when I see this run again. Now I can hear it run too. I'm having a great time in this hobby again and learing much by listening to folks and reading lots on here.

With a trip down memory lane as I wanted to get my original Tyco GP9-18 hybrid on the rails again. This loco was part of the Tyco train set that I got when I was a kid back in the early 1970's. You should have seen what the shell of the poor HO loco looked like after I had finished using it when...

Hi Grumbeast, I'm from Montreal now living on the west coast in BC. While I was living there a perfect spot for railfanning is at the Dorval train station. It's super easy to get to from the airport. You can actually see the airport from the train station it's that close. The nice thing about...

Cn Rs18 Thanks Jim, I really do enjoy running it. Just need to get some run in on it to break it in a bit more. I have it consisted with an Athearn switcher. Just need to do some more fine tuning on the Athearn switcher and some weathering on it too. The Athearn isn't the most quiet engine...

I searched around for quite a while for a CN RS18 and came across only two versions in the P2K brand. One was in the green and gold scheme and the other was in the stripes scheme. I really want to keep my loco's in the CN noodle scheme. So, what does one do if the paint is wrong but you love...

Color photo of 5702 Hi Rob, Here's a picture of 5702 without the ears. Wanted to point out that this image was from a great book by Kevin J. Holland called Canadian National Steam Vol1: Ontario and East by Morning Sun books. Have a look at the size of the driving wheels and compare it to the...

Hi Rob, I bought one back in Jan of this year and have since had a decoder put in it by a friend of mine. I then had the light replaced with an LED. I also wired up the tender for all wheel pickup too. I agee with all here in that it's a good hauler. I've pulled quite a few weighted cars up a...

Here's the rest of them. By the way, I have the same wrecker. A fantastic job on that and well done:thumb: Will have to save that one for another day.

Ok, here they are. All in their raw plastic state. Have done quite a bit of doctoring on them to heal them from sitting in storage for 30 years. The step on the gondola is .40" styrene filed down with a square pencil file to mimic the rest of the stirrup steps. The old B&M coal car has had a...

Hey, anyone want "in progress" pictures, I'll snap a few. Maybe there are others out there that have the same as I do. Here's a 4 car description that I have so far: Short flat car. WAS painted green. Road was Deleware and Maryland I think. From the Tyco set I think it carried a load 3 cement...

I have the Hudson 4-6-4 CN 5702 Class K-5-by IHC. Runs great, very quiet. Pretty good hauler even going up a grade. Friend installed a decoder and changed the headlight to an LED. Looking forward to running it with my passenger cars. They're good economy engines, not the greatest of detail but...

We've all had them as starter kits when we were just wee folk. I still have a majority of mine and decided to do something with them. Cars are all at least 30 years old (am 40 now) so I enjoyed them upto 10 years old. Some were a bit beat up but thought nothing I couldn't fix. A few stirrup...

I bought some snap together track, built an oval for breaking in my locos a long time ago and they were 18". It ran just fine on them. Loco isn't in front of me but I think the center driver doesn't have a flange on it so it's able to do quite well on 18's. No derailments at all. As all...

Hi Steve, I bought mine back in December last year, '05 and have been running it ever since. I agree, the rolling stock is of not much use but the loco is. One just has to get around the fact that the wheels have over sized flanges and won't run on anything lower than Code 83 track. I have run...

Hi all, Bought a few Sylvan models. I've researched the posts here in regards to cleaning the mould release agent from the parts. I have called so many stores and no one has an affirmative answer, or I get "don't knows". Of course no one stocks the Diosol or the Resin Prep that Sylvan says to...

Hi there one and all who have the PC Canadian National Hudson 5702. Just thought I'd add that I finally was able to take my Hudson over to a friends fantastic layout on the May long weekend. He has quite a large layout with a twin track helix. Great guy and a spectacular layout. For starters...

Those who are looking for additional info on the PC Can Super Store CN Hudson 5702. I bought one and had a friend install a decoder in it. Pretty quiet machine I must say. As the engine only pickups were quite finicky going over switch frogs I rewired the tender for pick up. Upon opening up the...