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Yes Brian there are N scale traction modellers. There is a fairly active N scale traction group on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nscaletraction/ Bachmann and Model Power cars were notorious poor runners. Bachmann cars have plastic gears just like the HO scale Bachmann trolleys. There...

East Penn Traction Club's module standards: http://www.eastpenn.org/standard.html Includes drawings for legs and benchwork in O scale and HO scale. http://www.eastpenn.org/

There's a Walthers ad in March 2007 Model Railroader. The terminal has a footprint of 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 and will be $39.99. It'll be 3 1/2 inches high. The PD-4103 will be $21.99. Now I may have some buses for the bus terminal on my layout.

:wave: Thanks for the encouragement! :wave:

Have a look at the really great modular layout of the Southern California Traction Club. http://www.trainweb.org/socaltractionclub/index.html 2006: http://www.trainweb.org/socaltractionclub/SCBG4-06/SCBG4-06.html 2004: http://www.trainweb.org/socaltractionclub/SCTC2004.html Lots of great...

From the East Penn web site: New Location for the 2007 Meet!! The Pavilion at Villanova University!! The 2007 East Penn 18th National Model Trolley Meet May 4, 5 & 6, 2007 Fan Trip only on Sunday May 6th. The Pavilion at Villanova University Lancaster and Ithan Ave Villanova, PA...

Walthers will be offering a couple of new items that may be of interest to HO traction modellers. Walthers will be offering a circa 1951 PD-4103 made by Classic Metal Works. From the discussion on the Yahoo HO Scale Buses group it seems this item will only be available from Walthers...

This is a blog for the Roger C. Parker's O Scale Trains traction column: http://www.oscalemag.com/wordpress/?cat=2

Model Railroad Warehouse for a GE Steeple cab and perhaps a McGuire Cummings 2 truck sweeper body styrene w brooms & frame in fall/winter 2007. http://www.mrrwarehouse.com/

The East Penn Trolley Meet held every second year is coming up this May 4, 5 and 6 in suburban Philadelphia. Here's some photos from previous years: http://www.eastpenn.org/p1010040.jpg http://www.eastpenn.org/p1010025.jpg http://www.eastpenn.org/p1010044.jpg...

Another good source of information is the East Penn Traction club web site: http://www.eastpenn.org/ Their list of trolley and hobby links is the ultimate source list: http://www.eastpenn.org/links.html

Thanks very much Spitfire. :thumb: I have fond memories of riding the PCCs too. Somehow the modern cars just aren't the same. I really miss the PCCs and red and cream. You have a great layout also! And a trolley module! I really like the details on your buildings. So far my buildings are...

Thanks Jetrock. Yes, he does fabulous work. For you TTC guys, George offers TTC decals which were used on my cars. This is his catalog description: This HO scale finishing set was designed for the 4300 class of post-war PCC cars operated in Toronto and imported by MTS Imports, Inc., but can...

Yes those are Bowser's. They were detailed by George Huckaby of Customtraxx who also painted the PCCs and decaled them. The Brill is a Model Power from the 70s that I picked up at a train show. It is a 2 rail car, but there are instructions to convert it to overhead operation. Nope it...