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I decided to do an upgrade of a Athearn F45. I've had this loco for over 20 years and it needs some tlc. Here are a couple of shots before I start tearing into it. My first step was to redo the chassis, which means rebuilding the recessed step in the fuel tank. I cut out the area with a...

Devin, The December 1975 MR had the first of three articles on the Marquette & Independence RR. The first article covered building the benchwork, installing the roadbed and laying the track. The second article (February 1976) covers wiring and building the control panel. The third and last...

I get mine at ACE Hardware. They call them Connector, Insulated (Tap Splice). The part number for the size 18-14 AWG, 25 count is 3015526. Dan

After reading Sabretooth47's thread on doing an EL bicentennial:thumb: , and having just completed a drawing of my Minnesota International's own scheme. I thought "how many of us have designed their own scheme for the bicentennial?":confused: Not that this loco will ever get painted, I model...

TrainNut, The term "Mudhens" is generally applied to D&RGW's K27's. It came about (so the story goes) that they had a tendency to "waddle" at any speed, and this "waddle" reminded the crews of the Coot duck (Mudhen) which has a similar gait. Dan

Here are some shots of a Northern Pacific RR derailment in Hines, Minnesota. It happened on June 7th 1946. http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/DanRaitz/Trains/Hines1.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f392/DanRaitz/Trains/Hines3.jpg...

Tyco did produce a C430, they can be found a swap meets and or eBay. The body is decent but the drive SUCKS. Dan

Well, here it is one month later and I've got the ties laid and the mainline track spiked down. I'll be using a different color stain for the sidings and spurs (a grayish color to replicate older ties). For the mainline I used a Minwax stain called "Jacobean" for that newer tie look. Here are...

Jeff, Not without trespassing. This shot was taken from a public road. Dan

Ralph, This is the Great Western Dock Ternimal RR. It is located on Childs Rd. (just south from where it meets Warner Rd.) down by Pigs Eye. It is right across the river from Holman Field (a.k.a. St. Paul Downtown Airport). Dan

I had a couple of days off this week (Tuesday & Wednesday). The wife had to go for some continuing ed (American Family Ins.) in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St. Paul, MN) so naturally I tagged along. While she was busy being educated, I was chasing trains :D :D Here is one of the photos...

I've installed the Homabed (glued and brad nailed) put in a thin coat of spackling paste. Now I just need to do a light sanding and sealing with paint and it's time to start laying ties.

Happy New Year everyone. Heres hoping that the 1st day of the 6th year of the 21st century is the start of something good.

What you are looking for is made by S&S Hobby (wkw pn: 643-311). It is .005 styrene with the tread embossed. I used it for the walkways on my GATX SD38-2.

Campbell Scale Models also makes windows. Take a look at what they offer. The window and door part numbers are in the "900" series.

Rusty, When I lived in Escondido there was a modular club in the area. They called themselves "The North County Modular RR Club", they had both HO and N layouts. If you go over to the LHS in Escondido, Value Craft on El Norte Pkwy, and talk to Wayne Snyder he can fill you in on what they are...

Atlas makes transition rail joiners for C100 to C83. They are Atlas #551.

Here is the latest on my Sn3 layout. I've got the track plan pretty much finialized. As you can see I made cardboard mock-ups of the major structures to help in laying out the design. The track design is based upon John Allen's "Timesaver". Any comments are more then welcome. Dan...

For a quick treatise on the various scales check out this site. http://www.nmra.org/beginner/scale.html Of course they don't show all of the many scales associated with G GAUGE! Dan

Finnaly got the sky background painted and the valance up. The valance is unpainted still haven't decided on the color yet.