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Looks like it might of just happened. Everyone is standing out side the Hotel looking. Must of made a hell of a racket!

I had read that "O", or "Zero" scale was a little bigger than 1/48th,(1/50th I think) which is what the old tin plate Lionels and American Flyers were. Of course these being made for the "toy" train market, didn't appeal to the prototype modeller, so "S" scale , or standard scale models were...

Hmm....Those "rack" locos look kinda familar..... http://www.thecog.com/cog_scene.php?img=full_head_of_steam

Bachmann made one also, not too long after their HO scale version(Which I have)came out.

Southwick And Winsted GP38-2. There's also an S&W SD35 "High Nose" in the paint shop.

Was looking at some satellite maps on Google last night and came across this in Chicago. Its a factory or probably an out building for the steel mill nearby. Where the arrow is pointing looked like a familar structure. Zooming in, I found a roundhouse complete with bridge still intact. But...

According to the Atlas site, the 2003 C-628( http://www.atlasrr.com/NLoco/nc628.htm )either with a decoder, or not. Like Sean said, it might be a decoder equiped loco. Non decoder equiped shold have a PCB board to run the lights, and maybe a jumper. If the box says DCC Ready, my guess is that a...

Maybe because they are acutually owned by Boeing, and specific for their use, and not used for anything else but hauling major aircraft assemblies(wings and fuselage), like the SRB car that belongs to NASA. If you notice, there's no reporting marks, as I have read, that whole Boeing Trains run...

I do. Just like drivers in our scale road vehicles, I feel that I need something(or someone) in the seats, to bring life to the railroad. Especially if the "varnish" has clear windows, and an interior. As far as the Preiser sitting figures, I think you're gonna find that their little scale...

On the way home from work today, Caught the Southwick and Winsted local. Good thing I had the camera with me.

OK..So whats the story with the hat? When did it become traditional for engineers to wear that type of hat? In other words, whats the history behind it? Anybody know? I do remember the old Lionel boxes, with a lion wearing the "engineers cap".

Yep..Its time again to start asking for your articles, pics and "How To's" The fall issue of the Gauge E-Mag will be coming out the first week of October, if this last server move didn't screw things up. Sooo......September 15th is the deadline(No railroad pun intended), or a couple of...

Little too much coffee before running the trains?

Yeah, Thats the story every father says...At first! I'd start with a diesel set. lots less can go wrong. Any way, I can't say much for the Life Like sets, but the Bachmann sets are great for starters. Though, keep in mind, no matter what set he buys, they all come with the cheap locos and...

Great pics. Can't beat that natural sunlight!

Litchfield Hills Roll-By Nice pics this week guys. Well, I caught the Litchfield Hills Sunday commuter run today. Its a short consist. Which was fine with me because a storm was quickly approaching. First: Athearn Bombadier Double Deck Cab Car(I was doing this one at the same time as my...

My mother used to go to "tag sales" alot. She picked me up a Mantua die-cast metal 0-6-0 tank loco for a quarter. This thing was so old, the wiring was covered with CLOTH insulation. After cleaning it up, lubing it, it ran great. I gave it to my nephew, and as 10 year olds go.... Well...Lets...

"Beam me up Scotty....I think the train is late"

That is a find! A trains set named "The Warbonnet Express", with a Santa Fe "F" unit on the box, and Union Pacific in it..... Think someone Ooopsed?

Thanks Ralph. I usually use the Vita-Cal paper, but I can't take the credit for the stripe, or the symbols. They all come from Micro-Scale Connecticut Department of Transportation set(87-930), and were originally designed for the Walthers Horizon commuter cars, of which I have two. CDOT Horizon...