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I don't know about those manufacturers, but could you possibly have the track wire leads connectd to the AC terminals on the power pack? AC will make a motor hum and the armature bounce like it wants to move, but won't.

Dang Ralph, it looks like you had some caustic soda spill down the sides. As for the trucks, well, the railroad had to replace them because they were too corroded.:thumb: :D

I didn't get any modeling done, but I did get to go to the Railroad Museum on New England and ride in the cab of their loco. I have a buch of pics that I need to beat down to size and post, but I figured I'd post this one for Jetrock.:D

My yard is only about 40 x 75 ft. I could probably do an outside G gauge layout. It's not in sunny California, so I'd have to plan for the all season roadbed.

Is your line still active? If so, More Pics! I always thought about doing something like that, but who (railroad nut) hasn't. My yard isn't big enough,...humm, or is it?

Why replace them anyways?:D Well, yeah, I know why, but do we really need to?

I think what Jim was getting at is that, that is a hardrock cart. Coal, unless an early start-up was quickly mechanized and used larger rail cars, or conveyors to move vast quantities of coal vs. smaller amounts of gold or silver ore. Hardrock mining didn't have the convienience of large rooms...

Chris, that secon pic could easily be mistaken for a model. It looks way too clean for a real yard.:D

Not to sound stupid, but what exactly is geochaching?

It's too bad the pics are alittle fuzzy, but I get it. Simple. Thanks.

If you are using DC, by isolating blocks of track that can have the rail polarity changed, or if you are using DCC, then there shouldn't be a problem because polarity is not an issue. DCC uses the rails for power, but the direction and speed are controlled by a reciever in the locomotive. If...

Still planning the layout, but no construction slated. What ever I do regarding my layout will be on a whim. I'm planning on meeting up with an old friend that I haven't seen since middle school (30 yrs), here, http://www.rmne.org/ where he's a volunteer brakeman. I plan on doing the cab...

There's a good chance that it may have been painted silver.

Nice job. Some paint and weathering and it'll sure be an eye catcher.

How do you deal with the overhead at the module joints?

Ralph, Great idea for a thread. Now I have to come up with something...

Doc, what a wonderful model! That's got to be a great conversation piece.

UP, is the backdrop in your modeled scene a photo or ground foam. It's a little fuzzy and I can't tell.

If you go the file route, don't forget to have a file card (file brush) handy. Keep the file clean.

I never heard anything about it. Is it open to the public?