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Welcome @TG, T.K.! I'm all ears. Let's hear first about the night the brakes failed! George.

B R A V O !!!!!!!! A nice piece supplemented with wonderful pictures that I really enjoyed. Congratulations! George.

Woodie, Several years ago, I purchased a "Kombi" kit in Germany made by a reputable manufacturer of a franconian style building which was part of a pedestrian bridge. It cost a good bit at the time and I was looking forward to having it as an attractive addition to what I already had. To my...

That's a fantastic idea, provided cost effectiveness for the manufacturer while maintaining affordability to the consumer are possible. I speculate that this would initially be an expensive option. Instead of throwing that idea to Walthers to make a mint off of us with, take that idea to...

Whatever happened to LIMA?? Not the steam shovel company, but the "HO" model trains. They came from Europe, were inexpensive, ran well and had superior detailing and graphics. George

Could you have "spliced" it using a Dremel? George.

Woodie, these motors were used by the Pennsylvania RR, the New Haven and finally by Amtrak. Amtrak painted them in their ghastly safety orange MOW scheme. In the early 90's they went to the scrap heap. Some controversy about PCB's in the rectifiers or some such during the process. I don't...

Have fun, but don't wander too far! George.

What a tragedy. Take up the guilty buggar with the union! Woodie,put on the radio, take a flat, long, narrow paint scraper and take your time. You probably can't recycle the track. Perhaps you can take the sleepers off the track and use them for piles, for old/new ones scattered along the...

Hey Woodie! I hope you had not glued down the track as you went along! Bob, just think of all the interchange possiblilities you have on a run from Missouri to Manitoba depending on time period. Your primary competitor would be the ICG and KCS. Take a look at a map. If you start in...

Here you go guys, http://www.charlesro.com/ http://www.lots-trains.org/member/convention/2000/madison/ Thanks for the heads up that Charles Ro is still alive and well. Take a look at these two sites. WT&C, I'd wager you could get a cow catcher from Madison Hardware, the 2nd site. They're...

WT&C, Start with a bed of cinders. Put down black grit for this, paralleling the roadbed. Next, apply the ballast with the ballast overlapping the top of the cinder bed at the inside edge. It should be seen just a short distance from the edge of the ballast in the sticks, to reaching...

Woodie, I've been searching the net for a photo I can use, and I can't even find a photo! You can see a builder's diagram at this site; http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=e44.gif&sel=ele&sz=sm&fr=ge The engine has C trucks and is electric with a pantograph for service on...

Bob, The bridge kit I mentioned should give you more than enough clearance. If it's not quite the desired height, you can shim it up to whatever you want by fabricating a wooden pier and putting it underneath the pier included in the kit. The arch is concave, not convex like the ATLAS and...

Speaking of LST's, How about a model of the Canadian LRC? I'd also like to see a decent E-44 electric locomotive in New Haven and Pennsylvania on the market in PLASTIC. George.

POST SCRIPT. Bridges. My peeve is that it's hard to find any selection of double track bridges, and when you do, they cost a small fortune. Life-Like makes an interesting steel deck bridge with an arch underneath. What's fantastic with this kit is it's versatility. The span can be made as...

Bob, I sure like people getting back to me in a hurry. This from the master architect/engineer/N-Scaler/Garden Railroader; >>> "YepYep! Divide actual number by 87.1 to get physical length of HO model in 12"=1'-0" scale. Freg Zam Pull: 60 foot boxcar / 87.1 = .68886 feet x 12...

65' in "HO"?? Well, it's going to be almost two inches shorter than a Rivarossi passenger car. I have a friend I'll write and ask for the calculation if Shamus doesn't have it here first. I think it would be multiplying by 1/87, but don't hold me to that. Math was a weak spot, why I...

Bob, Now your trains will "flow" and glide instead of jerking into turns. You're going to love the result. Just remember to keep the track centres at least two inches apart. Nothing should "DING" then. George.

Not being an "O" head, one is closer to scale, and I think it's O-27. If you're in the US, I don't know if Charles Ro in Massachusetts is still in business, but they used to have a comprehensive inventory of "O" supplies. I've heard people at shows talking about mail ordering "O" from...