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The distances are a function of throughput and speed at which you want it to take place. You asked about the Norfolk and Southern , which was spliced together largely out of a series of logging railroad rights of way. It was a manual block, station to station operation except for interlockers...

Narrow Gauge COFC and TOFC The WP&Y carried intermodal ore containers (came from Mayo by truck) in their last years of real common carrier service. So narrow gauge intermodal traffic is (was in the case of the White Pass Route because the folding of the mines meant end of viability for them) in...

You seem to be getting sucked into the train control B.S. Do not go there and you are way ahead of the game. You will only have a single engine, and presumably even if you have several you will be doing one thing at a time. Perhaps not, but that does not make sense to me. Here is a guy...

I would suggest that you find the locations of the nearest model railroad clubs at a hobby shop that sells model trains. If they are an 'N' scale club(s) with either modular or fixed layout , that is to the good . However, it doesn't matter what scale the club operates in , because : A) some...

Jorge: I noticed in MÆRKLIN"S current catalog on MICRO MACRO MUNDO's website they will be selling a Gt.Northern version of the Swedish double ender . You would need a TRIX version , since it is DC powered , but it probably will be cheaper than purchasing from Sweden. With respect to bars...

Richard Orr and his wife operate(d) out of : 6306 Western Avenue, Omaha , Nebraska Send envelope containing information you desire along with self addressed envelope with 2 ozs. postage appended. If they reply with trade information you are in business. Orr, and his German...

4-8-0s Twelve wheelers were common occurrence although only in large numbers on select carriers in North America. The NdeM had most modern, probably both the last built, and only ones built to move passenger trains specifically.. The CNJ had 50 camelback twelve wheelers that were only...

The tender is not the original tender offered with this loco. English's pacific and mikado shared same boilers and tenders and were made out of diecast zamac . They were cheapest kits of such 'large power' when introduced , and if anything had too large rivethead detailing. Bowser (NYC 'K-11') ...

Those are not Mantua Couplers. Is this car made of metal?

'TTm' Worth considering for its space saving qualities is 'TTm' because it runs on 'N' scale track , and has a number of steam locos (mostly of the kettle variety) and much rolling stock available . A great deal of it is industrial railroad equipment for logging, brickworks, foundary...

East Penn's Proto and Model Electric Transit Links The EAST PENN modellers links are about as good as it gets around this continent. They are : < http:www.eastpenn.org/links.html/ > 'O' scale traction is a much stronger , and larger segment , relatively speaking , than their sister...

MODEL RAILROAD JOURNAL in its first year , when Bob Schleicher founded it , did a several editions series on a small midwestern prairie farm center in several different epochs. Over time the businesses in place , and the structures represented , changed as the socio-economic conditions behind...

This isn't brain surgery. Tamiya and Humbrol are available where you are at . Buy a Tamiya or Humbrol paint marker in black or dark brown and simply pass it down the side of the rail. Voila, used , rusted , rail . This stuff dries fast , so have a clean piece of lint free cloth ( e.g. old...

Vic Rail scheme Barry: They may never have seen the Erie scheme , as such . The loco makers cooked up these schemes and presented them to buyers in the early days of dieselization , for their approval . Later , when it became apparent that some of the elaborate schemes ,especially...

HELJAN version NYC , NYNH&H, and later MetroNorth ,ConnDOT had/have similar steel bar protection since engineer was killed by objects thrown into the open cut from Park Avenue near Tremont Avenue in the Bronx. That double ender and related prototypes are sold by HELJAN. There was also...

Precision Mfg. They were only briefly into model rail stuff, and found market to slow(like ERTL) and are still doing quite well making entirely different merchandise. On the other hand Precision Miniatures whose line ( of DJH made ) loco kits of SAR prototypes is still going strong ,(on...

Open Loads The NMRA" Bulletin" , which is of limited use to be sure, spent a great deal of time beginning in around 1995 presenting a thorough selection of common gondola and flat car loads. If you can attend the next Great Scale Show at Timonium, Md.- coming up now- you will find...

United made models for a number of importers.After Akane they were next to build models for International back in 1954. Get copy of Brown Book,or read it at hobby shop, which details almost all models imported from orient in last half century. Generally, United produced models of pre 1930...