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Both units pulling a coal train up a 6% grade with curve; even SP didn’t do that!

Scrub the shell, prime it, and paint it SP gray (I used a mixture of two bottles that I had on the bench to match other SPs on the layout). Mask the ends and use SP scarlet, add decals and brake wheel. The next picture shows both units. The color is identical, the lighting may distort that. It...

Next, we needed a new face for the cab with a square windshield opening; used scrap styrene sheet here. A flat surface under the roof, angled wings for number boards and the boards are next (styrene, aluminum, styrene). Boards will not light up. Cut, fill, and file time. Remove the big vent...

Cutting time! 1, remove the roof from the cab. 2, saw cut just above the battery boxes from front to the cab face. 3, Exacto cut in the joint of roof to hood until you can separate hood from shell. 4, Saw cut 3/8 in. from the hood and discard the middle piece. Then build a headlight assembly...

The only chassis mod was to cut off the light bracket built into the front truck and grind the surface flush for good clearance under the planned low hood. Picture

A month or so ago I noted here that I had created an Alco Alligator to add to my HO Alco fleet. I spoke in error and used Alligator as a generic description for any early low-nose Alco. What I did was create a fair representation of an RS-32. Our SP yards are at the end of a curve/heavy grade...

I think it has now taken longer to try to get the text and pictures to The Gauge than it did to do the project. I have the descriptive text, I have 8 pictures in JPG format, but when I get to a point in the text where I want to add a picture, I go to the file button at attachments, select the...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I found another program I forgot I even had, "Graphic Converter" It will open the Bmp file and the allow me to save it as a Jpg file. It says Jpg/Jif as I recall, but I am sure the Jpg part of the suffix is all that counts. As soon as my son e-mails the remaining...

I don't think (not sure) that we have a program called "Paint". Is that a windows application? We are using a Mac. I will search and see. Thanks, Dave

I have just finished a kit bashing project, Alco RS-11 to RS-32. I would like to share it with the viewers here, and took some 35mm photos as I went along. My son scanned them into his PC and e-mailed them to me. Very clear on the monitor, but the files are Bmp format. The guidelines are...

In one of the 2003 issues of Classic Trains mag. there was a big article, lots of pictures, on NewEngland type ball signals. I built one from scratch and it really was not that hard to do. It is not an operating signal but it is very correct and looks unique. It would fit in your project. Dave

At this point in time (sounds like Watergate!) I have no way to get a picture on to the net; we are working on it! Dave

A few weeks ago I posted a question about where to buy a fair priced plastic shell model of a low-nose old Alco, aka the Alligator. A few quick replies ended that idea - brass or nothing! I looked over my dsl books and decided on Plan B. I went to e-Bay and bid on a NIB Model Power RS-11. This...

Just wondering if anyone else was watching the TV show "Monk" on Friday evening. In the final dramatic scene, the villianess got her new husband to the pass out drunk state, parked the car on a railroad track and commented that they would not be parked there for long, just 7 minutes. She jumped...

UP Logo I am trying to follow the discussion, but I do not know what UP is doing, trying to do, or plans to do. Can someone briefly explain? It would help. Dave

A few weeks ago I was at a train show and a dealer had several Mantua 2-6-6-2 logging locos, new $120. Today I saw an advert. in Model Railroader by a mail-order dealer for "Mantua Classic" 2-6-6-2 locos for $79.95, also new, in fact so new they were not yet available. Has some one taken over...

Thanks for all the replies. I am going to try Plan B...... I bought a Model Power RS-11 on E-Bay. As soon as it gets here I will start the cutting/rebuilding. Most of the pictures I have seem to indicate little difference from the cab on back between an Alligator and an RS-11. The Model Power...

I need some help! I am trying to get a good selection of Alco locos on my layout and have hit a problem. I can't seem to find any examples of the "Alligator" or "Notch Nose" Alcos in the listings on EBay. Can anyone tell me if there are any such HO models, and if so, who produced them? I may be...

Garage ideas There is another possible spot for a car/truck with the front end up on ramps and the feet plus legs sticking out from under it. We have a mobile home parked on a small lot away from the "nice houses" and the partial do-it-yourself mechanic under the pick-up truck looks just...

Based on all the replies there seems to be agreement that a Peco or Shinohara is a more prefect turnout than an Atlas, but there may be other ways to look at it. We have 39 turnouts, all Atlas, #4 and #6. Space required some tight moves and #4's were the only way in some spots. The oldest 4 are...