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possible nother reason why-when i saw 3801 over in casino-she was hauling a water tanker at the back not many water towers are left for some reason ;-) so maybe the diesel is for long waterless stretches where the steamer would have had water towers in the olden days?? just my musings on...

im wondering if it has anything to do with safety issuses 3801 was rearended by a elec train back in the early 90's here in nsw apparently it lost traction on a steep grade and they sanded the tracks, causing the train to dissappear from the boards altogether. while it was still stalled in...

`modesty is just one of my MANY attributes...' hi woodie

i hope im not considered as `flooding' the thread... but ..(ignores the moans and groans from the side gallery..) ive seen people recommend scotchloks(as they are known here) as a good way to hook buses (edit to add `and feeds') and feeds together known in the usa as `suitcase...

and to those of a `a 35w iron will do anything' bent ask yourselves `why do they make them from (less than a tail light bulb) wattage to (melts plastic at 10cm) wattage if one iron could do everything????? often a 35w will `kinda sorta' do the job but the same ones that say it does a `good'...

as regards to low power soldering irons it is far better to learn (as i did during my apprenticeship) that a quick hot iron in and out under a second is better than a low power (5 seconds!! wow-how did you avoid melting ties??) held on until it eventually heats up my suggestion is find a...

solder should never ever ever be relied on for mechanical strength as many a tv manufacterer can attest to make it secure mechanically first-then solder only for electrical conductivity ive seen many pictures of lay the wire alongside the rail and slap a bit o solder on it it may...

weller are the only way to go in my books ive got 3 these days-an ancient weller 150w job(the one with the thumb pushed bakelite collar to turn it on and off) `semi' temp adjustable by different tips(and how long you push the switch on for)- absolutely perfect for quick in and out jobs that...

up the top woodie-5th one along ;-)

uggg you have an amt lisc and can seriously say glassmounts and reception in the same sentence? mag mounts are bad enough-very average performance,even on rx only but glassmounts-do not waste your money unless your car is parked on the train imho id suggest a guttermount with wideband...

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wax/hd_wax.htm explains how lost wax casting is done-or google has many sites ive seen it done but as the mould is lost(hence the name) its usually a hobbyist practise altho i could see how the wax mould could also be remade from a second `master' moulding

several things ive done or helped others do(sorry no photos-didnt think to do it at the time..grr) drive in movie(at the time using a 6" b/w tv and vcr..) - now id use a small `personal' lcd style tv with a dvd player instead of a vcr (ok this one didnt work that well-but it did `sorta'...

Another widely-used solution to the problem is known as a bogie exchange: each carriage, wagon or locomotive is put on a section of dual-gauge track under a heavy crane. It is then lifted off its bogies, which are pulled out and replaced by equivalent bogies of a different gauge. This technique...

http//:www.geocities.com/blownrenault/index.html theres an extra : in front of www

woodie has one of these on a flatcar-maybe he could give you some more details

post no.11- looks like that lil peeps got some work ahead of him getting the front bogie back on the track ;-)

hope the lilpeople got the red flags out on that one with the `tree plantation' growing on the tracks :D

my brother still has one of these and its still working! doesnt have the tin man tho

test123456789 message too short humf :-(

i thought this forum was about model trains-not real ones so why are you posting pics of them ;) wow!!