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I'm a bit concerned about getting my Grandson a new train that has been manufacture in China. Considering all the recalls, is anyone looking at possible lead paint on these trains, am I over-reacting? If it weren't for cheap Chinese produced products, I might not be able to afford this hobby...

Yeah, Dan, I've been to both, nice shops! But all I need is some Testers paint, now I've got to drive 40 min's when there were three hobby shops here in town. I'm afraid Internet shopping will spell the end of the LHS. I look forward getting together. Dave

Hey Dan, good to hear from another local, I was surprised that Nolink was that near. I'm in Sanford, 20 min's away. I haven't started my layout yet, I'm still very new to model RR-ing and and need a bit more knowledge before I commit to a plan. The dummy shells of the E6&7Bs fit right over the...

All the units are powered. The paint job on the "E4" is going slow because there are no LHSs in my area, I can't get the paint I need. Dave

I'm not sure if the photo is attacted or not, I'll guess I hit "submit" and see. If any of the Moderators come across this post, please delete it. D.R.

Well, at a local train show last weekend I was finally able to pick-up a Life Like N E6 in the SAL Citrus Scheme. I got a powered A unit and two unpowered B units. As soon as I got home I took the power drives out of the undecorated A's I'd acquired and put them in the new B's. This A-B-B combo...

Great pic, Randy. Any ideas on how it was turned? BTW, I really like your water-tower too. Dave

The footage I have is from the early '60s of a Consolidation being turned with a steel beam Armstrong Turntable on the "Camden, Moscow and San Augustine RR" in East Texas. I found some nice pic's of an Armstrong Turntable being restored for the "Connecticut Eastern RR", interesting, but I like...

Randy, excellent work, it would be great on any scale. I recently saw a similar t-table on a DVD, I'll have to go back and watch it again to find the details. This was footage of the the engineer and the fireman, by themselves, turning a Connie and it's tender by hand. There was no table, rail...

Thanks Triplex, that's just what I needed! The green seemed to change from "lime" to almost "o.d." over the years and loco to loco, but I think I've got enough of documentation of that. Dave

Hey guys, every model, in every scale I can find of a Seaboard Air Line Citrus paint scheme, has the freight loco SFS (standard freight scheme) with the all green roof. Further, no pic or drawing I've found shows the roof of a loco painted in the PCS (passenger citrus scheme), mostly yellow...

Sumpter is right you're pictures are almost 1/48, nice bit of luck. Take the pictures to "Kinkos" (wherever, maybe you can do it on your own computer) and have your pictures reduced by 55% for "H0" or 300% for "N". Get several copies so you can cut them up and paste them to your building...

Sorry, thought I should mention, if you use vertical lines drawn on an angled picture you'll need to recalculate scale for each line. You should be frugal with the lines. Dave

The important thing is to have a flat view (of course, now you need two pic's one of front and one of the side) If your pic is on an angle you'll have to deal with diminishing scale, ie vanishing point, but since there are few compound curve on buildings, its doable. As Sumpter wrote, you need a...

The FT has a "noticeable overhang" beyond the rear truck and of course the four close portholes (sometimes five on the B unit, right hand side only), four stacks as opposed to two on other EMD cabs and a large square structure on the cab if dynamic brakes are present. Whew! The F2 and F3 models...

Basso, I did a cursory search on loco's and it don't look good. You're going to have to do a paint job on any loco (and coach's) you buy. There are no "N" scale F2's but you could drill a third porthole in an F3. Model Power makes an H0 F2 (big radius, but easier to paint) OR you could just buy...

I'm useing a 19 inch radius for my "N" scale passenger train and thats almost too tight.

I'll take pictures if I can. In fact, there's a mini-train running at a small Zoo just a couple of miles from my house; I've never thought to check it out! Just read that some F3's also had three port holes, so my guess was a little less brillent and a little more luck. Dave

From the previous posted attachment: "The 16" gauge G-16 is essentially a scale model of EMD's F2 diesel locomotive, with a few liberties taken to make the thing function as a park train --" Don't mean to boast but as a newbie it's a wonderful thing to have ones hours of research pay-off. ;o)...

I'm gonna quess it's an EMD F2a. Dave