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i would go to the bachmann train site and click on ask bachmann, they have all sorts of advice there on their products. http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/index.html

No i have not been back to the area in 10 years now. i was thinking the other night as i was canning those pics, it would be interesting to head back to those areas in Toronto and see what if any changes have been made. I have to go see the Macmillan yards, bathurst street area, Cherry Street...

added pictures to my yahoo photo site. MacMillan Yard Toronto Cherry Street yard Toronto along with the older files I have put on display BNSF Iowa CN/IC Iowa GT Iowa derailment in renfrew there are 10 files in total well over 150 pictures files to be added CP renfrew, Smith Falls...

I use the guage kadee sells. here is a pic of it, works great and easy to set up. Iused the paper washers from kadee too, hate to sound like sales pitch for them but that is what i found worked the best and they did the job oupler Height and Multi-Purpose Gauge...

when I started to convert my locomotive fleet and rolling stock over to kadee, mchenry, and bacmann spectrum couplers. I did it in the following manner. 1) locomotives got the correct kadee coupler for front nad rear, which meant i had to order 2 sets for some locos 2) all the kit cars cars got...

after reading various posts on various sites. I have one question. does anyone actually model the railroad that runs down the street from them? or does everyone model the railroad out of province, out of state, or out of country? I have met one guy in person who modelled the local now long...

after living near a co-op with the new concrete silos and such, the old wooden storage bin was covered over in sheet metal siding. add a fork lift, older the better, rusty front end loaders, the lime is a killer on them, loading ramp made out of old ties. piles of dirt. pick up trucks, it was a...

Tue, July 5, 2005 Disaster averted as train goes off track Freighter had just dropped off fuel By SEAN MEAGHER, Ottawa Sun...

i would skip the tunnel for the automobiles under the tracks, put in a nice crossing, or build an over pass for the trains to go over the roadway. Tunnels under the tracks would just in my opinion would be a waste of space and time. But if you want it, you will build it. jsut have to find...

well welcome to the joys of model railroading. coupler conversion, the coupler on the bachmann unit can be switched out easily enough for one that fits the rest of the cars. that is the quick and dirty way to do it. But had you had more knowledge before you made your purchases you would...

I emailed them and got no answer i will try again later this week.

Kadee makes a special coupler unit for those truck mounted couplers. they are costly to redo. I had a few coupler boxes left over from converting other cars. soI cut off the couplers off the trucks, mounted the box to the body like on the athearn kit cars, and did it that way. they worked...

you would be amzed how people try and cross the 401, they have less 1% chance i think of making it across all lanes in the Toronto core of the 401. I think that the biggest thing that jury should of thought of was safety training class for kids. bring the Operation Life Save to the...

I have tried to contact Operation Life Saver in Canada and they do not seem to answer emails. I do not think the ideas expressed by the people in Brockville will work. Education is the best bet, next bet is more Education, and last if not least More Education. Forget the quiet zones, forget...

i think it is time to stop banning the horn, rather hear the horn at 2 am then see the flashing lights of of police, fire and ambulance at a crossing. people have to start looking both ways at crossings, learn to protect themselves , common sense would go a long way

another one hit yesterday in Ottawa by the VIA to Montreal. People need to learn the lessons of others before they repeat them the hard way Sun, June 12, 2005 Train kills man in city's east By Ottawa Sun A 24-year-old man was killed yesterday after he darted in front...

they are patching all locomotives that are not in UP numbers to the UP number system, making room for new models using old numbers. they want to have all the same models in the same numbers ,

http://www.cnlines.com/cycl/loco/cnsteam.html they have a good collection of cn info I always thought the crane was not steam powered....disel is my thought.

i have a few oldies floating around my layout but no pics handy i have the tyco Canadian Set, loco, box car and caboose 3 or 4 athearns with the metal trucks. dd40 dual motor with flywheels, b&o gp 30, sw1 i think b&o lima 4 wheel switcher, lionel made in hong kong gp 30, and my first locl...

see the following link http://www.icerail.com/ http://www.tcwronline.net/ICE.html