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Well Wayne; you did it again. Many thanks for all the info and photo's for making lead weights. As always--you really come through. Thanks again.

thanks for the input but how do you make the molds for the boiler weights doctorwayne?

what would you use to add weight to a Bowser I1 decapod locomotive?

This last oil price increase ($11.00) was purly the speculators getting affraid when Israel stated they would bomb Iran if Iran started to go to war with Israel. I guess they want all of the money now 'just in case' this happened. I guess I will have some Hobo soup again tonight!

The joke is on me! I just seen the dates of submittance in the left upper corner of the posts. Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks???

Well Sumpter250; I did contact Athearn with the part # and description and they told me they didn't recieve this part from MDC. I did locate it at NWSL though. Thanks for your time and advice March 20, 2008

Thanks Kevin. I contacted NWSL and they have the part. So thanks for your interest and advice. Also I take notice that there are no dates in the body of these posts! I think I will try something---todays date is March 20, 2008. This way any one looking at this post will know just how old it is.

Shamus; I built the three truck shay and am now in need of the motor universal. The male unit split on the casting seam! Could you advise me as to where I can now obtain this and/or these parts?

HO and N scale. Starting the HO in the attic and will build the N in the cellar.

I used the eraser on the armature and the General ranm better. Then I used alcohol on it with a cotton swab and also cleaned out segments and that did the trick! Thanks for your help.

I called Walmart to see if they carried Wahl Oil and they said they had Andis Clipper Oil and was the same as the Wahl Oil. Has any body out there tried this stuff or knows for sure if it is the same as Wahl Oil?

Hi Ralph and Squidbait; Thanks for verifying my thought on steel track cleaning. I am sure the erasers will be much cheaper than the abrasive blocks that are sold for track cleaning now.

I was just wondering----would a 'Ink Eracer' work as good as as the abrasive track cleaner?

Well Russ, I am finally replying to your advice on cleaning the motor armature and where to look for motor brush replacements. The pencil eracer worked fine but the armature gets really dirty very fast. This is why I suspect bad brushes. The loco I am refering to is the kit of the old...

loco cleaning and tuneup I thank both Jim Kraus and Doctorwayne for your speedy replies. I have the TV tuner cleaner but was hesident to use it around the brushes since they are made of carbon. But I will give it a try. As for the Clean Safe, Jim, I will have to check our local Walmart to see...

I have gotten back into MM after a few years of just Armchairing it and have some problems arrive due to my locomotives just sitting around and not being run. I have found them to be dirty both inside and out and also found some in need of the brushes and the armature being very dirty! I would...

Thanks for the tip on cleaning track. I will have to buy some of that Wahl Oil and give it a try. ------------------ Leon

I remember my Dads Christmas layout whenI was around 2 or 3 years old. Been involved in it at different levels of interest ever since. Right now I am in the process of building a (what I call) permanent layout in the attic. I am 72 yrs old---you figure the time. I don't think my calculater can...