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Well I wish I had known that before I bought 13 of them. :( Guess I'll just have to make em work. Can't just flush $75.00 away. Whats bad about them. I suppose I shouldn't have tried to cut corners and went with the switch tenders. I guess you can't expect a whole lot for 6 bucks each either...

My 12 pack of Accurail hoppers came in today and by the end of next week I should have about 14 Accurail box cars and seven Branchline boxcars in. I have to decal half of the Accurails as they are "data only" models. Hope they are as nice as I am hearing.

I couldn't get the striped decals on the nose for my life so I decided to paint them on. I ordered some stuff to make the decals less stiff and stick better. I have about 10 boxcars to decal so I need to get this worked out. I hope the box cars turn out better. The F unit is just an old Bachman...

I was trying to make a nice "Zebra" paint scheme C&O. I'm not to good at the customizing. Wish the decals didn't look like decals but they have been dullcoted so oh well.

Thanks CN1. I must not have did a very good job searching because I looked at both of those places :confused: .

Pics of the loco's above. Olympus E-300, but I'm keepin that :D .... I might keep her too.... but those Broadway Limited C&O E8's commin out next month look pretty nice, so.................

Here are the pics

I had some old brass track I passed off a few weeks ago. Fastest way for me to clean it, was with a sanding block and 400 grit. Anything else nonautomated with the ammount of track your talking about will take a long, long, time. A few swipes with the sanding block and your golden. I tried a...

I wil post a pic tonight when the wife gets home with the camera so you guys/ ladies can see what I'm talking about.

I'm glad to hear the good comments. Especially since I have already made my purchase. I'm not a "rivet counter" by far. I want my stuff to look good but I don't want to see dollar signs everytime I look at my layout either. I was just trying to find something slightly nicer than average, and...

**************Back from the Dead****************It's tough to give all the credit to one person for me. My father works for CSX, so does my uncle, my grandfather on my dads side retired from C&O and his father was a conductor for C&O, my grandfather on my moms side was an engineer for Conrail...

Does anyone here have a P2K Pere Marquette / C&O E7? I just recieved mine and the color doesent look right to me. The yellow looks more like a buttermilk color rather than the typical yellow I am used to seeing on my other C&O equipment. Didn't know if this was correct as all I can find are B&W...

I thought they looked nice. So I decided to place the order. 12 C&O 55 ton 2 bay hoppers & 12 Accurail coal loads, 2- AAR 40' Mineral Red Data only, 2- PD 40' Mineral Red Data only, and 2- 50' combo door riveted Data Only Red oxide. That should be enough to get me goin. I have to head over to...

I am on a quest to start a new fleet of rolling stock. While I can appreciate the higher quality of manufactures like Intermountain and Kadee, I simply could never afford to build an entire fleet at $25-$28.00 a piece. So shopping around and having the hardest time locating moderate quality C&O...

I soooo love that diorama. I read the whole thread. The Locos look really great. :thumb: I am working on a few myself... lets just say no one shall ever see the first on I tried. Went way overboard. Good thing it was just a broken Tyco F7 I picked up for a buck.

That about says it all.

I'm not real sure on this and was curious myself because my old layout had manual switches. I plan to run my new turnouts, wye's, etc. from a 9v plug in transformer to a fused distribution panel, to toggle switches, then to the switch motors. Probably start a small fire to. :D J/K. Maybe one of...

I paint first, then touch up. Window frames etc. Would have to be to fine & take to much time. IMO.

Ha Ha :D That seriusly is a good idea though. Just put up a piece of scrap 2x4until I get in the habbit of ducking down and then remove it.

I was just curious because my new layout is "U" shaped with three sides against the wall. I was thinking of maybe running a second indepent oval around the top of the hillside I'm planning then add a nice bridge of some sort to span over the walk way into the "U" (approx 29"). I think it would...