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Those of you who have been around for more than a few months, were paying attention and have good memories may remember that I embarked on this caboose model awhile back. My last post about it was to ask questions about mixing the right red. Since then I've worked on it off and on and decided...

The 4-6-2 would have been a nice fit for VMT. It'd also make a decent tourist engine - not too big. I've been to Morgan Run once during the 33's restoration, but I have no direct connection to the OC other than through my father. He is good friends with one of the steam department guys from...

I suspect you're right - just a freshening up. The cylinders are castings, but the bores are pressed in liners similar to what's done in some internal combustion engines. I'd be curious to find out if these are considered wear items that can be pressed out and replaced once they become too...

Sounds exciting! Make sure you keep your track in reach (I have short arms - 32" max stretch!)

I got the bug the other night to see how a spare "sunny white" LED would look in one of my Kato RS-2's. These are fine locomotives, but the stock LED is very yellow and very weak. To make it more difficult, what light they do produce has to travel through an ~1" light guide, further dimming...

The expense is partly the exchange rate with the Euro and partly the labor cost in Europe. The upside is that Marklin (and Trix - Marklin's two-rail division) make very high quality items - at least the ones I've been exposed to. Germans love their toys. I have a buddy that has a toy-steam...

Typically, the term "DCC Ready" means that you can simply plug in any decoder with an 8 pin NMRA plug (like the one you have pictured) - no soldering. The documentation that came with your locomotive should give details, and if it doesn't, pull the shell and take a look. Don't worry a specific...

Looks like the the guys are keeping the shop pretty straightened up. I'm surprised they aren't in there - were your photos taken between shifts or during the lunch break? Or is everyone just out for a smoke break? :mrgreen: :)

That's a lot of steam in one place! The steam hook (crane) was especially interesting. Thanks for posting the pictures Krawler!

Make sure your images aren't too big - though you should see a warning in the upload image dialog if you've exceeded allowed file size.

Great Customer Service! I’ve only called for customer service to three vendors: Loys Toys, Tony’s Trains and Miniature Locomotive Backshop. Loys and Tony’s have great web sites, and I have no complaints with the couple of times that I have spoken to them directly for some question. Dugan...

The direct link to that which Jim refers to: Decoder Comparison Matrix | Compare Products at Tony's Train Exchange.

There is a topic over on the Model Railroad forum (trains.com) about tracking this car. You ought to post this information there as well.

If the motor is in the tender, I'd wager you'd have room in the boiler for the decoder. Lenz, Digitrax, Zimo and NCE all make some remarkably small decoders. Once you know the size of your space, navigate over to one of the larger DCC-specialists like Tonys Trains, Loys Toys or the like and...

Evolution of a mess... So, how does my workbench change over time? No better or worse of a mess really, just different. Notice that the AMB caboose project is still there, notable changes are: - Dremel from the recent http://forum.zealot.com/t119797/ thread - Chalks (and the reefer and...

A quick update to this thread: The mix I decided on for my "official" version of N&W red is 2 parts Soo Line Red, 1 part Caboose Red (both floquil). The former gives it gloss, the latter tempers the brightness just enough. The Soo Line gives it brightness and a gloss, the Caboose Red tempers...

The parts came in. I installed the new flex-drive (notice the difference in color - either a different material, or simply age), but chose not to install the new spline driver, as the old one appeared to be in fine shape (plus, I couldn't get it off...). I also installed some new brushes, and...

Interesting. Before buying this car, I wouldn't have thought such a "niche" manufacturer (Hercules) would have generated this many models - not common by any means, but more numerous than I expected.

I finally followed up on the subject of this thread, kind of. I chose to purchase Dremel's 10.8 volt cordless tool instead of the stylus, for a couple of practical reasons. The first is that I don't use my corded Dremel for real fine work, so the fingertip control that the Stylus model...

I had to go down and get the car - I also bought another refrigerator car at the same time that had it's ice doors blanked off, I could recall which was which. Pictures below... The graphics seem a little dull to me, but I'm not certain what the real thing looked like (except on powder...