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Hi, I suppose I should add those to my list of HO freight cars with a caviat. No, I don't have any of the Red Caboose cars - partly due to price and cash is short supply, and partly because my focus is really 1980's when these cars would have not been used much any longer. The only accurate...

I pretty much agree with all the comments here - with the exception of Bachmann Spectrum "diesels". IMHO, the Spectrum diesels are not well done and are a very half hearted effort by Bachmann to offer a "better quality" diesel. They are generally less than mediocre and usually contain allot of...

storm, It really helps to know your product (like anything else) to know if you are getting a good deal or not. I can usually recognize stuff on ebay and sometimes it isn't identified or is mis-identified. Currently there is an Athearn 40' Hi-cube D&RGW boxcar which is identified as a...

Yep, I'm reregistered but lost my 5000+ post count. Back to newbie status!:rolleyes:

People have been saying the blue box kits will be discontinued but Athearn has repeatedly said "not so". So don't draw conclusions yet - my guess is Athearn my keep some blue box kits on the market, but it will be on a very limited basis. Time will tell.

Certainly it has been a mixed bag with MDC - but I have found selectively that a goodly number of cars are useful to me: -FMC 3-bay covered hopper -bulkhead flat -50' FMC modern box car -3-bay coal car -Hi side gon -Bath tub gon -5-bay rapid discharge coal hopper -Railgon Unfortunately, many...

I knew about them - they are MB Klein's web etailer - but the prices on Genesis 50' box cars are $24 and I'm trying to get them closer to 20 or 21. Thanks!

I'm looking for a good source for the new run Athearn Genesis Southern Pacific PC&F 8'+6' door 50' boxcars (in 12 numbers). I was getting some of my past Genesis PC&F 50' box cars from Tom's Trains for $21 each, but he has little demand for these new SP 12 number cars. Anyone know of a good...

Many of these successful fascia's have been arrived at thru experimentation. I'd suggest looking at lots of layouts in MR magazine etc and keep an eye on those with fall scenes. Maybe you'll see something which looks like it will work well.

There have been some articles on this subject in MR magazine and they looked at some popular layouts like Rick Rideouts and David Barrows. Basically midwest layouts seem to look best with an upper fascia of forest green and lower fascia of black. Western layouts tend to look best with an...

That truck spacers is the only thing I can think of too. But they should not be necessary if the car is built and gauged correctly out of the box. OMG, they cost enough so they should be correct out of the box. All IMR cars have been shipped with KD couplers for the last several years now...

Leaving gaps won't do any good if you solder. Think about it - gaps are for expansion and contraction - but if you solder, the track cannot do either. I learned that it is wise to not solder some joins if you have a layout in a place where expansion and contraction can happen. I had much...

1966-1996, but I picked 1980-1990 as the focus

The problem with some locomotives, is the fewer the wheels, the less there is in contact with the track to pick up electricity reliably. Most American diesels have 8 wheels on the tracks and that works well... Thomas has only 6, and it makes a difference. I've had that old Bachman 4 wheel...

I haven't done any building modeling to speak of, and I am blessed that the New River Mine sold by Walthers is a selectively compressed copy of the Edna Coal mine on Rio Grande's branch to Yampa Valley! But as for model trains, I do try to locate models of freight cars and engines which are as...

I just received my two cabooses in the mail today and did some visual comparisons. These definitely have the lower cupola and rectangular side windows. I also noticed the small inner side window should be on the kitty corner side of the caboose - if you look at it so the short side is on the...

Hi, Yes, Atlas offered the HO Wide Vision caboose in D&RGW grande gold/silver with single stripe in one of the earliest production runs some 4 or 5 years ago. If I recall correctly, it was missing the roofwalk though - which is part of the reason I didn't buy it. Basically the choices for...

Javier, This are nice interiors! My Atlas D&RGW cabooses are in the mail to me and I should receive them Monday according to the UPS tracking. Now I gotta round up a couple of the early issue single stripe yellow/silver D&RGW Cabooses I never bought from Atlas.

Truer words were never spoken! I've broken a few drilling grab iron holes. Be sure to get a good pin-vise and mount the bit close to the end so that only a little sticks out, that way you'll minimize breakage.

How tiny? Try itsy bitsy! Any hobby shop worth their salt will have them, as will train shows and Micro Mark too. Even the "late great" Great American train store in malls had them. Believe it or not, thats where I got mine!