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Where's the Northeast Corridor of the B&O? Last time I looked the NEC was ex-NH and PRR , and it extended from , New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore to Washington, DC. I once saw a half dozen E44s towing a single boxcar with a red flag in the coupler... My local shortline still uses an...

SAVE PAINT CHIPS!!! Twenty years from now somebody is going to be wanting to know what colors were used on the Gummo's cabs! Since you have such a source maybe you could send some to the GM&O Historical Society for preservation.

Woodie...Take the day off, with pay! Bill

There are several answers available here. one is , as mentioned above, to use straight track to seperate the turnouts. Atlas turnouts have a throwbar extending on the straight side of the turnout. The throw bar is snapped on to the points, you can gently un-snap the points, take the...

Excellent!! My road uses the wood, double door boxcars...remove the deep side sills, add a fishbelly underframe, file off the corrugations on the ends, add end siding, roofwalks, vertical brake wheels,grabs and door details. Great kitbashing fodder! Bill

Remember the old wheels that came on AHM cars...the ones where the plastic wheel/axle was split and fit like a sleeve over a metal axle? I finally found a use for them...remove the wheels from the metal axles, throw the axles away. Remove the trucks from the car. Seperate the car floor and...

I'm sorry. This country is being expected to jump in and save the nation's rail passenger service with an answer that will solve all problems. Wait a minute...Amtrak WAS the answer to solve all the problems! Amtrak solved the problems by not running the trains, and now we, who dont, and...

Yup, sure did, not sure if I am any too pleased either. I ordered 5 turnouts from them at the beginning of the monthbecause of the great price. The website said it would take 2 days to ship, usually. It took 2 weeks to get the order. They gave me a tracking number to tell if my order was...

I have found a program for a fast clock for your PC. I dont know how I can send it to you, but i can tell you where I got it. Please remember that I HATE YAHOO, and I would never do this to you if it wasn't neccessary. First go to Yahoo.com, and sign up. Be sure to check all the boxes...

Mike, Anyplace is up nrth from Florida!

The original Timesaver was one of the very few things that got salvaged from John Allen's house after the fire. Somebody way up north still has it (a little singed around the edges) and puts it on dissplay at shows, etc.

I asked this question on the Norfolk and Western RR list, at Yahoo.com, and have only recieved one reply so far. If I hear anything different, I will let you know, but this sounds about right. Norfolk and Western began using the large NW in 1971. (They call it the F6 paint scheme). It would...

The Binkley Models kit would date back to the early 60's or before; dont know about the caboose. I dont know of any 'central clearing house' where a person can go to find a value for something like this, or even to try to sell it. Basically they are worth as much as someone is willing to pay...

The top of the Kadee gauge also establishes the floor height for the car. I have never seen an Athearn box car whose coupler height was right, straight from the box!

Kadee has a list at their website that gives conversion info on just about everything made in HO. I believe they give the #37 as the right coupler for the F7. The list is at : http://www.kadee.com/conv/list.htm

Kadee Kadee Kadee Kadee ...thats all I can say. Horn hook couplers are garbage and thats where they go. The plastic clone couplers that some manufacturers have been using recently, go with them. Some people like the Accumate coupler, especially the scale-size ones. I have tried them all and...

To answer my earlier question, te doors either had a crescent moon, or a star. The star was the men's room, the moon was the ladies'. I read where some 2 story buildings had 2 story outhouses...I dont even want to think about it!

Nice models...Now, here's the ultimate outhouse trivia! On the door of the right-hand outhouse there is a crescent moon. There were once two shapes associated with outhouse doors...what were they and what were they for? I'll post the answer this evening! Bill

When I look at things on Ebay, the first thing I do is subtract the shipping amount from the price of the item at my local hobby shop. The result is the price I am willing to pay for anything on ebay. Lets say an Athearn boxcar goes for $5 at the hobby shop, and the Ebay seller wants $3...

Running trains is what its all about!! Congratulations, and keep the questions coming!! Bill