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lol, wait till you see the cut-down cab 44 tonner ive got then.

lol, well its been boxed up since i moved house and i havent got any room to put a layout up in the new place so i will get some photos up of her as and when i can.

assuming its a compound because one set of cylinders is huge compared to the other - however my HO Virginian 2-10-10-2 comes pretty close to the 0n30 locomotive in terms of sheer size so the HO engine would be a monster in 0

well its effectively two 2-8-0 chassis joined together with a longer whaleback tender. Never actually measured her, but im guessing it probably measures in at something like 80cm long and about 3.5lbs

put it this way - they arent as big as my 0n30 2-8-8-2!

err, yes they do!!! locomotives are part numbers; 25960-25963 and 25998/25999 came out recently - i should know i have six!

Thats assuming you can get the chassis on its own as a spare!

bachmann! they are the only people who make a RTR outside fram 2-8-0 in 0n30 AFIK

True but AFAIK, Hornby has now brought them out and they are part of the Hornby International line of products that are starting to be released, although i could be wrong!

There was also a series of articles in Model railroader recently about both passenger and freight trsucks - not sure when it was though.

sratchbuild them - its faster. unless you can get hold of the bachmann silver series hoppers, they could probably be made into half-way decent 0n30 ore cars, they are fairly basically detailed cars to begin with. Thats the only thing i can think of.

what about trying to get hold of the new 2-8-0s chassis? thats outside frame

iam in the process of sratchbuilding one now anyway - using two mehano Heavy Mountain chassis and gearboxes/motors from a bachmann articulated. Also contemplating putting a bachmann russian decapod on top of a 4-8-0 version of the heavy mountain chassis to make a 4-8-0. Got quite a few odity...

nothing unfortunately, have been really busy this weekend with other stuff!

cool, in that case im off to order a few F&C flats and boxcars for the traction line then!

Do you think it would be best if i tried a boxcar or flatcar to begin with then?

UP is just another corporate bully. Hopefully they will take on a manufacturer who will refuse to back down and they will be put firmly in thier place.

well there are several uses for F7s, one of which ive covered in a thread. I would suggest if you dont like the F7, either try and sell it or if you want to keep it repaint it in some "flashy" private owner scheme and say its the power for a diner train (also give you a good excuse to have a...

Tom, how easy is this car to do so far? looking at buying quite a few F&C gondolas from BC Hobbies for my traction line and was wondering if they are the sort of thing that a novice like me can do - up till now the most complicated car i have made was a USRA composite hopper.

lol, going to be using a fair few of those layouts for modules on the traction line! The plan looks fine to me, looks like it should be in an old industrial area of a city, prehaps going through a more run-down area?