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how do I post hi all, having trouble trying to post a few photos, I have tried the attach file and browse but nothing gets put up....any suggestions Nick Bywater Railroad New Orleans

thanks for the info guys, I will get a set and a gauge and try my hand at installing them..... thanks Nick Bywater Railroad New Orleans

TILE ROCK FACE pic on my railroad homepage, page down to see the pic of ceiling tile rockface http://www.geocities.com/bywaterrailroad/bwrr03.html

CHANGEING COUPLERS After just starting back into the hobby (ho), with a more serious attitude, I have purchased a variety of inexpensive ($6-$10) cars to populate my layout to have something to pull and shuffle about. They all come with the "horn hook" coupler. I would like to change them out...

WOW...........A must see for any model railroad fan......Just got back home from a trip out west........I taped lots of cool footage of their layout.....the operators took me under their wings.....gave me a tour inside the display......and stagged lots of cool operations for me to...

tile rock formations hi all, just last week i used that same tile technique. I really gives a great look of rock.....fast....just painted them black....going to use the paint out method....going from dark to light....looking good so far.....i will use the tiles again elseware...... nick...

WARDIE JAY HI VIC, YES I HAVE MADE A FEW OF THE 1/4" SCALE THAT THEY SOLD. THOSE WERE FUN KITS, BUT I ALWAYS HAD TO REFINE SOME OF THE PARTS OF THE UNDERCARRAGE AS SOME WERE A BIT OVER SIZED. NICK

Hi, How many model railroaders, who like myself, also include a circus train. My railroad layout is HO scale, but I have a collection of 1/4" circus wagons which I display on specially built circus flat cars. The circus wagon modeling brought me into model railroading where I changed scale...

hi, In the background of the first pic, there is a roundhouse. Is that the prototype for the Atlas 3 stall roundhouse kit? The masonry work looks very similar to the model. Best Nick

Hurricane Lily Hi, New Orleans did well. Many downed tree limbs and a few power outages. We had just went through a storm last week which had less wind but lots more water, many downtown streets in New Orleans were flooded during that previous storm. Thankfully Lily weakened within the...

Hi all, Has anyone seen or used the railroad chat room www.railchat.com ? I have gone to it a few times however never anyone there. The gauge is much more informative, however a model rr chat room would be cool. Best Nick

Thanks all for the helpful how to's. Armed with these tips I think I will make another attempt at rail painting. I will use the spray method masking out the points on the turnouts. One additional question, I have Atlas #6 manual turnouts used directly out of the package with no alterations...

Hi all, I know that this has most likely been discussed already, but being new at this I have gotten stuck with fear at painting my rails. The rails have been down and powered for almost 6 months and I am feeling good about the performance electically. Now the next big step is to paint...

rory, thanks for the site link. That has answered lots of questions. Like anything, i can do a better job of modeling when i know what things are about. thanks agian nick

hi all, Recently I read an article about grain elevators. While it is elementary that this type of structure is used to move grain from one elevation to another in its transport, I have never understood just how this takes place. What components are inside such a structure or if they were...

Hi all, What great ideas on how to make hard shell landscape. I have used strips of news paper cut 1" wide by 6" or 12" long soaked in a creamy mix of plaster of paris. I have used it over a frame work made of what ever matreial i have. Foam board scraps, cardborad woven web work, or...

hi bob, yes it is ho scale, sometimes i don't see the forest for the trees. I should put that in my info text about the layout. I mostly collect stemers.....but just bought two desiels engines....a "cow" switcher and a gp 40 just to try them out around the belt....... thanks for taking...

The Bywater is a section of New Orleans, so i call my layout The Bywater Railroad. Besides being on the banks of the Mississippi...3 city blocks to the docks....the neighborhood is bordered by a shipping canal that connects the river to the lake....3 sides are "by water".....there is also...

tender pickup the tender has pick ups on it.....both trucks gather the power of one rail....the other side of the circuit is thru the opposite side set of wheels on the locomotive........i was thinking of a car wired to the tender (where the motor is) coupled directly behind the tender and with...

Has anyone bought one of the old time american 4-4-0 locomotives from IHC...I just got one the other day.....they are a very fine looking model....however i have not been too successful in getting it around the layout....the pick up of electricity is very touchy.....i was thinking that there may...