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Congratulations to Bachman for seeing the advantages of being able to build a layout for HO size track and then run "O-gauge" trains on it. Years ago Bachmann was synonymous with poor quality trains that were made for the great unwashed masses. Today they are building singularly elegant...

Blake, Yup Sir, F-7's from Kato would be sweet...but...I doubt if they would ever consider doing the ERIE black and yellow. So far my hat's off to Atlas and LifeLike for giving us the Erie locos. Kato has done several E/L locos but I haven't heard of them doing any in pure ERIE. I...

Scooby, In what loco are you planning to shoehorn this airplane engine? "G" scale is big but space gets used up quickly. If you want to use a 4/stroke, the smallest available are the OS .20 and .26, the HP .21 and .25 and the Magnum .30. With all the gearing you will have to use, the...

Hi Blake, I found this forum as a result of one of your postings on the Erie board. I can see why you recommend it so highly. This is a great site, with much information and some really talented people like you and Shamus, plus an endless list of others. I like this type forum because...

I have two sets on order from my local dealer in ERIE, whenever Intermountain gets around to making them. Do any of you have these FT locos yet and how do they run? Overall, how do they compare with similar offerings from Kato, Atlas and Lifelike?

Robin, Thanks for posting my pictures. -------------------------------- Don, OK, that explains it. The picture does not show up on the preview causing me to believe I did it wrong. Like you said..it's easy and I didn't need that XnView thing after all.

OK, let me try again. The shelf unit measures 21" wide by 12" high and 1-1/4" thick. The shelves are 1/4" on 2-1/4" centers.

Hi Robin, Thanks for the photo-posting offer. I e-mailed it earlier. Although I can post pictures on model airplane and diecast car forums, this one has me stumped so far. This Franklin Shelf is a neat item and could easily be duplicated by anyone with a table or radial arm saw...

OK, assuming you will go ahead with your project, be sure to allow for a fool-proof method of starting the engine. Since weight is actually a plus you could add an on-board electric starter powered by an external small tractor or motorcycle battery. The trick will be in designing a Bendix...

Hi, I recently picked up a nice shelf unit on e-bay. This shelf was made for the Franklin Mint to hold famous diecast pewter locos and is equipped with N-scale track on each shelf. The shelf unit measures 21" wide by 12" high and 1-1/4" thick. The shelves are 1/4" on 2-1/4" centers...

Clerk. Yes, I have two G/N SD-7's with different numbers and they are ultra-smooth. The PA-1 is another winner. The little SW-900/1200 is a marvelous loco for being so small. I am very pleased with all my LifeLike locos. The road numbers on N-scale locos are so small it's easy to run my...

Paul, I am impressed! That piece of music sounds like something from eastern Europe...Hungary, Romania or Russia. Very nice. Too bad we get older and pick up these ailments. When someone has a talent like yours and it's taken away, many people are affected. Thanks for sharing your...

Scooby, If you used race car parts like a clutch and oversized heat sink head it could be done, the question is why? The glo plug engines use an alcohol fuel with either synthetic or castor oil. This oil comes out in the exhaust and sooner or later you will find oil on everything...

In addition to N & HO trains, I also collect diecast 1/24 and 1/18 cars and trucks. I would like to repaint a few pickups in RR colors. I am trying to find information on how Great Northern and Erie painted and numbered their pickups. What color scheme did the G/N and Erie use? Is...