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My guess would be that the sideframes themselves be interchangable but I can't say for certain. Good luck!

Our list looks very similar, lots of painting(no compressor) and decaling(no paint) to do. Lots of unbuilt kits or kits that need detail parts and the like. Many engines to upgrade to DCC and several excess items to get rid of to make room to do all of this other stuff! Ah what a web we weave. sign1

I too was going through what you were going through haven taken all of my Gen Ed at a associate degree level and looking for what to do next. I got a job on the real thing as a conductor trainee and I think you already have a good idea why you wouldnt want to go that route. Civil engineering...

I absolutely LOVE P2K kits. When I got back in the hobby these are what really caught my eye. I have about 15 50' boxcars. 6 I bought RTR, 6 were timesaver kits and the other three were normal kits. I also have several of the gondolas and they are probably the nicest cars of the line when built...

Hey Russ, Good info, and put in a way I can understand! One question, I think I have seen pictures of freight equipment having to pull a passenger train in a pinch but did it ever go the other way around? Would they have sufficient gearing etc without blowing up the traction motors? One more...

Maybe I read it wrong, are you implying hoppers interchanged differently or the same? Thanks! Cory

Larry, Can you elaborate more on what you were saying about the crushed rock? Cory

HONK!!!!!! Now thats a GOOSE!!!! Nicely Done, both times =)

Coyote, If this is what you are starting with you are really going places! I like the layout of the layout so to speak. I am wondering though about how many cars you expect to fit at each industry. Related to this also the capacity of the staging tracks and the trains that will be coming out...

I forgot about IHC too. They put out steel cars as well. Streamlined and heavyweight series. I'm not sure on their length but they would probably be in the 72' range. Thanks for the heads up on the 50' overlands Fred, Im going to have to go buy some now!

Some of the models I know of: Roundhouse: Old Timer 34' cars Harriman set 60' cars Walthers 72' steel cars Rivarrossi 40' wood cars 72' steel cars Athearn 60' and up heavyweights and steels

Ah, thanks for the clarification. I could have easily misunderstood at the time that two unit/four unit meant mandatory configuration. It makes sense from a marketing standpoint too. Thanks again! :thumb:

I thought I heard a long time ago that PA units were run like FT units always requiring a second unit? Maybe I heard wrong. At one of the layouts I visit we have a ABB E set that pulls a daylight consist of 6-7 cars, it looks just fine.

That's really neat, I liked watching it from inspiration to finish in such a short time. Well done! :thumb:

For California model railroaders I think you have to build a second story on any existing house and then you get an instabasement :D Kinda like what they did with the capitol yeah thats it :thumb:

Those look like anti-rivet counter tools in my opinion sign1 Neat stuff :thumb:

My goal is as close to October of 1953 but due to some rolling stock, loco's and road vehicles it includes roughly 1950-1955 ish.

Unpatched Chicago & North Western remaining locomotives: 2 C44-9W #8646 C44-9W #8701 Patched units probably number in the dozens...

The site is off to a great start. I don't care for auto sound, usually is distracting and scary as mentioned previously. I would like it if it were there as an option though. So if i saw the sound bar i could hit play and see what you were trying to get me to listen to. Just a thought. Cory

No way, its there to eat the naysayers and beaurocrats sign1