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None of mine can hold a candle to eighty-eight's epic disaster, thankfully. A couple of the few that I remember exactly how they transpired. The first is "The Wreck of Number 6636", involving our little ex-Southern Ry switch engine, a Model Power product. Despite its tiny drive wheels...

Christmas of 1989 I believe was when I got my first train set.

Hey Deano, looks like I got your Trainmaster's twin brother! Grovemont Rail Link rosters four examples of F-M power. In action: Roster picture: H10-44 #1054: The twin Erie-Builts, #6001-A and B. #6001-A is currently missing its horn, thanks to a careless mistake by the engineer...

I downloaded and tried that Kicking Horse Pass Route. Anyone else do so and notice several problems with it? For example, in one of the two activities that comes with it (the one in which it is snowing) it is physically impossible to get your train up one of the hills. You can have the throttle...

Mainly HO, I also have some N scale equipment that serves as an easily portable layout (a Kato Unitrack train set plus the K2 turnout set).

Is that EL boxcar with the "roofwalk issue" a Bachmann from a train set by any chance? I have a similar car that came with my first train set.

Not to be rude, but... Didn't we just leave this party? http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=21530

Wow so apparently no one has modeled grade crossings with active protectors. I've been searching for a better product and this looks promising. I just hope the name doesn't mean they make it in Z scale only! http://www.z-stuff.net/products.htm They offer a nice modern highway flasher...

Fun thing to do... Funny yet kind of frustrating how many RTR locomotives are not exact matches of a particular prototype; problem is worse for steam engines but it's there for diesels as well. Guess it's a boon for those who like to do a lot of extra painting and detailing, but I don't...

Whatever is printed on the station building...:rolleyes:

I have one of the Athearn belt-drive Hustlers, plus three "oldies" picked up secondhand just this past summer. The Revell Canadian Pacific F7 described in another thread, another F7 (lettered Chessie System-B&O) that has a similar mechansim but no brand name, and a 60's Athearn GP9 lettered...

Hey Andy, Andy here! :) I was only in the area because I was looking at UW-Stevens Point as a possible place to go to college (eventually settled on UW-Green Bay) and we were coming to Stevens Point from Eau Claire after touring the campus there as well. We first encountered the train at a...

A couple pictures my mother took of me videotaping an eastbound freight train at Junction City, Wisconsin on October 11, 2003. One of these days I'll get the video online. WC #6550 is an SD45. All told there were four locomotives and almost 100 cars.

I'm just curious, of those of you that have grade crossings on your layouts; how many are protected by electric signals of some type, and what brand/design are they? How did you modify them to motorize the gate/wigwag arm and automatically activate upon train approach, if necessary? Back when...

Copied from Wikipedia: A hood unit, in railroad terminology, is a body style for diesel and electric locomotives. On a hood unit, the body of the locomotive is less than full-width for most of the locomotive's length, with walkways on the outside of the locomotive. In contrast, a cab unit has...

Well, a freight engine could stop at any of a number of places. An engine/maintenance house would work, as would some type of industry for it to make delieveries to. That could be a lumberyard, coaling depot, stockyard, oil tank, grain elevator and more. By the way, what type of "freight...

This Milwaukee Road F-M H10-44 switcher is on display with a Milwaukee Road bay window caboose outside the depot (now historical society & museum) in Brodhead, Wisconsin. It was just repainted, as decades of exposure to the sun had turned it "pink" as described by the curator. It is open for the...

Yeah, the mechanism you described sounds accurate. I agree it is not much of a runner and doubt it was even in its prime. However, I did just happen to find and download a MSTS version of this very locomotive. Now I have a prototypical road number to assign to it! Thanks for the...

Thanks for the suggestions everybody. I just might try the vacuum trap idea when I get back home, since I would really rather just find it and glue it back on that have to order a replacement.

Quick, does Life-Like sell replacement horns for their locomotives? P1K F-M Erie Built #6001-A was involved in a collision several days ago that broke the horn off the top. It fell to the floor, disappeared into the carpet and I can't for the life of me find the durn thing. :curse: Not only does...