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  1. Bill Nelson

    On3 locomotive engine shops

    I was visiting an antique mall, and stopped to help one of the booth owners unload some stuff. In there he had a couple boxes of train stuff including some prewar Lionel cars, and some o gauge tinplate, as well as a lot of yard sale quality Ho...
  2. Bill Nelson

    Blackstone C-19 review

    I started a separate thread for this Blackstone c-19 review, rather than fold it into my Hon3 shops thread, because this locomotive doesn't need a trip to the shops, except for some light oiling and some cosmetic work (pureley to help it fit the SL...
  3. Bill Nelson

    G goose #2

    In the thirties, under receivership , the Rio Grande Southern's largest revenue source was thier mail contract, but the were not making any money by the time they paid for a locomotive crew and fuel, so they experimented with building their own...
  4. Bill Nelson

    Bachman Brineys

    It looks like the Bachman Briney's are here. I'll post a photo when I get one Bill Nelson I have ordered one from Micro Mark, ETA 6 or 7 days, a full review will follow shortly after it's arrival Bill Nelson
  5. Bill Nelson

    an interesting option for O scale traction

    I was looking through the Micro mark website, and for pure randomness I went looking through the O scale high rail stuff there from Williams/ Bachman. they have a O high rail version on the peter Dewit streetcar, and while I was looking at it, I...
  6. Bill Nelson

    HOn30 trainsets available

    Any of you who are older than dirt, will remember the RMC articles in the late sixties, where these two guys built a portable narrow gauge HOn30 layout for a friend depicting a Maine two foot RR using the old HOn30 train sets then produced by...
  7. Bill Nelson

    Narrow gauge trackwork

    I have been documenting some narrow gauge track work on page 42 my main thread over in the logging area. Here is a link http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?p=920913#post920913 lots of narrow gauge stuff before page 42 also. Bill Nelson
  8. Bill Nelson

    improved butt joint of track across modules.

    For many years the only layout I had was a sectional switching layout. Ten years ago my club was playing with modules and I had one, and when our club built a permanent layout we had two lift out sections to allow needed access to the breaker box...
  9. Bill Nelson

    Bashing a church

    At our local club (Clarksville Tn. USA, see Bill and Tom's excellent adventure), we have boxes and boxes full of buildings that have been donated. Some of them are worse for the wear, and some of them are missing pieces. When digging through those...
  10. Bill Nelson

    Mantua 2-6-6-2 rehabilitation

    I purchased a mantua 2-6-6-2 for use at the club (Bill and Tom's excellent adventure). I put a MDC sound decoder in it, and took it to the club. It barely ran, and studying it carefully showed that it had a good mechanism (motor , gears and drive...
  11. Bill Nelson

    HOn3 locomotive shops

    My name is Bill Nelson, and I mainly live over in the logging , mining, and industrial railroads section. My DG, CC, & W RR in Ho gauge standard, and up on top of Iron Mountain , there is a Narrow gauge feeder line that delivers Iron ore and logs to a...
  12. Bill Nelson

    reviving an old G scale project!

    One of my friends is planning a g scale garden railway. Years ago my dad had one, and I started to kitbash a RGS Goose #2 for him. I used a plastic kit for a Bugatti limosine as a start, scratchbuilt the frame and the grille, a snowplow, and the...
  13. Bill Nelson

    Eastern Tn logging on the DG CC & W RR 1928

    As threatened in Dr. Tom's thread here is some stuff from just south of Dr. Tom. Logging up on Gorre County's Iron Mountain, watch your step! As stated we are just a few ridge lines to the south. the Geology is a little different, once you get...