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Has anyone (in the area) planned to go to the "Everything Railroad" swap meet on Oct 18th at Adobe Mountain Desert Railroad Park?

I just acquired this loco and need help with the manufacturer ID.

This is a Varney Casey Jones I am rebuilding. I've added a can motor, regeared it and added extra electrical pickups. That was going to be the extent of the modifications (besides painting it) until I saw a photo of South Simcoe's #1057. I noticed it was similar to the Varney model and had a...

I picked up this Pitman remotor kit for the Athearn belt drive F7s at a show for $2. It runs rather well for a locomotive of that era. The belts are also of the same era. Sold by a company named Perfect.

Had a great time at the show today. I spent most of the day talking to people and overseeing the operation of the N scale layouts. We had the club's modular layout and the N scale layout my son and I built operating. We let the younger guests run the layout we brought, it was nice to see them...

Here are a few construction photos of the HOn30 tank loco I'm bashing from brass on a Bachmann Dockside chassis. The chassis was stripped down to basically just the frame rails. The axle bearing slots were enlarged so brass bushings could be installed and a larger motor installed.

The Arizona wild fire season is here. Although not the worst fire burning in the state, this one (the Green fire) near Prescott is to close for comfort. The first photo was taken at 1:30 and the second 45 minutes later. Fortunately minutes after I took the second photo, the slurry planes...

A few club members and I went on a field trip to Limestone Canyon, Hell Canyon bridge and Drake. We followed some of the old Pea-Vine right of way up Limestone Canyon which is north of Paulden AZ. and west of Drake. For anyone interested here are a couple of links to a brief history of the...

I bought a Kit-bashed SD26 from a friend intending to only use the trucks for one of the SD38s I am building. After looking at photos of SD26s and finding an article in the Aug. 2001 MR on bashing an SD26, I decided to rebuild the loco. I realized I could put the shell on an Atlas SD35 chassis...

I recently got the chassis parts gathered for the 2 RPP SD38 shells I had. Athearn SD45 frames and SD6 trucks are used. The frames needed to be milled to fit the shells. The rear frame bolster had to be narrowed and some of the raised lip on the top of the frame removed. Some of the...

I had the pleasure of meeting Phil Anderson (owner of Arizona Rock & Mineral Co.) at our club meeting last night. Phil gave a presentation of his scenery products and displayed examples of some of his impressive work. We were all invited to come to Paulden to see his layout and see how his...

My family and I had a great time at the show yesterday. We got to talk to ezdays and TrainNut and ran into lots of the Central Arizona Modelrailroader Club members. We found lots of good deals on HO projects. I found a Tyco 4-8-0 kit for $10. It is missing a few parts, nothing I can't find...

Here's a link to an anouncement of the new 5DCC system that is said to be released in april by Model Railroader.:rolleyes: http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/006/504oieyy.asp

Here's a link to a new site dedicated to John Allen's Gorre & Daphetid Railroad. Lots of interesting photos and info. www.gdlines.com/

Come on in and enjoy Layout Party #6. I'll be making and planting trees and assorted greenery on the HO layout. Also I plan to finish as many locomotive projects I have going that I can. Here is a partial list of them A Rivarossi 0-4-0 An International Models brass 4-6-6 Suburban A...

Our club set up and ran trains at the annual Gingerbread display Saturday. We ran G gauge trains around the Gingerbread displays.

This is how I repair the split axles on Bachmann N scale locomotives. The materials required are. 3MM ID brass tubing Loc-Tite (super glue will work but sets up faster)

This is an old Model Power Pacific I got in a box lot. Mechanically, it got KD couplers, regeared, a new motor and tender pickups. Cosmetically, the tender got a scratch-built backup light, repainted and lettered. The locomotive was renumbered, the bell was moved from the smoke box to behind...

I finished a few loco projects as well as painting the frames of 14 MDC car kits for my son. Here's a look at the locos. The first is a plastic Hobbytown RS3 dummy. I added the pilot details, wire grab irons on the hoods, installed the dual headlights, relocated the exhaust stack and...

I picked up a couple more loco projects. This one is a mid 50s era Mantua all metal Mike.