Iron Horseman

When I had poor track, I did not notice that they worked all that well. For certain they probably won't help with out of gauge wheels...

Copper prices were through the roof, and the short sighted folks saw a quick profit.

For some reason, I just noticed this. Look at the difference in colors of the freshly painted one in the foreground vs the totally...

Yes, I got a letter from Factory Direct Hobbies about a month ago that said they had purchased them. And the new site remembers my...

You are exactly correct. 106-060 is production from 2008 106-061 is production from 2011 106-062 is production from 2017 106-063 is...

Much better than the prior first try. Less track that is parallel to the edges of the layout space. Do you really want the branch to be...

In N-scale I've seen preformed track down to 7 3/4", and apparently from the above post down to 6" radius. But...big but... as the...

Ha! I know that feeling. The club waffled for months trying to decide which system to go with. So with them I got the Lenz. Then I...

If you waited until DCC in 1993, you fought with all those things missing a over a decade of command control. CTC-16 came out in 1979...

Atlas are rock solid. I've had some for over 60 years now, still going strong. I don't know about too much DCC. For me it is too...

I'm not certain about "in general", but on the Santa Fe, there were only a few caboose which were refurbished in 1975 that were given...

I agree. The chimney support "wires", the triangular upper ladder handles, and the Train Miniature type trucks are giveaways. I am...

I didn't realize there was any place to turn the locomotive in Sterling! I usually just chased the Cheyenne Frontier Days trains...

I've always said that too. There is a reason real railroads have to pay people to do this stuff. And I ignored my own advice and...

I suppose I will always retain my subscription, just to support the hobby if nothing else. I don't do videos so I never subscribed to...