dave1905

I grew up in Philadelphia in the 1970's so Penn Central was front and center. Obviously the success of a company is the company's...

I model 1900-1905, so I am all steam. Primarily Roundhouse 4-4-0, 2-8-0, Bachman Spectrum 4-4-0, 4-6-0, and Mantua 0-6-0.

Not only length but height and width too. 60 ft containers are more of a Canadian thing. 20 and 40 ft containers are mostly...

Also in the US there are hundreds of railroads and shipments travel between railroads so a general freight train may have cars from...

I have a physical layout and use car cards and waybills, so I can tell what cars are in in what tracks and what order they are in. I...

Those colorful hazmat placards are good for post 1977. Pre 1977 they were much plainer, "Dangerous" covered most of them.

You are making this way too hard. Reversing loops have nothing really to do with DCC. The problem with reversing loops is the polarity...

If you want your measurement in feet, divide by 12 to get the length of the car in ft, then multiply that by 87. One other detail, is...

I wipe the rails with odorless mineral spirits. I put some on a rag (piece of old t-shirt) and wrap it around a scrap of 1x2 and rub...

4 axle engines. GP7, GP9, GP30, GP35, GP38, GP40.

The actual blue flag rules only apply in two cases, when railroad mechanical department employees are working on, under or around...

Absolutely, I agree. 42 Years is enough.

After retiring from the Coast Guard, I spent 12 years as the Chief Mechanical Officer later Superintendent of Maintenance for San...

Big, modern ballast is in the 3-4" range, earlier ballast is smaller, cinders are in the 1/2 to 1" range. For O-scale, 3" ballast would...

Having worked for a real railroad for 37 years, I can assure you the best position to hold is retired railroader.