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I don't think the square smoke stack is prototypical. ;)😆
Yesterday at 12:23 PM
You actually built an Arbour model! I'm impressed. How many zillion hours did that take you?
Yesterday at 10:08 AM
That seems a bit low? Any specific reason you choose that value. I (well we at the museum) use between 4.7K and 10K for axles. Plus...
Yesterday at 10:01 AM
First the "smoke" from a model train locomotive is not really smoke it is vaporized mineral oil. Think of it like rubbing Vicks...
Friday at 6:08 PM
It was right after this (and because of this) that the law restricting a president to 2 terms was passed.
Friday at 3:07 PM
Same, Kadee; except they were re-branded as Micro-Trains in the early 1980s.
As to the original question.
I guess it depends on the...
Nov 5, 2025
Welcome back to Jack on Tracks and another episode of The Back Shop! In this video, we’re diving into a special HO scale flatcar build...
Nov 5, 2025
It's like the steam locomotives with visibility. The whole idea behind the design of the GG1 was to eliminate possibility of crew...
Nov 3, 2025
Actually, I believe they probably have the highest preservation rate of any locomotive. 11% of them have been preserved.
Nov 3, 2025
What scale will you be building in?
Nov 2, 2025
Really Cool. Way back when the GG1s were first retired, I drove all the way to St. Louis just to see the one they put in the...
Nov 2, 2025
Oh when you first said that I was thinking Petticoat Junction, but that would have been the behind the times in the 1950s.
Nov 2, 2025
Hmmm, I was pretty certain we did this in great detail a few years ago.
Oct 31, 2025
Do you mean this one?
https://www.scaletrains.com/rivet-counter-ho-scale-ge-ac44c6m-norfolk-southern-sonic-bonnet-blue-mane-ns-4000.html
Oct 31, 2025
I was going to share similar. This is a wonderful locomotive but the clearances are so tight inside installing anything but motor only...
Oct 31, 2025
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