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I have a good friend who is a brass collector and a PRR modeler and about a week ago an auction started on ebay for a Pennsy RS-3 thats called a hammerhead The PRR only had one and OMI produced 16 of them. 55 bids later this Ho scale brass engine sold for $6310.00:eek...

Hello all, I have a little scratch building project that I am starting (I dont want to let the cat out of the bag yet) but I would like to find out what the wheel centers on the dd40 are to see if that truck is an option Does any body have a bachmann, athearn or dd40 drawings that could...

I was looking through the new walthers flyer and they are going to re-release the SW-1 in the lower end Mainline series. It does not look like it will be offered with sound but will be dcc ready. Finally though someone is going to do the SW-1 again!!!

Anybody going to it? Next week april 13th-14th In Marion Ohio at the Depot

Well the newest edition to the freight car fleet is a crown custom brass X-30 This car is beautiful I still need to put semi-scale wheels on it, sergent couplers, and of course weather it A little info on the prototype: Originally built in 1931 this futuristic( I would imagine that is what...

CNR Glen got me thinking on this Idea I have many resin kits (I really prefer to build these I know some may think I crazy) so I figure I will post build pics on ones that I start This Funaro & Camerlengo Kit features a one piece body and features double AB brakes. Sad to say I did not take...

Can any one tell me the difference from a phase V NW-2 and a phase I other than the obvious differencein the cab and the stacks Im just trying to figure out what would have to be done to convert a BLI phase V NW-2 to a phase I I realize there are phase I nw-2's already available...

At work tonight we passed the MP heritage unit headed west out of cleveland probably toward Chicago My engineer said what kind of unit is that? I saw it and got pretty excited that the second one i've seen!!! I saw miss katy a few months ago

Hello all, As some of you may know I have the benchwork done for a 18"x 9' HO scale switching layout. I thought I might have had a decent track plan but Im not sure now if I want to use it. I don't know the first thing about the layout cad programs Ive tried the atlas one but cant get the...

Hello all, I decided to start a building a switching layout that can be taken down easily in my apartment ( I got the landlords permission but I told them I just wanted to hang a shelf!!! I didnt totally lie). Any way the specs are 18" x 9' hollow core door with 2" polystyrene with 3/16"...

A few weeks ago a member here (can't remember who) posted a thread on here that had a prototype photo that featured a National Railway boxcar on a siding with long end ladders and a roofwalk on top!!! I tried seaching but could not find it!! Any help would be great!!! Thanks, DEVLYN

Hope everyone has a woderful National Train Day!!! DEVLYN

Picked it up at a train show today for $15.00 its new and unassembled it includes parts to make the military C-47 which I plan on doing!!!! Now I just have to find WW11 C-47 decals in 1/87th Later, DEVLYN

I am in desperate need to find some ho scale WWII war bonds posters like for store windows and such does anybody know of a company that makes decals/stickers like this? Thanks, DEVLYN

I am building my first craftsman wood kit it is a C&O frieght house! Anyway the freight platforms are going to have a dark wood finish and I was going to use paint diluted in rubbing alcohol. Are both water-based and oil-based paint compatible with rubbing alcohol? Thanks, Devlyn

A yardmaster at work told me this a while back and I thought I would share!! When this yardmaster hired out he was doing some training in Flint Michigan Near a powerplant, anyway he was with a clerk in a company vehicle sitting off to the side of a crossing taking down car numbers as an...

Lookin to build a custom pier with a few tracks and a gantry crane or two for loading a liberty ship for a wwII era layout! I just would like to get some ideas and designs so if you have any pics of model piers, docks, and wharfs I look forward to seeing them!!! Thanks, DEVLYN

Hello all, I work as a Conductor for CSX out of Willard Ohio, and on my way to Cleveland yesterday I saw a sad site on a westbound train!!! There was a two flat cars behind the engines and the load that was on them was two Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Sky-top lounge cars that were cut up into...