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    broadway limited baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2 "centipede" any good?

    BLI Centipede drawbar connection In case this didn't come in the box with the locomotive, you can find instructions on connecting the drawbar between units at http://www.broadway-limited.com/support/centipede%20drawbar%20instructions.pdf
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    Difference between Proto 1000 and Proto 2000 RDCs?

    RE: Proto 2000 RDC . . . not . . . Yes, the former Life-Like, and now Walthers, never produced a Proto 2000 (or P2K) RDC. The new RDC offerings from Walthers are the equivalent of the Proto 1000, cast on hand grabs and very few individual add-on parts. Don Lower Arizona
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    broadway limited baldwin DR-12-8-1500/2 "centipede" any good?

    RE: PRR Baldwin Centipedes . . . From Withers Publishing, Pennsylvania Railroad Diesel Locomotive Pictorial, Volume Four - Baldwin Cab and Transfer Units by John D Hahn Jr . . . The Baldwin Centipedes built for the Pennsylvania Railroad were ordered in pairs. First pair was built 4/17/47...
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    Looking for PRR X29 boxcars

    As mentioned, many of Bowsers car kits and RTR cars are derived from Pennsylvania Railroad prototypes. The main difference between the Red Caboose X-29 and Bowser's X-31 cab be demonstrated in the two photos I posted. How detailed do you want your cars to be. The Bowser (as well as the Walthers...
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    Looking for PRR X29 boxcars

    The best choice for the X-29 boxcar for the Pennsylvania Railroad is those produced by Red Caboose. A while back, Red Caboose transitioned their production to Intermountain Railroad Company http://intermountain-railway.com/ This is what might be referred to as a 1934 build with dreadnaught...
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    Model manufacturers prototype errors

    RE: Rapido Passenger Cars in PRR decor When the HO scale Rapido passenger cars were released decorated for the Pennsylvania Railroad, I looked at them, briefly. None of the cars are even close to what they claim to represent for the PRR . . . Don Lower Arizona
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    FP7's

    EMD FP-7 HO Scale locomotives I used to have a pair of the Atlas FP-7A undecorated locomotives with dual headlights. They were on the to-do list to be converted to PRR FP-7 locomotives but they never got moved to the ready track . . . declared surplus when the Intermountain units were...
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    Does Anyone Have An Ultrasonic Cleaner? How Used?

    The ultrasonic cleaner I have has a stainless steel tank as part of the cleaner. This is partially filled with water. The parts I am cleaning or stripping are placed in a container of some sort that is smaller than the stainless steel tank of the cleaners. This container is where the IPA (or...
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    Does Anyone Have An Ultrasonic Cleaner? How Used?

    Ultrasonic Cleaner and paint removal Will have to disagree with this. I have had a small ultrasonic cleaner, built from a kit during the mid seventies, and I have used it to loosen the paint on dozens of HO scale locomotive bodies and rolling stock bodies. I fill a small tub with 91% IPA...
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    Greetings from Lower Arizona . . .

    Slightly north of Tucson. Don Lower Arizona
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    Greetings from Lower Arizona . . .

    I was born into a railroading family. We lived in Somerville, MA, just outside of Boston and within walking distance of a Boston and Maine railroad yard. My grandfather worked as an engineer for the B&M and retired from service around 1958 as a passenger engineer. My father worked for the B&M...
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    Hello from Arizona

    Model Railroad Club in Sierra Vista If I remember correctly, there is a model railroad club in the Sierra Vista, AZ area: Cochise & Western Model Railroad Club 680 North Fort Avenue, Sierra Vista, Arizona 85635 Don Lower Arizona
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    Ideas needed for start point on Loco collecting

    Return on Investment Just like a 401K, no one can probably tell you what the future holds as far as return on investment on your model railroading purchases. I reentered the hobby during 1969 and accumulated a lot of Athearn Blue Box locomotives.Perhaps about 10-12 years ago, I started trying...




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