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For Christmas 1976, I got a Lionel Santa Fe Twin Diesel set that I still have and have added to some over the years. Two years later for Christmas 1978, my parents got me a Tyco Silver Streak set, which got me into HO scale. While I have since advanced on to scale modelling for my trains, I still have my Lionel trains and run them in my home office. Kevin
I thought there was an article in Model Railroader as well. Just watch out when he runs "the diesel"! Kevin
On my layout, it would be my Atlas Penn Central SD35 from Christmas 1980. Off the layout, it would be my Lionel Santa Fe twin diesel set from Christmas 1976. Kevin
[quote user="locoi1sa"] That is why I am a firm believer in putting ALL rolling stock and locos on a test track and maintenance program before being set on the layout or modules. I see club members open up the RTR rolling stock and set them on the layout and have all sorts of problems. Couplers drooping, wheels out of gauge, trip pins too low and too high, trucks warped and miss aligned wheels. I see a few people on these forums that say weight is as important as all that mentioned above
You're gonna need a bigger boat. Kevin
That brings up something I've been wondering since I've got two locations that I've been wondering about on my layout.. How are whistle posts situated for a multiple-track line? With a double-track line, I've seen them placed on both sides of the right of way, but what about for three or more tracks? If there are whistle posts on either side of a 3-track route and the outside tracks are occupied (blocking view of the whistle posts), how would a crew on the middle track know about
As resourceful and creative as the Lego builders I've seen are, I'm sure they'll figure out some way of keeping their trains running. Kevin
[quote user="modelmaker51"] Why not just get the motor with the flywheels? The difference in price isn't much and the chances of you getting the flywheels back on without a wobble are not good, [/quote] That's what I did with my Athearn blue box locos. Somebody on Ebay sells them with flywheels for around $15-$17. I was initially going for the ones that had flywheels for 4-axle locos, but a couple flywheels, once they were off, would slip on the new motor shafts when pulling anything
Being a cat owner, here are two things to watch out for if you're using kitty litter as ballast. 1. A lot of kitty litter has blue or white deodorizing crystals mixed in with the litter. 2. Do not use clumping kitty litter since it goes into a mushy state before it dries into a solid blob. Kevin
[quote user="twhite"] Director John Frankenheimer found out how much more 'controllable' model trains were in wreck scenes, when he was directing a full-scale wreck in his great WWII movie THE TRAIN. One of the trains derailed right into a Panavision camera and took out about $100,000 worth of camera equipment. The film was saved, however, and the crash is in the movie. When you see it--duck!, LOL! [/quote] That was an amazing scene. If you look closely, before the one freight crashes
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