Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Building the CPR Kootenay division in N scale, blog here: http://kootenaymodelrailway.wordpress.com/
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
QUOTE: Originally posted by trainboyH16-44 Congrats! I love P2K s-series. Not good enough hauling for long cuts, but smooth. Trainboy
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
QUOTE: Originally posted by tstage QUOTE: Originally posted by trainboyH16-44 Congrats! I love P2K s-series. Not good enough hauling for long cuts, but smooth. Trainboy Matthew, It's a yard switcher. At 660 HP, it isn't supposed to pull "long cuts". Be that said, I can stil pull between 15-20 40' boxcars on a flat surface with mine. Tom
QUOTE: Originally posted by MisterBeasley I've had mine for a short while, and I've already given up on the couplers that came with it. Who makes these, and is there any repair short of replacement when they stop closing? They've got a leaf spring, which pops out the side. If the only suggestion is "replace with Kadee #5's" then that's fine.
QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker QUOTE: Originally posted by MisterBeasley I've had mine for a short while, and I've already given up on the couplers that came with it. Who makes these, and is there any repair short of replacement when they stop closing? They've got a leaf spring, which pops out the side. If the only suggestion is "replace with Kadee #5's" then that's fine. I'm pretty sure I put #5's in my other one. I've replaced everything that isn't Kadee with Kadees, they just plain work better. Most cars and locos work with #5's, but there are a few that just haven't gotten the idea of making the mounting area a set height above the rail. But that's why Kadee makes shims and over and under couplers. And then the Stewart F units look SO much better with the close-coupling conversion kit Kadee sells. --Randy