Army National Guard E3MOS 91BI have multiple scales nowZ, N, HO, O, and G.
nscaler711 wrote: local short line here in columbia missouri it's called the COLT...COLumbia Terminal. It is 24 miles long. Stretches from Columbia to Centeralia MO. line was Built in 1865....the COLT didnt come out until 1980 something. i want to model this rail road and its two locos. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=215465http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=215537
local short line here in columbia missouri it's called the COLT...COLumbia Terminal. It is 24 miles long. Stretches from Columbia to Centeralia MO. line was Built in 1865....the COLT didnt come out until 1980 something. i want to model this rail road and its two locos.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=215465
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=215537
From the far, far reaches of the wild, wild west I am: rtpoteet
oleirish wrote:What make is this locomotive proto type it is "N" scale, six wheel drive runs great,but needs an cab.On the bottom it says "MRC yugoslivia"Thanks for your help.Ilove my "N" scaleJIM
What make is this locomotive proto type it is "N" scale, six wheel drive runs great,but needs an cab.On the bottom it says "MRC yugoslivia"
Thanks for your help.
Ilove my "N" scale
JIM
Craig
I finally took some pictures of my layout today. So here they are
This is my coal mine I have yet to put in the trackage going up there as the weather has been bad and I can't get out the saw to cut the wood to get there
Thanks for the help,that gives me an starting point,this engine is a real long one and has drive shafts insted of springs,It is allmost twice as long as my Kato RS-2or3 it is also an six wheel drive.But you my be right.
NS2591,
Wow nice progress, I can't wait to see it finished!
CraigN wrote: oleirish wrote: What make is this locomotive proto type it is "N" scale, six wheel drive runs great,but needs an cab.On the bottom it says "MRC yugoslivia"Thanks for your help.Ilove my "N" scaleJIMI used to have an RSD-15 in Union Pacific that looks alot like this one. If I remember correctly, it was offered by Life-Like. Instead of universal joints, it used springs from the motor to the gear tower.Craig
oleirish wrote: What make is this locomotive proto type it is "N" scale, six wheel drive runs great,but needs an cab.On the bottom it says "MRC yugoslivia"Thanks for your help.Ilove my "N" scaleJIM
NS2591 wrote: I finally took some pictures of my layout today. So here they areThis is my coal mine I have yet to put in the trackage going up there as the weather has been bad and I can't get out the saw to cut the wood to get there
I'm no good at identifying engines. I just love to watch them roll by.
I did go to railpictures.net and noticed that there are pictures of RSD-12's and RSD-15's.
Of the high hood engine pictures, I can't tell the difference between the two.
nscaler711 wrote:hobbytown usa is the only one in columbia. also where did u get your info on the railroad?
Dewayne wrote the following post at 02-10-2007 8:57 PM: I was on a live steam page and saw this loco. Was there ever a loco made like this one?http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w1/n0ssy/HN2006_001.jpg Dewayne
I was on a live steam page and saw this loco. Was there ever a loco made like this one?
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w1/n0ssy/HN2006_001.jpg
Dewayne
Dewayne,
That appears to be a Climax. Like many geared locos, it was used mostly for logging.
http://www.gearedsteam.com/climax/climax.htm
-Tracy
Finally got through all 40 pages. Took the better part of two days, though.
When I'm able, I'll continue work on my larger layout (9'x5' L) of the Aberdeen area worked by the Puget Sound and Pacific shortline. (a subsidery of RailAmerica). BTW - the layout pictured is a little different than how I layed the track. Instead of the switch at the corner of the L-benchwork I connected the back track with the staging on the right. (The track will be disguised as an abandoned lumber yard to hide the continuous loop.) The turnaround loop on the left end of the layout actually matches the prototype, so they can haul long grain trains to the port and back.
Also looking forward to trying to convert a GP9 into a GP10 and custom paint it for the PSAP.
Puquak you have got to post your process on your geep project b/c i want to do that too heres a photo of the loco i want to kit bash
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=215462
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=216092
heres a shot of they're second loco
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=215464
711,
Unfortunatly that project is in the distant future. Knowing that I won't be doing it for a while keeps me from getting too nervous about it.
To Dave Vollmer, (or anyone else that can help)
CSXFan wrote: To Dave Vollmer, (or anyone else that can help) I noticed that you kitbashed a Walthers New River Mine to make the one on your layout and I would like to do the same thing on my pike. Was it a difficult kitbash or is it something a relative beginner can do? Did you follow any plans or did you just go by what looked right? If you can give me any information or pics I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
I noticed that you kitbashed a Walthers New River Mine to make the one on your layout and I would like to do the same thing on my pike. Was it a difficult kitbash or is it something a relative beginner can do? Did you follow any plans or did you just go by what looked right? If you can give me any information or pics I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
I followed an article Jim Kelly did in MR a few years ago. He kitbashed the HO version as part of the Turtle Creek Central mine branch extension in the April 2005 MR. The plans for that kitbash work in N too. I also photocopied all of the walls and built the kitbashed mine from the photocopies first, so I could get the measurements perfect before I started cutting up the walls.
It didn't sem like a difficult kitbash to me, but you need to take your time and be careful. Remember, measure twice and cut once! I think anyone who's ever assembled a Walthers kit can handle this kitbash.
Here are pics of mine:
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
CSXFan wrote:Thanks for the reply Dave. Do you know specifically what issue it was in? Is there a Kalmbach book that explains the kitbash in more detail? Sorry for all the questions, those pics gave me some great ideas. Thanks again.
You'll have to go back and read my reply again. It tells you what issue. I even looked it up for you.
Okay thanks again. I guess the pics at the bottom caught my eye a little too soon. BTW thank you for mentioning the photocopy idea. That will probably save me a few huge mistakes!
It's kinda funny how it's in the April 2005 issue, that's the month before I started getting MRR magazine
Dave Vollmer wrote:No problem. Sorry if I sounded terse. I'm teaching a lab section and my "kids" did pretty badly on assignment because they chose not to read the questions. Instead they either answered incompletely or answered what they wanted the question to ask rather than what it asked. You were just an unlucky target of opportunity. Sorry!
No big deal, its my fault that I let the shiny pictures at the bottom distract me . I've got so much Mountain Dew and coffee in my system that I can't focus on anything. (Just gotta get through till Friday)
NS2591 wrote:Guys thanks alot for all the praise on my layout. Its been alot of work getting the money together to built it, Fortunatly I could reuse all the benchwork from my HO layout. So all I had to buy was Cork and track. but even that its still hard for me to get the money together on a high school budget.
I noticed from the pics (which look great BTW) that you have a few autoracks in your possession. Would you mind posting a pic or two of how they look going through those curves? I'd like to see what they look like on 15" curves (I think that's what you have) before I go out and spend a bunch of money. Thanks.
R. T. POTEET wrote: Dave Vollmer wrote:No problem. Sorry if I sounded terse. I'm teaching a lab section and my "kids" did pretty badly on assignment because they chose not to read the questions. Instead they either answered incompletely or answered what they wanted the question to ask rather than what it asked. You were just an unlucky target of opportunity. Sorry! Sounds like you're TA'ing this semester, there, Dave. I taught computer programming at a business school for a few years and, believe me, you have my utmost sympathy. I couldn't (legally) kick my students and I sure am glad I didn't have a dog because I would surely have been arrested and charged with animal abuse.
Yep, I offered to help my advisor out by TA'ing his undergraduate dynamics course. The Air Force doesn't usually encourage TA'ing because it's a time committment, but I've got a 4.0 and I'm getting my research done, so I'm doing it to build my curriculum vita. I enjoy it very much, but I'm upset today because they would have done better had they taken the time to read the questions. Moreover, if they would make the connection between the examples in the lectures and the lab problems (by thinking rather than by charging blindly) they'd have done better. Clearly I need to work with them on problem solving skills and not just the math and physics.
I just came across a product that is new to me. It's called electroluminescences wire.
Do any of you know anything EL-wire?
I have some questions if anyone can help me.
I would like to know what is the shortest lenght it can be cut to? Does the supply voltage change with lenght? Is it bright enough to be seen in normal room light?
I'll probably have a hundered more question, but these are the ones for starters.
Agree with you, Atlas and MT make good autoracks so do Red Caboose. I like the 'see-thru' etched sides by Red Caboose.
[img]http://images.fotopic.net/ylixb5.jpg[img]
Cheers,
I'm a few days behind and catching up. I believe we have emailed before about our proximity. I'm about an hour from Columbia near Sedalia. I think a COLT layout is a cool idea, especially if you are or know a good custom painter for locomotives. Let us know how it goes and include some pics when it comes along.
Ron
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