Thanks Rich, very informitive.

Look's Good, Ken!

Put a piece of tape over the speaker holes on the bottom of the tender.

 Hi Terry, may the Good Lord bless and keep you and restore you to health,Paul

 Hello everybody.  Another crazy day at the office.  I've ordered 2 plate girder bridges and an Atlas turntable motor, and the outfit that I ordered the roundhouse extensions from Emailed and canceled, and I've struck out for the 4th time with trying to order them from Reynauld's.  You had good luck with them several years ago Len, but I can't get past their website.  I guess I'll try to call them again for the 4th time tomorrow.  Don't mind me fellows and girls, I'm just blowing off some steam.  I guess I'd better go visit my locomotives, thats what their for, blowing steam, regards, Paul

Would that mean like buying the Walthers $50  kit for the pit and bridge and then attaching the wires to the rails on it?  I'm not quite sure how you get a pit and bridge without something like that.  From what I've read they upgraded the Walthers TT kit and it works much better than the old one did.  I sure appreciate the ideas and suggestions.  That sounds much easier than trying to modify the roundhouse.  Thank's again, Paul

Your another one around here I'd like to emulate.  Nice work, Sheldon, Paul

WOW is right!!!!  I learn so much from you Jonathan.  How about you building my roundhouse, shortening my tenders, and backdating my connies? .  Paul

They, whoever they are, say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.  Having spent the best part of the afternoon on the web am about as dangerous as I'm likely to be.   In any case Kibri makes a manual turntable that is 15 degrees and is approximately 10 and 3/4 inches long.  This would appear to be an improvement over both the Bachmann and Atlas Options IF.  If is another of those biggest little words in the English language.  If, in this case, refers to does it have those split rings?, is that what what they call them?, those things that change the polarity?  Secondly, is there any gearing that would stop it at 15 degrees?  At less than $20 one has to wonder.  Len, can you or anyone  help me out with this?  If not, at the price, I'm inclined to give it a try and see if it will work.  Regards, Paul  ps there appears to have been, at one time or other, a motorized version of it.  Thanks again.

Hi Jeff, when we were talking about turntables last month Len established that the Bachmann turntable is spaced at 20 degrees so I'm going to have to finagle a bit to make the tracks on the 15 degree Kibri roundhouse line up.  Any ideas to make it work would be welcome.  Changing the stall angle is way beyond my pay grade.   Thank's for your input, Paul G

Thank's Terry, I think that did it.  God bless You!  P'

Great thinking Len, that makes all kinds of sense.  Well I struck out on the extensions, twice.  Everything seemed to be going great till I got to checkout and then my password or the amount were not right and by the time I got it squared away the items were gone.  I'll just have to park the Bachmann connies  on garden tracks outside.  Onward and upward,  P' 

Thank's Len, thats all I need to know.

Trainman, I don't think of the Bachmann connie as a small engine, it will barely fit on the Bachmann turntable (10") besides which I have one lonesome Athearn Genesis Mike that I know won't fit should I ever wan't to home it.  Just saying, Paul G

Hi Guy's, I'm in the process of finalizing my roundhouse situation with ordering my second Kibri three stall. My problem is that i need several of their roundhouse extensions for my Bachmann connies.  The only place I've been able to find them is an outfit called Reynauld's EURO IMPORTS, INC.  Being just one of those American country hicks I've never had occasion to order anything internationally.  Have any of you had dealings with this outfit?  Thanks in advance, Paul G

OK, that makes sense.  Thanks for checking anyway.  Between what Sid gave me and what I've been able to glean from other sources I should be fine.  Now all I need to do is find Bert Lahr (the cowardly lion) and get directions to the emerald city and the wizard.  Thanks again, P'