I recently bought a GE 45ton Switcher (way cool). What is required for maintenance, lubrication etc. There was no instructions, only an exploded parts diagram.

Quote from: Jim Banner on October 21, 2008, 12:09:47 AM
Let's take Bob's calculation one step further.  According to the NMRA RP, a 6" car should weigh in at 4 ounces.  That would correspond to a real world car weighing

4 x 87 x 87 x 87 /32,000 = 82 tons.

That is nicely between 50 tons (typical empty weight) and 100 tons (typical loaded weight) for a 40 foot car.  Close enough to scale weight for me.

There is more on this at the link below:
http://www.geocities.com/budb3/arts/tech/wght.html

Thanx to all for the info.

Does anyone add weight to their engins / rolling stock? Is this done to scale or is that out of the question?
Best regards - Erik

I have just bought my first model train in 50 years (it's for my grandson, of course). The HO 4-8-4 engine has a bar with 2 holes in it and the tender has a pin to mate but it kept falling out. I bent the bar a little and that seems to work but I'm wondering if there should be a retainer or something on the pin?