Dear Bill,

From Tony Walsham's post:  Topic: 2-6-6-2T Mallet gets RCS battery R/C and Phoenix P8 sound.

What types of batteries are you using, and which do you prefer ?

Best Wishes and Great Choo-Choo-ing,!,

Still gotta get my first battery install going.....   

Jack

Dear Old,

Hal Minsky did your idea with his On30 conversion several years ago, mentioned here and referred to his web site.  It was nicely done, and a good idear on your part.

Dear Jim,

Great idea !  One that I may use some day.

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Mr. B,

My ex-wife wore Army boots (to keep me in line) !

Hows' about Mrs. B. ? 

Best Wishes,

Hazel ( in single harness )

Dear Tony,

Nice article !  Well done !

Dear Hunt,

Most impressive.  Working catenary, too.  High attention to detail to get it right.

Dear Jens,

Good idea.  I was wondering if you did it that way.  You got the speeds matched nicely.  Can you work the camera zoom remotely ?

Dear Jens,

Beautiful track work and scenery !  How did you control the camera to get the nice moving view of the steam engine ?

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear "Mr. B,"

Good tip !  Too, I found more comments about this in a Google search:

http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/t/177205.aspx

Best Wishes,

"Hazel"

Dear Rich,

Many thanks !  Good tips for me, and it helps to stir the imagination !

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Jeff and Don,

Thanks to Don for mentioning NSWL.  Here is a link to their page that lists the gears:

http://shop.osorail.com/category.sc?categoryId=44

Hope this helps !

Best Wishes,

Jack

Sorry,

I meant to include this link for those interested.

http://www.squidoo.com/model-train-repair

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Jeff,

Not sure of your skill level (Mine is basic, at best), but what about replacing the drive train with an after-market unit ?  The question is do they exist.  My Aristo Rogers 2-4-2 runs like a charm.  Perhaps the Aristo drive train could be installed in your Columbia (?) .

Any suggestions from Loco Bill or Wade Colyer ?

Would Micro-Mark have gears you might be able to cobble up ?  Just a thought.

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Joe,

Many thanks !

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Joe,

As always, thank you !

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Guys,

Thank you for the quick reply !  However, sorry, this is not it.  Joe had a nice description about removing Bachmann plastic rail connectors and mating with Aristo or USA Rail.

I will get to this sometime, when the work clears, but was wondering if Joe could look it up for me ?  My search engine thinking is kaput.   Had the same trouble in grad school.  Not too sure how I would have gotten through it without compassionate reference librarians, in the old days when the literature searches were cumbersome.  Anyone remember those days in the 1970's. 

To paraphrase the line from an old Sesame Street song, "Now I just stay out of the way... J" in reference to the letter "J."   The number "10" was a "good'un," too !   

Best Wishes,

Jack