yeah but you can get the gears for $10. or the gears on the axles for $25

Yes

Google is your friend   From the NWSL website !3rdbox down on the left....     http://shop.osorail.com/category.sc?categoryId=97

HO BACHMANN EMC gas-electric (DOODLEBUG) replacement gear: 0.4mod x 15T RWG x 5.0mm worm x 2.0mm bore x .190" face (for complete wheelsets see #2588-6 thru 2591-6)

And these
http://shop.osorail.com/category.sc?categoryId=136

can't you just change the gear? or axle?

They were taken at the Montreal Railway Museum
http://bmrcm.org/layout-photos-from-exporail-2012

Well, we just finished exhibiting our club layout, Allingham, at Exporail: http://www.exporail.org/en/welcome-to-exporail/ A satisfying, if tiring, weekend of playing trains and entertaining the public.

For those forum members in the Montreal area, we are always looking for members, so if you have an interest in British trains, we welcome you. No experience is necessary; we have members at all levels of the spectrum and with a broad range of interest.

A few more photos and some words about the layout by John Kendall

We replaced our old layout "Rosedale" after it had done some 20 years of service and was really showing its age. This was an opportunity to stretch our legs so we chose an asymmetric design with a double track circuit and provision for a branchline. The large radius curve at the station meant that we had to make some points by hand, again pushing our skill level ever upward. Track is Peco code 100. Control had to be DCC and an NCE system was selected. Points on the circuit are actuated by SEEP motors and some are on stationary decoders.

Readers will recognise Metcalfe buildings and, again, pushing our skill level, Scalescenes buildings. The backscene is Townscenes with individual buildings mounted on foamboard and 3D elements added.

We also resolved to have working signals and these were developed by one of our members using a solenoid actuator system. The technology behind these is beyond me but they do work nicely.

Allingham is tentatively set in 1962 in the London Midland Region, in what used to be Cheshire Lines Committee country.

Now, for the branchline, we resolved that this would be finescale. Therefore the track is code 75 C&L with all points handbuilt on PCB. Point motors are Cobalt/Tortoise and all use stationary decoders.

Buildings are scratchbuilt in the main with a couple of kits, like the signalbox (Ratio) and station (kitbashed C&L).

The branch has two destinations: Stonefield Halt with a passing loop and Patchwick Station. This is set in the Western Region.

At the time we were naming the layout, the last three British WW1 vets (Henry Allingham, Harry Patch and Bill Stone) had passed away so we named our three stations after these men.

If you are interested in joining us please PM me and we can start the process.

I took some pictures at the exhibition:


Fowler 7F at the head of a mineral train


Station pilot Class 03 with it's runner



Black 5 with a parcels/mail train



Pickup goods pauses at the halt passing loop before proceeding down the branch



Class 108 DMU with passenger service to Patchwick



Pickup goods shunting


The small goods and coal depot at Patchwick.

I spent an enjoyable afternoon with the Jinty, making up trains at Allingham Goods and tootling down the branch to Patchwick. I was also delighted to let some children have a play. After a bit of instruction they actually operated the train quite well - I suppose its the video game training.

Ray...I sent you a PM...check your messages on here.

Ray...you might find this link helpful as far as British modelling  in N. Amaerica  http://home.ca.inter.net/brmna/index.html   and go to the suppliers page here  http://home.ca.inter.net/brmna/prodser.htm  and scroll down to the US section

Ray...I use Hattons in England....very reliable and efficient and they deduct the sales tax(VAT) from the price...I highly recommend them.   http://www.ehattons.com/

Cheers
Gene

Ray...there are more pics and some video clips of the layout on the clubs website and blog....the links are in my signature.
Cheers
Gene

http://bmrcm.org/
http://britishmodelrailwayclubofmontreal.blogspot.com/

This weekend we will take our club layout to Exporail, Canada's Railway Museum:  http://www.exporail.org/en/  We will be part of the annual "Small Trains, Great Passions" event.  For those members in the Montreal area, we hope you will visit the museum and say hello.  At the same time, we are always looking for members, so if you have an interest in British trains, we welcome you.  No experience is necessary, we have members at all levels of the spectrum and with a broad range of interest.

To whet your appetite, here are a few pictures of our layout



Patchwick Engine Shed and Signal Box




Patchwick Goods Depot and Cattle Dock



Overbridge and canal adjacent to Camping Coach site



Stonefield Halt near the quarry

Above pictures are copyright Nigel Phillips







The two pictures above were taken at Great British Train Show in Brampton ON.  They show the sweep of the main line.

A few words about the layout:

We replaced our old layout "Rosedale" after it had done some 20 years of service and was really showing its age.  This was an opportunity to stretch our legs so we chose an asymmetric design with a double track circuit and provision for a branchline.  The large radius curve at the station meant that we had to make some points by hand, again pushing our skill level ever upward.  Track is Peco code 100.  Control had to be DCC and an NCE system was selected.  Points on the circuit are actuated by SEEP motors and some are on stationary decoders.


Readers will recognise Metcalfe buildings and, again, pushing our skill level, Scalescenes buildings.  The backscene is Townscenes with individual buildings mounted on foamboard and 3D elements added.

We also resolved to have working signals and these were developed by one of our members using a solenoid actuator system.  The technology behind these is beyond me but they do work nicely.

Allingham is tentatively set in 1962 in the London Midland Region, in what used to be Cheshire Lines Committee country.

Now, for the branchline, we resolved that this would be finescale.  Therefore the track is code 75 C&L with all points handbuilt.  Point motors are Cobalt/Tortoise and all use stationary decoders.

Buildings are scratchbuilt in the main with a couple of kits, like the signalbox (Ratio) and station (kitbashed C&L).

The branch has two destinations:  Stonefield Halt with a passing loop and Patchwick Station.  This is set in the Western Region.

At the time we were naming the layout, the last three British WW1 vets (Henry Allingham, Harry Patch and Bill Stone) had passed away so we named our three stations after these men.

If you are interested in joining us please PM me and we can start the process.

You can see videos and more details at the links below.

Gene

http://bmrcm.org/
http://britishmodelrailwayclubofmontreal.blogspot.com/




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I bought one of these 2 weeks ago, I'm using the NCE PowerCab DCC unit on my layout. I was so impressed by the sound and the quality of the locos movement that I went out the next day and bought 2 more of the locos....the excellent price helped also

Well its spring....any news about the Boston&Maine RS3 model??? Will we see it anytime soon?

guess not

Any update on when this will be available?

Just received a new DCC diesel loco. Not happy...the thing is so over-greased that there are actual gobbets of grease on the trucks and the bottoms of the trucks and wheels look like somebody dunked them in an oil-bath..its a mess! And needless to say the pick-ups aren't doing too good a job. I would have liked to just quietly written to Bachmann but their contacts aren't set-up for that type of communication...so I'm posting here...I don't think its the type of quality one should have to accept for over $200.