Quote from: john tricarico on July 14, 2008, 07:02:57 PM
still love those old  h.o. revell kits

I always thought Revell structure kits were particularly nice. I was thrilled recently when I finally was able to buy a complete, unopened yard building kit on eBay. 

Quote from: ebtnut on July 15, 2008, 12:38:36 PM
I think that crossing was done by either Atlas or Aurora.  Believe it or not, just because of what you were doing, the safety mavens demanded that the product be withdrawn becuase it might encourage kids to drive like that when they got older. 

Sems to me Tyco may have had something like that, too, since they marketed both train sets and slot-car sets.

Quote from: RAM on July 15, 2008, 11:00:35 PM
I believe the Rock Island had Pacific in it's name.

IIRC, it started out as the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, then became the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific.

Since Denver was left off the route of the Union Pacific, the line that connected Denver to the U.P. was called the Denver Pacific.

Let us also not forget that the Milwaukee Road was the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific.

Quote from: japasha on June 29, 2008, 08:10:54 PM
Sheldon is correct on visiting Strasburg. Even my wife was impressed and wanted a second trip. Across the road is the Pennsylvania State Railroad Museum and you can see at least one example from the Pennsylvania RR steam days. Plenty of fun there, the Toy Train Museum and Strasburg has a good hobby shop on board. You can even rent a coaboose to stay in overnight.

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has lots of relics of PRR steam, as it holds the equipment the railroad itself preserved.

Quote from: SteamGene on June 29, 2008, 09:21:22 PM
It's also in the heart of Amish country, so plenty of buggies and such. 
Gene

And don't forget the shoo-fly pie. ... 

Quote from: lvrr325 on January 27, 2008, 11:44:09 PM
Surprised no one replied.

At some point in the 60s or 70s the clock tower was eliminated from the gas station dies.  Originals can be found at shows if you poke around, they're hard to find but easier than the Tyco gas station.

The reason for the omission is simply to avoid paying the rights to use the trademarked name in the kit.  It should be a fairly simple matter to find an old magazine with an Esso ad and use a color photcopier to reproduce and re-size the logo to the right scale to use on the building.

One other interesting thing about the gas station; the pumps (1940s-50s era) are really too big.  They shouldn't stand very much taller than the roof of a car.   What I think this was a result of is using the O-scale pumps with both the HO and O kits.  The N pumps are more the right size for HO, being scaled down from the pump in the HO kit rather than being sized for N-scale. 

I've had one of the old stations with the tower since I was a very small boy. When I look at the back of my station, the doors look so large that I swear my kit must have included the back wall from the O-scale kit.

Quote from: jmarshj7 on May 12, 2008, 12:41:17 AM
Hello all,

I am trying to find pictures,plans or schematics for an 1875 4-4-0
Steam locomotive. Would very much like to know what the backhead of the
above mentioned type of  loco. would have looked like, levers,throtle
etc. Any help what so ever would be appreceiated. I have a photo of the
4-4-0 loco. which I am uploading as an attachement.

Take care,
Jim Marsh Sr.

If you can get hold of a copy of Mallory Hope Ferrell's book on the Virginia & Truckee, it includes line drawings of the "Reno," as built in 1872. The drawings include a rear view of the cab that shows the backhead. In the book that drawing is kind of small, but you could probably enlarge it on a photocopier. The photos don't load on my PC here at work, but I would imagine the controls were pretty "standard" on eight-wheelers built in the early to mid-1870s.

I think I was born this way. 

Quote from: Conrail Quality on April 07, 2008, 03:30:18 PM
On a related note, I've heard 'supper' is (or was) used pretty widely in Ireland (but not in Britain, of course).

Timothy

Of course. In Britain they have "high tea," which an Anglophilic professor once told me really stands for "high time we got something to eat"! 

Quote from: Atlantic Central on April 06, 2008, 11:52:23 AM
I can't cook, at least not past grilled cheese or eggs and pancakes, and sometimes my wife wishes I could, but, we have a saying in our house -

"Our favorite thing to make for dinner is reservations!"

My dad always said, A man will never go hungry as long as he knows how to fry an egg. ... 

I sure don't mean to offend anybody, but I have to admit I had a laugh at the mental image of someone chopping up styrofoam in a food processor.

Aside from the question of the quality of "snow" it would make, doesn't that make an awful mess in the food processor?

BTW, the only "food processor" I've ever used is a knife and a cutting board, so I don't really know from food processors. ...

Quote from: Beatthe9ers on April 04, 2008, 10:45:14 AM
She looks great.  I had some trouble getting her started (attaching the tender and such) but things went pretty well after a little work.  I hooked up 6 40' reefers to her after running her solo for a while and she pulled them just fine.  They are pretty free rolling cars.  At least I think they are, I don't have too much to compare them to.

Bottom line is that after 3 hours with her, I am so far happy with the purchase.

Sounds like you're as happy with yours as I am with mine. Glad to hear it. 

I had a little trouble attaching the tender, too. I've been in this model train thing for almost all of my 50 years, but those little plug thingies were new to me. 

I haven't attempted to run my Spectrum 4-4-0 on a 15-inch radious curve, and I don't have a Spectrum ten-wheeler. However, for what it's worth in general knowledge, my Mantua "General" 4-4-0s run fine on a 15-inch radius, and don't look too bad doing it.  On the other hand, my Mantua ten-wheelers can barely get around the curve and are very unhappy about it. My Rivarossi 4-4-0s will operate on a 15-inch radius, but with a lot of overhang at the pilot.

Length of driving wheelbase seems to be key, and also perhaps whether all drivers are flanged or some are flangeless.

Quote from: Inder on March 30, 2008, 07:19:59 PM
Congratulations on the successful operation soldier!!

What the heck is humdinger?

Thanks!

A humdinger is a smooth, fast-moving creature native to Central Pennsylvania. Sort of in the way the jackalope is native to Wyoming. ...

Quote from: devildog946 on March 29, 2008, 09:14:05 AM
Out of all the great modelers in the post i dont have that bad of a collection being 16 and all. , im an amtrak modeler.

Nice to see that someone likes passenger service, especially from the younger generation. 

I like passenger service, too. I just like it when the coaches were wooden and the platforms were open.