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WTB: Andrews Trucks for Tender (O scale 2-Rails) Brass or plastic

Folks, I am looking for a pair of Andrews (I believe that is the name) trucks in O scale 2 rails for a tender I am buil...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by yvidal

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by yvidal

Any HO Scale Ouboard Motors?

Especially older models (or ones that can be backdated) since I'm modeling a harbor scene in 1938-1940 timeframe. I'm e...

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posted by ndrez

15 comments posted 19yrs posted by ndrez

KW overload lamp - bulb number?

Can anyone tell me what bulb number to use in a KW transformer. It is probably the same as used for the red lamp on the...

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posted by harrrrrrr

5 comments posted 19yrs posted by harrrrrrr

Where is my horn?

My Dad just gave me a 1958/1959 Lionel trainset that his Dad purchased for him when he was a kid. We last had it under...

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posted by tom

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by tom

D&RGW Yellow

Does anyone know what the best match paint (Floquil or ModelFlex) for the yellow used on old MDC Roundhouse kits for D&...

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posted by Randy.Oswald

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by Randy.Oswald

just what...

my layout could use: millions of $$$$ http://www.miniatur-wunderland.de:80/data/cms/en/200/

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posted by takirch

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by takirch

TGV paper models

this site has lots of downloadable plans for paper models of European TGV. Looks interesting for a kid to get into. kive...

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posted by kivewe

11 comments posted 19yrs posted by kivewe

O scale track: To handlay or not to handlay ?

Well, this is probably a beaten to death subject, but I wanted to have the opinions of people who have really done this...

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posted by yvidal

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by yvidal

O scale and N scale Club in The Raleigh (Triangle) area in NC ?

I am trying to locate an O scale club with a layout in the RALEIGH area, in North Carolina. A few years ago, the Neuse...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by yvidal

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by yvidal

O scale 2 rails Cab Forward (AC-10/12) information needed.

I was wondering if someone could post a summary of the manufacturers who have produced the AC-10 or 12 Cab Forward in O...

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posted by yvidal

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by yvidal

Seeking Santa Fe Doodle Bug (War bonnet) information

A while back, I happen to see a very cute Doodle Bug produced in N scale by some asian manufacturer. It consisted of a...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by yvidal

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by yvidal

Opinions about SUNSET (3rd Rail) O scale 2 rails early Challenger ?

I was wondering if anybody has purchased or run the O scale early Challenger produced by SUNSET (distributed by 3rd Rai...

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posted by yvidal

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by yvidal

[O] 3-rail vs. 2-rail

As a non O-scale modeler, I'm a bit confused by the terms "3-rail" and "2-rail" used to describe O scale equipment. Bes...

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posted by mark

13 comments posted 19yrs posted by mark

Track layout evaluation?

Hey all- Playing around with RTS 7.0, and came up with a kind of basic layout for an N scale railroad. >From a complete...

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posted by trinity1187

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by trinity1187

DCC idea for "power independence"

Reading a thread here about the problems of powering locos across dead sections of track gives me an idea. I may not be...

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posted by nobody

22 comments posted 19yrs posted by nobody