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Prototype grade crossing signals

When did the red flashing light and bell become in use for grade crossings on real railroads? I've seen several version...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by apj
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by apj

Model Train Open House

For those of you in the Baltimore, MD area be sure to check out the open house of the Baltimore Society of Model Engine...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jberg
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by jberg

February Classic Toy Trains

Just curious if anyone has received the February 2004 issue of Classic Toy Trains yet. As a subscriber, I usually recei...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by richfrieser
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by richfrieser

Newbie having problrems with cars unhooking.

I'm a newbie with an N-Scale Layout and on advice from others all my cars are converted to Bettendorf Trucks (the ones...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mike
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by mike

Athearn F7B Dummy Problems

I just home from GATS in Indy and in the loot I had was an Athearn CN F7B Dummy to go with my F7A. After some test runs...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by dana.spamnot
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by dana.spamnot

neodymium magnets

Anyone ever use neodymium magnets for uncoupling magnets? http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=s...
10 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Kelly
10 comments posted 22yrs posted by Kelly

Sprrd Car

Hi! A friend of mine would like to have a copy of the schematic for the Speed Car LED Readout. Referred to in the Model...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jfdad
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by jfdad

Layout Question...

Pardon me if I am being something of a newbie here, but I have a couple of questions about layout design. 1. What is a...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by moltar4380
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by moltar4380

Athearn SDP40/SD40-2 Trucks

Did Athearn use the same trucks on the SDP40 that they used on the SD40-2 and SD40T-2 models? I only have the SD40-2 to...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mlp
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by mlp

Jerry is Steve Caple who is Emily who is?

A new pathetic low. Emily is now posting as Jerky Jerry his same old political rants. Now he is writing like he is a po...
14 comments posted 22yrs
posted by etreta99
14 comments posted 22yrs posted by etreta99

electric train set for 7-year-old

Hello; I'm looking for recommendations for an electric train set for my 7-year-old niece. She asked for one and describ...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by dave
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by dave

ATSF 'Super Chief' - reasonable car additions?

This post/inquiry was buried in a different thread - so I chose to re-submit it as its own entity. I wanted to know wha...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mc_brennan
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by mc_brennan

A suggestion - more meaningful discussions...

I have noticed that this group likes to take off on a tangent at times. Let's say a newbie asks a question. The first r...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by unpublished
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by unpublished