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Walthers Cornerstone Customer Service

Last night I was working on assembling the Walthers Single-trick Bridge kit and noticed that one of the bridge sidefram...
20 comments posted 22yrs
posted by n_okla
20 comments posted 22yrs posted by n_okla

Newbie Atlas Loco Questions

I just bought my first non-toy loco, an Atlas Dash 8-40BW. It comes with a built-in DCC decoder. My first question is h...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by hidbigo
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by hidbigo

HO for sale

Unless noted otherwise all equipment listed below is new, in the box and test run only. Shipping is extra, but negotiab...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by ssillato
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by ssillato

Need Paint help...NH Cranberry Red

Hello. Well it that time of year again.... no not the holidays but when a "friend" gets me to do "a little paint job I...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by cf.seven
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by cf.seven

N&W 2-8-8-2 - question

Can someone please tell me what consists this engine would most likely have pulled. Also, what other railroad(s) would...
17 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mc_brennan
17 comments posted 22yrs posted by mc_brennan

Manual turnout controls... I love them !

Hello everyone, I have been experimenting with the DPDT slide switch method of turnout control. After a few hours of ti...
24 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Kelly
24 comments posted 22yrs posted by Kelly

1957

Have found a set of Lionel 3 rail trains w/ eng, and several cars. Would like to be directed to the newsgroup or site th...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by hackman70
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by hackman70

Rivarossi/Walthers: question

Can someone please clarify the Rivarossi status for me. In other words, if I were to purchase a Rivarossi Cab Forward s...
16 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mc_brennan
16 comments posted 22yrs posted by mc_brennan

BLI AC-4/5 Cab Forward

BLI has pre-production shots of the SP cab forward on their web sites. Looks a fine loco for all SP steam fans. I like...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by sjmagee
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by sjmagee

LVRR/CNJ Allentown

Does anybody know where I might find a detailed LVRR/CNJ track plan of the Allentown, Pennsylvania area circa 1970? Than...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by bfrantz
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by bfrantz

MR [1/04]: Cover Questions

As I look more carefully at the cover of the 1/04 Model Railroader [which, BTW, is a magnificent looking cover - the pa...
8 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mc_brennan
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by mc_brennan

UP Gas Turbines- Ever in HO?

Just wondering has any company ever built an HO version of Union Pacific's Gas Turbine BoBo or CoCo locomotives? I thou...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by skyliner
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by skyliner

paint charts

Decals (Microscale) usually stipulate colours from either "Scalecoat" or "Floquil". Is their a chart that give the "pol...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by drosa
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by drosa

microscale gloss

I was thinning ms gloss with alcohol (iso 99%) to use in my airbrush mixed 60% gloss/40% iso alcohol and noticed that t...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by drosa
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by drosa