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Power supply needed?

When I first hooked up my Digitrax UR-91 I followed instructions and hooked up the unit to a 12V DC power supply. The s...
10 comments posted 17yrs
posted by jmdippel
10 comments posted 17yrs posted by jmdippel

Vice

Some 40 years ago I bought a vice for holding HO cars while I paint them.A friend wants one but I can't remember where I...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oikos541
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by oikos541

Wheel train

Hi, I'm currently in a project preparation (i.e. on paper), of an electrical train (see http://upload.wikimedia.org/wik...
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by themystryder
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by themystryder

Polar Express loco parts diagram?

The plastic gold whistle on my Polar Express 0-Scale loco snapped off. Is there a parts list diagram to figure out what...
13 comments posted 17yrs
posted by ancr
13 comments posted 17yrs posted by ancr

Freight car trucks (bogies)

Does anyone know where in the UK I can buy trucks (bogies) and wheels to go under American HO gauge freight cars please?...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rd.thomas
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by rd.thomas

Miniature oiler from Harbor Freight

So I made a pilgrimage to the place where (practically) all the tools and stuff come from China and are cheap, and ran...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nobody
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by nobody

Passenger Trains on UP

Am I right in assuming that when Amtrak was created, Union Pacific no longer ran its own passenger trains? Roger Thomas,...
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rd.thomas
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by rd.thomas

Modeling the family home

This is a project that is every bit as difficult to anything I've ever built. The "Family Home" as it still stands in U...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by azrock
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by azrock

loud roadbed

against numerous suggestions here I used 1/8" luan plywood for my roadbed with some reinforcement underneath to add str...
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posted by anon
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by anon

Union Pacific Passenger Cars

Please could anyone tell me when UP first introduced corrugated sided passenger cars? The picture in this link is rough...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by rd.thomas
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by rd.thomas

track plans for RRTrack Lite

Does anyone have some good track plans with 042 minimum curves? I have the lite version that has the MTH library that c...
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posted by dpm328ic
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by dpm328ic

American Flyer Mayflower Gauge

Hi, What is the gauge of the AM Mayflower McCoy replica? All I can find is references to "wide" and "standard." Its not...
1 comments posted 17yrs
posted by abbybrown
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by abbybrown