Seems to me that the judicious placement of telegraph poles, all speced apart equally, could serve as the yardstick for making reverse moves under these ...
35523
abcraghead
Jul 1, 2002 7:22 am
Donovan: Well, here's how I made this choice on my small (less than 32 sq ft) layout. My favorite prototype is the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. As the...
35524
magichammer2
Jul 1, 2002 7:23 am
Hello all, I'm looking for a copy of the August 1982 issue of Railroad and Railfan magazine. I seem to have lost mine in a move somewhere along the way. If any...
35525
denlippert
Jul 1, 2002 3:09 pm
... Which prompted me to do some quick math! Our lead-shot discussion mentioned a 25-pound bag for $15... $0.60 a pound... 3.75cents per ounce. That makes...
35526
jwrailroad
Jul 1, 2002 3:55 pm
... con's - and they are almost equally divided. So I think it is easy to see why I can't decide. I am not looking for help with which decision I should...
35527
jwrailroad
Jul 1, 2002 6:20 pm
I prefer to use lead wool. The size of the strands I use are .012. It can be packed into openings with no waisted air space. Goo and/or liquid ACC is used to...
35528
shortliner2001
Jul 1, 2002 9:15 pm
Gregg wrote I'm looking for a copy of the August 1982 issue of Railroad and Railfan magazine. I seem to have lost mine in a move somewhere along the way. If...
35529
J. Stephen Sandifer
stevesandife...
Jul 1, 2002 9:16 pm
Where do you buy lead wool? ******************************************************* J. Stephen Sandifer mailto:steve.sandifer@... Home: 12027...
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hunter48820
Jul 2, 2002 12:52 am
Hi Jim, How does the cost of lead wool equate to the lead shot? Thanks and best, Andy Keeney Dewitt, MI...
35531
Mike Morris
mmorris_62901
Jul 2, 2002 12:54 am
Just when you thought this thread was gone... Donovan's comments about the N vs. HO time/detail ratio got me to thinking (again) about the wisdom of my choice...
35532
Mike Morris
mmorris_62901
Jul 2, 2002 12:54 am
I am going to be in the North Fort Worth area (Watauga) July 5-9, and I wonder if anyone can suggest a good hobby shop to check out N scale equipment. I want...
35533
Kennedy How
howling01
Jul 2, 2002 12:55 am
... The way I got around that is to model a specific piece of terrain, rather than a specific "road". But, I model the Hill Lines, and the piece of terrain...
35534
Peter T. Prunka
pprunka
Jul 2, 2002 5:05 am
... And, equally importantly.... how does lead wool compare with steel wool for conductivity when it shreds onto the track? Peter...
35535
blair kooistra
blairkooistra
Jul 2, 2002 5:05 am
First off, the City Fathers of Foat Wurthless probably hate me abbreviating "Fort" in the message line. I laugh in their faces. Mike Morris wrote: I am going...
35536
blair kooistra
blairkooistra
Jul 2, 2002 5:06 am
Is anyone out there in LDSIG land familar with the "ICC Annual Statistics of Steam Railroads"? It was a thick book of statistics breaking down rail traffic for...
35537
jack.huffman@...
Jul 2, 2002 5:06 am
I was able to look at a copy of the Lbrary of Congress microfilms of Sanford fire insurance maps for the place of interest to me--Prescott, AZ. My interest was...
35538
Kert Peterson
gn_rocky
Jul 2, 2002 5:06 am
... (again) about the wisdom of my choice of HO. I have been trying since 1999 to fit a layout into my available space, and I continually come up against the...
35539
Nathaniel Cox
tikilitic
Jul 2, 2002 1:17 pm
Michael, I recently moved from HOn3 to N. My main reason was that I couldn't seem to get the level of operational performance I had hoped for in HOn3 and I...
35540
drwoodwell@...
Jul 2, 2002 3:17 pm
... Kalmbach's "The Train-Watcher's Guide to North American Railroads" (1990) compiled by George Drury, Librarian of Trains magazine, lists over 140 RRs in the...
35541
denlippert
Jul 2, 2002 3:18 pm
... To me, that's a far larger question than ANY layout design question. What Scale determines WHAT the hobby IS to you. In a comparison between any two...
35542
L Sand
lcsand2002
Jul 2, 2002 3:18 pm
... On the advice of a friend Dave & I stopped there on our way through Dallas a few years ago. I recommend everyone do so. We bought a ton of HO scale ...
35543
L Sand
lcsand2002
Jul 2, 2002 3:19 pm
... The method is the same; you just get more pages. :) You need a large floor for the taping together part Linda Sand...
35544
jwrailroad
Jul 2, 2002 3:40 pm
... I found it in the local True-Value Hardware. This particular store caters to contractor types and has a large plumbing section. ... I don't really know. I...
35545
skunkskunk2001
Jul 2, 2002 7:25 pm
Jack: Just so any new comers don't confused: you mean Sanborn maps don't you? We'd hate to have someone do a search on the internet under Sanford and not find...
35546
Byron Henderson
cuyama
Jul 2, 2002 8:13 pm
Folks, ... You'll find plenty of models of this era range in N scale. The nature of N scale (and increasingly HO, for the most part) manufacturing being...
35547
whutchins7@...
wells80us
Jul 2, 2002 8:13 pm
I've been following this thread with interest. Haven't seen anything about coupling and uncoupling with N sized couplers, matters of considerable interest to ...
35548
anthonyrio
Jul 3, 2002 2:33 am
Hi folks... I have made the decision to switch scales from HO to N to help solve some of my space constraints, and need some help in the design of my layout...
35549
Bruce Faulkner
shendiv
Jul 3, 2002 2:33 am
Micro-Trains couplers work just fine in N scale for coupling and uncoupling during switching operations. We used Rix Products Uncoupling Picks on the CSXT...
35550
tikilitic
Jul 3, 2002 2:33 am
From my experience, which is limited as I haven't been doing N that long, it's not bad. You need to take a little extra care not to knock the cars off the...
35551
Mark Stephens
markalot
Jul 3, 2002 2:34 am
;----- Original Message ----- ;From: "denlippert" <denlippert@...> ;--- In ldsig@y..., Mike Morris <mmorris@s...> wrote: ;> So I am back again to that...
