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Jason It is all the chassis parts, I did get a milled brass chassis at Des Plaines hobbies but I need the trucks and motor. There are a...

RTR mechanisms absolutely can, but they do tend to stumble over the baseboard joints on South Junction. Anyway after a bit of familial...

Is that copper tube that you have used for the tender bearings. Or phos. bronze? Also what is to stop them rotating with the axles? If...

Dave - very valid comments. It seems that the whim of the loco owner comes first and historical accuracy a long way behind. However we...

Nice, definitely a Dash 8 from Atlas, 2R too, you don't see many of these crop up, those that do tend to be 2R and on reflection I don't...

Dave - very valid comments. It seems that the whim of the loco owner comes first and historical accuracy a long way behind. However we...

Thanks James for all the info on the trains, Elkhart and the Dash 8 Carrying out the conversion is a project for the future, not...

Richard, The Amtrak train is the Lake Shore Limited rather than the Capitol Limited. They run on very similar schedules westbound...

Scenics finished at last, fascia and lighting to do, what colour for the fascia?

Lighter painted, mooring ropes next

One of the jobs I've been putting off for a while was completing the trackwork and wiring on the final two sections of my fiddle yard...

One of the jobs I've been putting off for a while was completing the trackwork and wiring on the final two sections of my fiddle yard...

Some fitting benches, and some chairs. I have no idea how I got the chair bases about twice the size they were supposed to be, but...