Recent content by jambo101

I've been away for a few months,Has something about the forum changed since i left? The format is not opening up the way i remember:confused: Edit;;Figured it out, i'm opening up to the entire Zealot forum table of contents instead of just the train section.wall1 Normally i would delete the...

Thanks 60103 Would my local hobby shop have this Trackside guide?

OOooooKKKKay i'll take that off the itinery.

I'm off on the big drive across Canada and back starting on July 14 and was wondering if there are any good Railway museums that would be worth a stop.Going out we will be following the Trans Canada to Calgary and then on to Vancouver Island,on the return trip we will be doing the Banff to...

If your layout is against the wall i would paint it several shades of green where it touches the layout and blue about a foot or two above the green,with white clouds

As a one train one operator on a shelf layout i;ll stick with the DC for now but having a DCC equipped loco i found the sounds became a bit noisy and monotonous after the novelty wore off,If i ever do get into DCC it sure wont be for the sound effects..

I suppose it could be fixed if i buy new wheel housings and figure out how all the little gears go back together ,but the thing has just never run right for me so i think its relegated to a static spot in the yard. Dusty on the other hand is going to have to be real nice if he ever wants to get...

My $200 Proto 2k ltd SW900 with all dcc stuff just took a journey 5ft straight down to the concrete floor thanks to Dusty the cat,needless to say the engine no longer functions as many of the plastics parts in the wheel assembly and gears are now toast,.Probably inevitable as this engine has...

I bet this rail yard was a head ache for some one before the advent of computers RailPictures.Net Photo » Deutsche Bahn DB Class 411/415 ICE-T :mrgreen: Great site for wallpapers

Thanks guys,guess i'll stick with the flextrac.I dont understand why they put that piece of curve in the package if it doesnt make the tracks parallel,it seems to send the track off on a 10 degree angle.

I know its a noob question but i've never been able to successfully get the tracks to be parallel after installing a turnout,the small curved piece of track that comes with the turn out runs the turned out track off at an angle and up till now i've had to use a small piece of Flex Trac to get...

You could try Google images for NYO&W, it might come up with some ideas.

I'll stick with DC until i can find room to graduate from a shelf layout to something much bigger.

Wasnt on the history channel in Montreal,we got an airplane dog fighting show.

Thats the way i remember them.nice pics.