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Yes. You tie down sufficient handbrakes, and in some cases lock the cab. You aren't going to "just sit on the main waiting for the block to clear" and lock up and go home. You're going to alert the dispatcher 2 hours before the expiration of your hours-of-service so that they can arrange a...

Silly lurker me, I'm just trying to figure out how and why someone else's ability to buy anything they want pre made in any way takes away from my ability to enjoy the hobby? A pox on your '70s MRs. Go get a 1940's MR. Back then things had to be built from cardboard and spit. And guess what...

Whoa Roger, I think we were arguing at cross purposes and actually agreeing. You hit the nail on the head.

Blank DVD, editor's pay $45-70k a year. Blank VHS, editor's pay $45-70k a year.

I am not at liberty to discuss what if any magazines are making money at KPC now. It is, however, public knowledge that I *can* discuss that, in the past, certain magazines were published by KPC at a loss. For years. And years. Earth was one of them. They were supported because they diversified...

Is an editor's pay less because something went on disk rather than tape? Overhead is the same.

Kalmbach has always charged high rates for their books. As a small, independent publisher in a niche market, they have no other choice. As for the formerly free content on the sites, most of what was free still is now. The newswire is the only part that isn't free that used to be, and that is...

It's been 8 years since the CR split between NS and CSX. If it were problems "inherited" from CR, they would have occurred far earlier. This is a result of CSX's maintenance defferal policy. Remember that at the time of the split CSX stated that Conral had been "overmaintained".

Sharknoses are Baldwins, not Alcos. The steam inhabitants of Brooklyn are: Southern Pacific 4449, GS-4 class 4-8-4 Spokane Portland & Seattle 700, E-1 class 4-8-4 Oregon Railway & Navigatio Company 197, 4-6-2 (not operable at this time, stored indoors) Diesels at Brooklyn: Spokane Portland &...

The other "F-unit" is not an F at all. It's an ALCO-GE FA-1, ex Long Island cab car, ex-ex BN FA1, ex ex ex SP&S 866A.

4-axle road freight locmotives have not been manufactured in the US since the early 1990s, with the EMD GP60/GP60M. The vast majority of freight locomotives are 6 axle engines. HO scale 22" radius curves are not very broad. In fact, I haven't used anything below a 30" curve in nearly a decade...

David, regarding the LRCs, they used to be hauled by matching power units that were powered by Alco 251 blocks. Essentailly an FPA4 mechanical sucessor in a body that matched the LRC.

All your questions regarding cab-unit consists, as well as general consists, can be found in this thread: http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=25010&highlight=Alco

Bottom line: money. It costs a lot of money to lay nice track with good, high ballast profiles. So even on a fairly well-to-do class one, you'll see sidings and spurs given increasingly less profiling, less ballast, etc.... You might find the main well above the average land surface on a large...

The fairings are generally known as "batwings". E-R Models imports the Spanish version of the Talgo; with the wings added and repainted it ought to be a serviceable model. I know a few people have done such in N scale, but I don't know of any HO kitbashes yet.