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I am desperately trying to find Trucks N Stuff HO scale propane tankers and have run up against a brick wall and it hurts. Specifically, I am really interested in 734-2050 (Walther's) as my primary choice and 734-2043 as a secondary choice. I need at least two if not three of these but...

I have this friend and my friend wants to know how many officially FRA recognized tunnels there are for each of the following railroads: UP, BNSF, CSX and NS. I would answer this question for him, but he like me is ignorant of such statistics and does not know where to find an answer. Any...

Gang, I just cheated and did a cut and paste on this submission. This is from the Western Railway Museum website and is passed along as an FYI. For anyone not familiar with the Western Railway Museum and its location, it is on California highway 12 approximately 15 miles west of Rio Vista and...

Don't laugh at this, but this has bugged me for years and since nobody knows me and cannot take cheap shots at me I feel obligated to ask this question. Just exactly what does HO scale stand for? Yeah, we have Z, N, O, S, G and a host of other sub-scales, but why is HO called, HO and not H...

I am looking for Microscale HO decals 87-337 (Walthers) for Southern Railroad. I have searched the LHS in my area and have done some on-line searches but have come up empty. If anyone knows of a specific source that has this in stock I would appreciate knowing. Thanks in advance for any...

Does anyone know of any resource similiar to Thomas Guide that has current and former trackage maps for various states? In particular I am looking for California first (since I live here) and secondly Washington (where my wife and I want to live) JD

Not sure what forum to post this on, but heck this should work. I got this from a guy in my model railroad club that is also an avid motorcar owner and WP historian. For those that are not familiar with the area in question, Ione is in the central California foothills about an hour south of...

I am still trying to design a local switching yard that will service six modern era industries that will need to handle roughly 30-35 cars and need a yard that would replicate what either currently exists or one that the railroads would really build. What I am envisioning is building a yard...

This has nothing to do with trains unless you want to railfan Sparks, NV yard or Donner pass, but I will be at the Reno Air Races this Sunday and wondered if an listmembers will be there as well? There is more to life than trains and models - just not sure what<g> JD

Here is the latest schedule on the UP3985 as it moves throught the lower 48. I obtained this from another list and the source who posted it got it from "wherever" so I cannot vouch for the accuracy of this information. JD Official Schedule Aug. 26 - 28 Ogden, UT On display...

Union Pacific steam locomotive 3985 to visit Portola Railroad Museum Historic Union Pacific steam locomotive 3985 will be making a west coast visit. She is scheduled to arrive at the Portola Railroad Museum during the afternoon of Tuesday, August 30. The locomotive will be on public...

This is cross-posted from the Calrailfans list: The Tehachapi Loop Railroad Club will hold its 12th annual August Model Railroad Exhibit at the Tehachapi Veterans' Hall, located at 125 East "F" St., on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and again on Sunday, Aug. 28, from 11 a.m. to...

What is the standard length or average length of a section of jointed rail? JD

In a few weeks, my wife and I will be in the Providence/Warick, Rhode Island area for a dog show. While I may like dogs, I have no desire to spend an east coast road trip looking at hundreds of Irish Setters for an entire week and thus need a small diversion. That being said and having never...

Got the below information via another website of which the poster is a member of the FRRS museum (Western Pacific Railroad). For those not familiar, this translates into a movement of historical museum pieces between the FRRS museum in Portola, California the Western Railway Museum in Rio Vista...

Does anyone know if there are any webcams installed or planned to be installed in either of these yards?

Just thought I would pass along a noteworthy item relating to activities taking place this weekend at CSRM. As in the past, the California State Railroad Museum has an annual tradition in which a few select model railroad clubs are invited to participate in this annual event. One of these clubs...

This just in from the news desk: The Black Diamond Mines Model Railroad Club is having another public open house this weekend from 10-4 on Saturday and Sunday. The clubhouse is located on Fulton Shipyard Road in the city of Antioch, California. Sorry I do not have more details, but I only...

The California Northern Railroad - CFNR is gearing up to handle an outbound load from Napa Pipe. Currently CFNR has leased three SD40-2's from UP to assist in the move from Napa, California to the UP connection at Suisun/Fairfield on the Martinez sub. I have no idea when the load will be...

I am looking for intake grills for the GP15-1 locomotive. My intel tells me that A1 Models makes/supplies this under part number #1013. I have been unable to locate this part and any information on a source would be appreciated.