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My local discount hardware store had an operating rink, about HO scale, this past Christmas. This was marketed as a Christmas decoration; about $100.

Trainwhiz, Unexpected that you are interested in steam. As you know, there's a great deal of lore surrounding them. Another kudo, you can compose & spell! Weathering; try dry chalks, if you obtain the kind that do not have an adhesive mixed in them, you can wipe off mistakes, or lighten...

I feel silly trying to respond after reading Nachoman's response. I studied waterflow in college, but not to the extent that Nacho speaks of. Anyway, if you have a significant change in elevation, your waterway will be narrower, probably have more boulders in certain areas, and will run...

I have one of the SJs. This is one made for China's domestic market, that according to the above, was imported some years ago to test for interest. No where on the box is it marked as a Spectrum, although I considered it on that level. It has a great amount of detail. As far as running...

Hello All, I have a 6 car, older type, MOW train in silver & blu; Athearn. And a train set crane, all these lettered for Santa Fe. If anyone has an interest in these, please contact me of-line.

As has been stated, O gauge(and larger) is the best for sound. If your first introduction to sound was through O gauge, you might be disappointed by the timbre of the smaller HO scale speakers. While HO has more variety, and overall might be somewhat cheaper than O, 027 & semi-scale O, are not...

Another option are the heavyweight cardstock buildings published by Dover. 'Main Street' edition is very nice, containing 9 buildings, in full color, with 'interiors' visible through the windows. These are in a magazine, and you cut and put together. These buildings represent a small Southern...

Boxcar Sound nit Hello Russ, This is a CMI unit. They marketed these in diesel and steam sounds. The diesel isn't much to listen too, but the steam provides a pleasant chuff, particlularly for the money. Just to find out, I searched for CMI on the web. They came up; they do other things...

It is a bad/intermittent electrical connection. It appears to be the connection between the positive battery wire and the sound board. I played with it and it seemed to work more consistently when I pushed the red wire toward the board. It's now been chuffing for 10 minutes, all though, on...

Big Boy Hey Bob, Check this out for many parts: #230018700938. It's a Monogram Big Boy plastic kit. Oodles of parts for cheap, and one of the biggest benefits is a centipede tender, which Bowser makes a electrifying kit for. I've used this and the Hudson kit for parts purposes. There is, on...

Hello, I am not setting up a tender--and not connecting to a locomotive---so the circuit must be completed using only the tender trucks. The sound unit is installed in an all plastic box car. Anticipating the circuitry, I had, as Russ indicated, put the brass wheels on opposite rails. Rather...

Hello Dennis, I'm sure you are building the layout by now. I developed a rather nice 36X72" design. It had the required oval; a 3 track yard w/depot; a single, shortish engine house lead; a short branch line that ended in a small frt/pass station, on one leg, and another leg ending in a cement...

Hello Folks, Have a problem. I have installed a simple sound unit in this car, using Mantua tender trucks. The screw running up through the bolster provides a connection point for the needed track power. These are the simple connections: a wire to each truck; two wires to speaker; 9 volt...

Bob, The reason there are no bids, is that I start my auctions at what I believe to be a reasonable beginning price, as a lot of them never advance beyond the starting cost. I don't do .99 for a three hundred dollar locomotive. This causes those prospective buyers to delay bidding, fearing...

Hi Bob, I went back to your older thread concerning that Bachmann 4-8-4. I was amazed that the thread is still running. Anyway, I posted a message there for you, concerning my latest loco rescue, don't know how to put pics on this forum so I quoted my auction number, which, of course has...

Hey Bob, This theme still has life. How do you post pics on here? I would show you my current rescue, or you can see it at eBay #300017477787.

Tayder, Contact me off-list. I have one of these with all its parts. It would cost you $5 plus postage.

How about this: cut the main floor seating, under the dome, use this to fill in the dome area. You may need to do a little with the vacant area on the main floor, but it will not be nearly as difficult as fixing the dome.

Matoon, Suethe makes on. It is a number 9 and drops down through the smoke stack. Check your athearn booklets.

Hi Bob & Ray(does that ring a bell?), Thanks for the response. No, drilling for new axles would (I think) be more of a problem, for me, than, drilling for the rod pins at the proper quarter point on the circumfence of the driver. I believe I could sleeve, with tubing, the new rod pin hole...