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It is concession to make it around my 11" radius test loop. After building it and fine tuning the rest of the drivers, I think I may have been able to leave the flange on. The final layout should have a 14" minimum. Here is a video of it running: YouTube - N-scale B&O S1 2-10-2 "Big Six"

B&O I-1 B&O I-5a (need to renumber to 2401, the only I-5a made)

B&O S-1

Precision Craft has yet to release an N scale Steam product. The first will be the PRR M1. The only thing they have shipped in N so far is the E7's. As far as a Pacific with DCC, your options are only one - Model Power. They are very DCC friendly. Decoder wires completely in the tender unless...

The Scenic Ridge track pack is code 80 also. The MSRP listed on Atlas' site is for everything, including block controlers and remote turnouts bought individually. The Scenic Ridge track pack is just track and manual turnouts as far as I know. It is a bulk pack that they package for the starter...

It's acutally much easier than my previous version which was a wiper on the back of the wheel. Here is a quick picture tutorial. Drill a small hole next to the side frame of the truck. Just small enough for the wire you are using. I am using very flexible wire left over from decoder...

I have a new plan to try for pickups. That loco was done for a customer a bout a year ago. Since then I have been doing something that comes as close to a needle point pickup as you can get with out having the PB side plates. I have been doing the following pickup style on some HO cars for a...

The yellow just connects to the black wire. The positive lead on the decoder wasn't long enough to make it all the way back. There is no need to insulate the weight. It sets up far enough off the tender chassis that there is room for the solder tab to slip under with room to spare. The stock...

Fst Below is a picture of the loco that I added tender pickups and DCC too. It is the Santa Fe version with the 8 axle tender. The pickups are not hard to make, just some brass shim stock or perferably phosphorbronze for the wipers. To do the version you selected with the vanderbuilt...

The most recent runs of the standard line 4-8-4 are not as bad as the people on here are making the out to be. It is not perfect but by any means, but not as bad as the posters have made it out to be. The biggest thing it needs is tender pickup for more reliable operation. The standard line...

They are a shop local to me, about 15 minutes away. They are a great source for O scale, LGB and other large scales, decent for HO but pretty light on N scale.

We can't let the steam fall too far down the list so here's something to keep it going: N scale C&O H-8 2-6-6-6 Key Imports This is the only brass loco that I have purchased and unless some unique B&O / C&O shows up in the future, it will probably be the only brass on the roster. I was...

As mentioned above, the best collection of diesel detail items are available from BLMA. Detail Associates has some items. A good source for both steam and diesel part is also Gold Medal Models. GMM has an excellent steam detail set available, they also have generic items like handrail...

The Model Power 4-4-0 came out before the the Mogul. They have been out for a little over a year now. There were some early releases that had problems with too short or broken wires in the drawbar but more recent releases cured the problem. You can tell by a metal clip on the underside of the...

I'm attempting to model Loveland, OH, circa 47-50; the years that the Cincinnatian ran through here. The PRR tracks are now the Loveland bike trail. They ran to Milford from Loveland and on to Cincy. On my layout, I'm going to use a little creative license and use the PRR line as C&O instead...

Thanks for the compliments, there are a few things not quite right that I still want to address at a later time. I has the wrong valve gear on it, Big Six's had Baker valve gear, the Mikado that it started life as came with Walscherts (sp?). I need to find a source for the Baker gear other than...

I did a coupler conversion on the Atlas Mogul for a customer at the shop I work at. It pulled a full set of 5 Athearn shorty Overtons on level track with no problems at all. I didn't test it on a grade but I would say it wouldn't have a problem at all with the same cars on a 2% grade. The...

The Atlas 2-6-0 is a very good running little loco. It is originally made by Tomix and imported by Atlas. It pulls good enough to drag a prototypical load and the paint and detail is clean. Tony

Nobody checking for duplicates but the kids were trying to count cars. Actually, in the whole train, no number was duplicated more than 3-4 times so it was hard to catch duplicates: 24 Atlas 2-bay B&O (3 each of 8 road numbers) 25 Atlas 2-bay C&O (2-3 each of 8 road numbers with a few at 4...

I haven't posted here in a long time but saw this thread and had to contribute. There are some beautiful HO loco's posted so far, now for something a little smaller. This is a scratchbuilt B&O S-1a (Big Six) in N scale. It is based on a Kato Mikado Chassis with and extra driver added. The...