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    The real SF GP-50 8759, anyone have a picture?

    I recently bought a Bachmann GP-50 with roadnumber 8759 from Santa Fe and I've searched the Internet after a picture of the real thing but without any success. Is there anyone on this forum that have a picture of this locomotive I could "borrow" to my website? Here's a picture of my n-scale loco:
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    ATSF font

    Which font is used for the logo of ATSF? I would like to do "South Eastern Railroad" with this font.
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    Base for buildings?

    How do you make your foundations for buildings on modules that you visit meetings with? Any tip of the day would be highly appreciated :)
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    The Challenger challenge

    My good friend Göran from Gothenburg and I did some test about the stability of my scratchbuilt trestle bridge sign1
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    Fremo US inspiration needed :)

    Hi all! I'm building a modular N-scale layout with a US-theme and I'm fascinated over the concept. To tell the truth I'm so excited that I use more time in the armchair planning and dreaming then at the workbench. I'm looking for some inspiration so pictures or/and links would be very...
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    How to build a trestle bridge?

    I plan to build a trestle bridge over a small canyon on one of the modules on SER and I could need a good drawing and some building instructions on how to do it. Could someone give me advice about where to find a drawing, materials to use, instructions on how to build and so on. I know there are...
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    DCC in a Lifelike GP-20, how?

    I´m new to the world of DCC and my experience is only from HO-scale. Now I wish to start making my N-scale locos digital and will start with two Lifelike GP-20´s. So I wonder if someone can give me some advice of how to do it? And a picture speaks louder than words, as we all know :D
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    South Eastern Railroad in Sweden

    I put updates as new reply at the bottom of this page: 070402 Trestle Bridge 070412 The Rockies In a previous thread I asked for help with a name for my new layout and got some suggestions and the name will be "South Eastern Railroad" because I live in the south eastern part of Sweden. Anyhow...
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    I need a name for my layout

    Hi all! I´m starting all over with my N-scale layout and am sitting in my chair and planning for it´s coming up. I got a modular basic trackplan here and need a name for the layout. Because I´m from Sweden I don´t know much about names of railroads so I thougt someone could give some...
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    Is this a SW1500 or a SW7

    Could someone identify this loco for me? I believe it´s a SW1500 but, as allways, I´m not sure. Thanks for your help!
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    We have a visitor at GBJ

    Just before christmas we found out that we have a visitor on our layout. Probably it´s from another star system many lightyears from planet earth and listen to the name "Spiderman"
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    What should the weight be?

    I´m new at N-scale and recently bought a handfull of US boxcars but they seem to have too little weight. A strange fenomenen which myself don´t have no trouble with. How much weight should for instance a 50 feet boxcar have? Please answer in gram because I don´t understand US-weights...either :D...
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    Nyc U25b-2529

    I´ve been searching information about the U25B-2529 that once was owned by NYC railroad. Can anybody update me about the history of the loco? Please :) Perhaps someone even have a picture?
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    Old boys railroad in Sweden

    Hi there everybody! We are two old fellows in southern Sweden that builds a model railroad layout in a cellar. The theme for the railroad are: Have fun :thumb: We gladly mix swedish rolling stock with US and don´t bother about it. We simply have fun. You can see our layout at our website...