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Sorry to hear that Jim . Take care , enjoy what time there is . Henry H.

To all members, Unless some medical doctors come up with a cure for Levatore Ani Syndrome or I kick the bucket I won't be doing to much with vintage trains. My collection will be shared with my two

Thanks to both Chuck and Dennis. The castings made by Don Stromberg always had a very nice finish on them. He used metal molds that featured very smooth surfaces and the alloy he used picked up the

Another 6 wheel Commonwealth truck option are the ones made by Gilbert/American Flyer for their HO scale NYC Hudson 4-6-4. I happened upon a lot of five pairs of them on Ebay which I picked up for

Thanks Henry, ?I used the Athearn metal Buckeye trucks on my Hobbyline/Simms Berkshire.

Nice work Mr. Ray . I will need to review when I engage my next project . This fix is much better than the old one I did with a HObbyline tender and PSC Buckeyes ! There was , and is a price

One last (I promise) article on Data Train Index: http://www.gatewaynmra.org/articles/datatrain.htm

I just saw the old Data Train Index program for sale on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Data-Train-Index-Computer-Program-3-5-disks-1988-199 4-Model-Railroading-articles-/380486500923

Not to pick nits, because it obviously was not written in DOS as DOS is an operating system not a language, it was written to run under DOS. I have the original program & database around here

I have been working on the tender for the H10. ?I added wipers to a pair of Varney 6 wheel trucks and mounted them on a Hobbyline Berkshire tender. ? I test ran the locomotive and tender on the

I have both the Heavy and Light Cary boilers in zinc alloy. The smokebox fronts are different diameters and a slightly different design. The Light smokebox front is approximately 0.94 inches in

John, I just checked a lead version with cab, no running boards. Smokebox diameter varied from 1.015 to 1.030. The smokebox front was 1.025/1.035 inch. Boiler was very clean, no flash. Either high

I do agree with the fact of not buying $400 "toys" in the fact that the old Mantuas run great on DCC. Just add a printed circuit board cut out and some wipers. It juns almost better than my Bachmann

It was not written in ms-dos. It was a custom database written by someone for his own purposes which eventually became available online. Kalmbach was hosting it, but the database became a liability

I found an index at this url: http://trc.trains.com/magazineindex/ I remember that the NMRA also had an index of all RR mags, and found this: http://www.olimpia.com:8084/magazine-index.html Then I

Kalmbach still has theirs up, though I don't think they update it for other magazines like RMC anymore. http://trc.trains.com/magazineindex I think there are others out there also. Paul Seattle, WA

Does anyone know if the index of mr magazines is still active,I used to be able to find when and which issue articles were published and then track down an issue for reference but today I was unable

Yes I see them on eBay ever-so-often. But some people seem to think they’re made out of gold with the prices they ask. Of course that is true of most anything second hand these days. I just got a

The Cary USRA boilers haven't disappeared - they are just a little harder to find. They show up on eBay with some regularity. Selling prices are frequently in the $20-$30 range, but some auctions have

John, ? Thanks for the tip on article am checking with friends to see if they have this issue. ?? I aquired the tyco 2-8-2 kit for $25 unfortunately/fortunately ?it had a bad boiler as in