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i use to run my Athearn UP DD40 model on 22 inche but it was a tight fit, but what a road switcher lol

if it was a grey unit marked CN, it was one of the alstorm leased rebuilds for the GTW lettered CN. there are also former KCS units patched to CN/GTW former CN units rebuilt in some cases

always have space to give a locomotive or crane a new home on my layout when i rebuild it again. i cannot resist buying more when i am running the trains. just might need that spare from the roundhouse incase the loco in use dies in route

i would get rid of the tyco power pack and get a newer one. the newer power pack will have the right voltage to run it and provide you with better power

maker is IHC and lots of sets out there

nice work, i have to get me some of the older sets

there is a guy in renfrew who or did model the renfrew CN line he is or was a member of ovar, contact me off line I can get his name to you, he had a lot of infor on it it ran up the street from me

i like any model crane and you did a nice job on the repaint, looks great. i think when it comes to the tyco models not all paint jobs were the same, i think they had a painter who did as they pleased not accordding to specs. just painted it. i have 2 models of a tyco and nothing is the same on...

made in yugo track could be various brands, there was a company who made track for all sort of companies for the set markets. for 8 pieces i would say junk it.

i would go with the cork, if you lay the old fashion rail you have more creative control over your track work. more opitions in the track available to pick from. more switches, curve size etc, and the best part there is flex track

i remember the old days before they took up the tracks and CPR 1201 use to run thru the old line from Ottawa to Barry's Bay, always full never a seat to found. so i cannot imagine the line ups now if they were able to runa steam train or even a modern day trip to the area . especially during...

very nice model, huge fan of th arnprior rail way, i lived down the street from it till it was torn up in renfrew.

Ottawa Central took over plant switching in the Smurfit-Stone pulp mill at Portage Du Fort Qubec. Location to give more of a location, former CN line from Ottawa Ontario to Pembroke, Ontario, along the Beachburg Sub. History of the mill locomotives Stone Consolidated Originally Bathurst...

Ottawa Central is now doing the yard switcher there as required and the company owned units are making a final trip to Ottawa for unknown long term storage or ? they are suppose toleave tomorrow after they do switching at the mill. anyone interested?

a simple rule of thumb and one i try and follow when doing grades, 1/4" rise per foot of track, on a 4x8 layout you will have to do a bigger grade, mayve 3/8" to 1/2" per foot of track

drill thru everything , and run the wires under it out of sight

i finally rode the Otrain, very interesting ride. was not what I expected at all. nothig like a street car or toronto subway train ride. saw one OC train waiting for the O train to cross the tracks, also noticed we crossed another set of tracks , are both diamonds active with other trains?

take it from me, if you want to run the more recent models, go for the largest radius you can make. this is a case of bigger is better. i use to run 18s everywhere and found out they do not work well for the new fleet I run with. 22 or bigger

there was set sold a few years a go, it was simple red box on the package i saw, had a couple buttons, i forget who put it out on the market, I am thinking model power or life like, the locomotive was controlled with the remote forwards and reverse maybe. some sort of speed control. it was more...

i would build a stronger leg support, saw horses would work, you seem to have some talent with wood so I am sure you could build some better legs. the ones you have look good, just build them out of heavier material nice work