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Bob, IIRC, I have. It didn't work too well. The foam is really too soft. With flex track, I strongly prefer WS foam. For hand laying, cork. My current layout is a mix of straight on pink foam and cork on pink foam. I definitely feel that cork on foam is the better of the two (all is hand...

I have a string of those same cars, GN. I recall leafing through, I believe it was, A Century of Pullman Cars: The Palace Cars, and was horrified to see that the only cars wooden cars Pullman ever built that length were the Exposition cars...I dropped them in there boxes. In the past couple...

I find it interesting that most people seem to focus so much on their own era. I'm surprised that no one is fascinated by the few civil war era layouts out there. I guess, though, I have about as much interest in the popular 1970s as I have in cardboard boxes. Still, there are some mighty...

I'd highly recommend getting a plain white mask to wear when painting, prior to getting a fully functional paint booth. I'd also recommend looking around on the web regarding air brushes...there is good stuff out there.

Here's a double whammy... a Nickel Plate 2-8-4 (a flag that fell 40+ years ago...into the N&W fold) and a BN diesel...which was being used to simulate heavy trains (dynamic braking) It is fairly recent (2 years ago)...

I find that certain eras catch my attention more than others...several eras such as 1860s or 1900s really stand out on the rare occasion when I see one. It is worth noting that neither is an era that I'm interested in modeling...but I prefer to see it. How about everyone else?

Good. I hate those cast iron ones that were used from time to time during WW2.

I've looked up or measured a few dimensions. First is the real world measurement, then the OO and HO scale equivalents for these dimensions. The width is going to be bit inherintly hairy due to not being finescale models. The height and length are better indicators. I'll pull a few...

I just put an unopened composite coach up to a scale...it is spot on for a 57' composite coach...in length and height...in OO scale. I haven't been able to find anywhere on the internet a reference to the actual scale of these (I don't regard a store calling them HO as being a reference). The...

It is always fun to admire your track work. It's nicer than mine.

I've assembled the frame (or at least ver 1.1) of my 2-8-0 project. Now I need to get it powered. I've decided on a coreless motor...haven't decided if it will be a Maxon or a Faulhaber...whatever I get a good deal on. (I am very well versed on the pros and cons of coreless motors and have NO...

I think the roadbed track is a huge step forward for trainsets. In the past, HO was not really compatible with carpeted floors and was prone to falling apart once it had been taken apart and reassembled a few times. EZ-track, PowerLoc Track, Unit Track, etc really alleviate these two problems...

Gee, I might have to "borrow" a number of those CFLs at the end of the tunnel, remove the mercury, and make myself a real thermometer...those must be really compact to fit into the headlight of my 1/4" scale mogul.

Crestline-Chicago, right? Cool to hear about its stall on the engine house. In spring '07, the NKP 765 had a test run on the old Pennsy main out of Ft. Wayne. They only came east as far as Van Wert, but my dad and I headed east of VW to an old gravel pit loading facility which from a...

Matt, How about performing a min radius test? loosely spike down some flex track at varying radii, and then test to see which radius is the optimal compromise of reliability and strength. I discovered midway through building my railroad that my 27" curves were the absolute min radius for my...

But that light is my favorite On3 steam locomotive!

I didn't see it mentioned in the Q2 and Q1 discussion, but the Q1 had a set of drivers reversed. The Q1 was to the Q2 what the S1 was to the T1...the unique forerunner. It is well worth noting that the Pennsy was AWOL from the early years of the superpower era, not entering the superpower era...

Wonderful! Thank you! I think I've found drivers for a Hawaiian 0-6-0! I love the driver offerings from the B-man. I think that is a prettier engine than the inside frame version. Cool to see some of the interesting prototypes they come up with. Refreshing to see some much freedom from a...

I think it was a slightly deceptive marketing ploy by MDC. I'm sure that the guy read the "Galloping Goose" in the title, briefly looked at what appeared to be a Pierce-arrow Goose form the picture and jumped at it. I would give him a little bit of credit in that the description, especially...

Is the driver diameter 40"?