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Very nice !! Love the railtruck:D :D Now I guess I'll have to check the scratch building and large scale sections as well:thumb: :thumb: Drew

Wow!! Very nice, as usual Paul . I swear that that On30 donkey could really work! Put a little crank handle on it and actually lift logs. That large scale is really nice! Whats next Paul, G? Drew

I'm still getting every thing I'll need, for the MDC two truck shay kit I'm building. I was wondering if any one has put a decoder into it and if so, what other mods would be required? It looks like the motor will need to be isolated for sure. What about the decoder, what size would fit? what...

Thanks Paul I'll have to check it out. Drew

I was just looking through the bible for the upgrade/regear kits for the MDC two truck shay kits. I found this; 53-1806 - 72-1 regear kit 53-1886 - Bull gear upgrade 53-1866 - partial regear kit So I'm not sure which I should order as I start to build my MDC kit! Also, I found...

Hello all, I bought the new Red Ball, Mann's Creek kits recently, and this is the second one that I finished now. It's a 15 ton side dump hopper. The kit was indended to be narrow gauge, but I made it standard gauge. Needless to say, the car sits a little higher than it should. The...

Fantastic Hello paul, your On30 is looking just fine, ....... mighty fine in deed! Love the picture from 'in the tunnel'. It is something that you would normally only see in a prototype shot. Well done! BTW Paul, what did you use for all the belts in your sawmill? They look pretty...

Welcome raolcodger Hello william, welcome to the gauge! Sorry for the late reply as I was gone all week, had to go way up to Hay River NWT again. But we're back for a while, I hope. So, you put a 'Z' scale decoder in your HO scale heisler and it runs great. Well then, I just might have to...

Thanks for the info gentleman. If all goes well, I'll have pictures on the Gauge before spring!! Drew

McCloud River Hello Jeff, welcome to the gauge. And thanks for all the info!! Drew

All you need now is one of the Bachmann 4-wheel cabooses painted up in McCloud colors...the Dunsmuir hardware store (if you ever get that far south) sells them... Summit, I have emailed those people numerous times (or maybe it was the McCloud General Store!!) and no-one has yet to write...

Oh yes, it is the new Rivarossi Heisler. And yes Ian, it is DCC ready. But I was wondering if any one has actually installed a decoder in it, and if so, what type of decoder, for what reason? Drew

Andrew, your absolutly right!! Drew

I have the Rivarossi McCloud River Railroad two truck Heisler, and in runs great. I have it weathered up nice and it has allready been involved in a photo shoot! But, what decoder has any one put into it and was there any problems with the instalation? Thanks, Drew

I picked up a MDC kit that I am going to put together this winter. I have heard talk of the different upgrades that you can put in the MDC unit. I've also heard that if you don't do the kit right, it won't run! Well, mine is going to run, but I want to install the upgrade gears, wheels etc...

Log buggies Jon, they are in fact HO. Brake beams, brake shoes and link and pin couple. It is the 'coupler' that is mounted "below" the rails that looks to be too low. The square plate that the coupler fits through also seems to be too low. I thought that the couple might fit between the...

I have been stock piling all my logging stuff for the up-coming winter months! Well, up here in Alberta, winter is just around the corner. So... I got started on the new Manns Creek log buggy. But I have a problem with the way the 'link' coupler attaches to the center sile. What I ended...

Re: BL20-2's?!?!?!?

Even though the McCloud River never actually had any, (they used 26 and 40 ft flats), I couldn't resist getting them!! Now bring on the Heisler, MCRRR actually did have a few of them! Drew

Finally I received my Rivarosi skeleton log cars and did a little weathering on them! Now if only my Rivarosi Heisler would arrive. Any one hear any thing on delivery dates for them? Drew