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DoctorWayne, Thanks for the photos. I suppose there are a few Train Miniature cars that are not quite up to correct height. There is some justification: I recall the olden days of wooden box cars and recall that while watching a freight train go by, there were noticeable differences in height...

Doctorwayne, thanks for sharing those very realistic photos. I love the light, but effective weathering jobs. One of these days I hope to gather enough courage to try a little weathering. I suppose I was a bit harsh on Train Miniatures. As I mentioned earlier, I prize my limited collection...

Billboard Reefers I am a proud owner of some unusual Train Minature billboard cars. I loved the paint and workmanship of their cars and its too bad they went out of production early on. Certainly the cars were not as tall as Athearn and Roundhouse cars, so they looked a bit undersized in...

Chad, That sure is a cute loco, too bad about the pick-up problem. From the photo it appears that the two center drivers are blind and might not even contact the rail? Still, I notice a wiper on the center driver (!?!) So, in all likelihood, it probably has contact on four wheels most of the...

Well, the problem seems to be rather vague and so the possible answers appear to be heading in all directions. Taken the given information, there is a strong likelihood that six wheel trucks will track on 18" radius. What we don't know is whether the track is correctly gauged or whether there...

I Love Train Shows - North and South I have always enjoyed train shows and each one of them has brought a special surprise. Once, while I was at a California train show I saw a Concor Superliner coach with KD couplers and metal wheels and a price tag of $16. I told the seller that (at that...

Well, Trucklover, you seem to have done well on eBay. I am a most reluctant buyer, but I've seen some pretty rare old stuff and might take the plunge and buy something. Are you involved in the PayPal setup with eBay? How does it work? Is PayPal automatically notified when you make an offer...

Sounds like a lot of work for a high humidity day! But, it certainly brings the thrill of Christmas opening boxes to see whats in them. Is your inventory list on paper or on a computer database? I spent way too much time creating a database for my inventory! I suppose Excel would have...

When people ask me how many trains I have, I usually reply, "One train set." -Ed

Todd, Welcome to the forum! Since you are new to the hobby there is little chance that you might own some of the older Rivarossi or AHM locos, freight cars or passenger cars, unless you find them at a swap meet or a discount mail order house. If you find some, you will notice that some of this...

I often heard that fatigue of metal castings was fairly common in earlier kits. Yet, I’ve had no such experience with the many old cast metal freight cars that I own. So, I was surprised to find that the cast metal mainframe of a Rivarossi manufactured between 1974 and 1980 had disintegrated...

My father bought me my first electric train shortly after returning from Germany after the war. He was a POW. The train was an American Flyer pulled by a Pennsy K-4 which, along with the tender, was cast metal and the freight cars were of sheet metal. It was an interesting clash of scale in...

Russ, Thats right! Gears have TEETH. Should you floss between the teeth before or after the toothpaste application? Sorry, I just couldn't leave it alone. -Ed

Absolutely the clearest photo I have seen of the T-1. Thank you.

Well, I am still confused, but at least I know why! Can anyone come up with a color photo of a steam loco and a T-1? Its hard to believe that my internet searches have turned up nothing but B&W photos. -Ed

Thanks, Rekline, for the help. That website was pretty thorough in its description of colors. I still have a question about the T-1. Should the color be black or might this one be Brunswick Green like the GG-1s? Would you know of any websites that might have color photos of the T-1...

Jeffrey, That loco look like it belongs in that park! What a great idea. Many years ago I rode my bike to see a similar loco on display in a small park outside the Santa Fe station in San Bernardino, CA. The kind gentleman who was working on the engine invited me to come inside the fenced...

E-Paw, I think you are the Pennsy expert I have been looking for! I live on the west coast and have never seen a Pennsy loco in the flesh. I have to paint an I-1 decapod with the long tender and dog house, a T-1, and the S-2. Given the availability of modeler's paint currently out on the...

Robert, Lionel did provide some cars, locos and train sets in HO guage until the late 1970s. I happen to have one loco, a GS-4 Daylight engine, originally produced by Lionel but later produced in even larger quantities by Bachmann. Some cars were actually made by Athearn for Lionel. Here is a...

That RailBox looks soooo real! Great work. -Ed