Quoting Denny Anspach <danspach@...>: Good suggestion, Denny! Bill Schneider if you are interested in this please respond privately and let's kick it around a bit. Take care, Don

Or you could try O scale (as in Proto48) where scale wheels and scale operating couplers have been available and in use for decades and almost nothing on a freight car has to be made oversized. For

SGL wisely comments about .088" wheels- Wheels are VERY visible, as I think most would likely have to agree. In the same vein, I will quote the notorious Tony Thompson: "By comparison, they [the

You need to switch to digital capture! <VBG> This couldn't have been Railway Engineering, could it Larry? I remember Steve Hatch ran long trains backwards on complicated trackwork at shows when I

Andy Carlson says: "Code 88 refers to the TOTAL wheel width, including the flange width, measured in thousanths of inch (code 88 = .088"). Yes. However, the NMRA RP-25 wheel contour which

Jack Wyatt wrote I think I just heard a huge sigh from the general direction of Albany NY. Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> -->> NOTE EMAIL CHANGE <<-- Sterling, Massachusetts

Mike, and others; Code 88 refers to the TOTAL wheel width, including the flange width, measured in thousanths of inch (code 88 = .088"). A code 88 wheel has a flange width nominally the same as a RP

<< ... But the cat is out of the bag- especially for this Group of fanatical disciples of Getting It All Right, there is an obvious inconsistency in achieving truly remarkable accuracy in every other

Maybe he did to his switch what the prototype does to theirs. They narrow the gauge from 4 ft 8 1/2 inches to 4 ft 8 inches. There was a HO switch manufacture at the MRIA show(before they hooked up

Andy Carlson writes about bumble bees: "I am reminded of the classic tale of an engineer's evaluation of a bumble bee many years ago-seemed that the available science determined that bumblee

Quoting "Bruce F. Smith" <smithbf@...>: That's only because Mike refuses to acknowledge that his Bog Boy is no larger than Jack Parker's Z-5!! <VBG> Don Valentine

I have noticed that replacing the older wheelsets of brass (cars or engines) can create a much better rolling unit. On old PFM equipment which uses those square axles replacement with a Reboxx

and Andy replied Andy, To Mike, a #8 is a SHORT frog length <VBG> Bruce Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research Center 334-844-5587, 334-844-5850

--- Mike Brock <brockm@...> wrote: The issue...... While it's true that a code 88 I am reminded of the classic tale of an engineer's evaluation of a bumble bee many years ago-seemed that the

Quoting armand premo <armprem@...>: I think Armand really means 90 lb. rail here, though I could be mistaken, as 90 lb. Dudley rail was the standard rail for the Rutland for many

Hi,Anyone for 85 lb rail?

As in P48, and I'd guess in P87, many of the arguments against ProtoNN contain a lot of nonsense designed to justify avoiding the conversion. However it's not "better" or "worse"- everybody makes his

<< " Most of us turn a blind eye to this which is perhaps the most unprototypical looking aspect of model railroads. It is especially evident in the special work with all the grossly too wide

<< " Most of us turn a blind eye to this which is perhaps the most unprototypical looking aspect of model railroads. It is especially evident in the special work with all the grossly too wide

Schuyler G Larrabee says ... Maybe he'd Eh, well, er, Roger Miener (Note, it's "Mie" and "Mei") is about to comment. Ergo, as to the NMRA thing, I can confirm that discussion is in fact happening