I usually use .088 Reboxx as well. But one thing I've noticed with Kadee/Proto/Branchline wheels is that they do not perform equally. I usually get better rolling performance with P2K wheels than with

I have posted a photo showing a CB&Q tank car oiling tracks west of Chicago to keep down the dust. The photo has been copied from the Railway Age Gazette of September

Andy Harman wrote: Actually, Andy, they make both one-side and two-side axle insulations. You choose when you buy. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

I have used Reboxx wheel sets successfully in Kadee trucks. Be aware they are insulated on only one side so you will need to make sure both axles are oriented the same direction. I just measured a

Jim Betz wrote: I have put Reboxx 0.088 wheelsets in a couple pairs of Kadees and it works fine so far. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

Hi, As long as we are talking about Kadee trucks ... Has any one found a non-Kadee wheelset that works well in a Kadee truck? - Tired of changing out worn out nylon axles - the point

I've been reading through this thread - resin kits, necessary cars, etc. It makes me wonder about the breakdown of a manufacturer's costs. For a manufacturer of injection molded styrene cars, how

1956 (single prototype), production 1957 thru the unmentionable next zero-year. Total cars built = 8000. Less than I thought, but still a sizeable hunk of the fleet. N&W was still mostly a steam

No doubt, but not all of us are employed in model RR R&D, nor retired and mobile to go travel to Roanoke and pull erection drawings, or chase down survivors in museums and measure them and photograph

Thanks Brian, I will now be forever confused as to weather I need a Proto 2000 Type B, or a Kadee Type B-1 under my models requiring that type truck!! Paul Lyons

Jacl. Richard, and Tony hit the nail on the head...... I just had similar comments in an editoria in the latest issue of N Scale Railroading. A solid data package will go a long way to advance the

Thanks Richard, Paul Lyons

I saw this a few years ago... it is incredible! Folks, if you have not seen this video, you need to see it! John Degnan Scaler164@...

Wartime experiments on the best way to wreck a train: http://www.realmilitaryvideos.com/wwii-allies/oss-training-film-derailment/ Not as easy as you might think. - Al Westerfield

Tony, that's good to know -- because sometimes it's better to know where the OFF switch is located, more than the ON switch. Now we can steer outcomes where we wants 'em -- data packages to the good

The P2K and Kadee trucks are two different prototypes. P2K's model represents the National Type B. This was introduced in the early 1930s and produced until about 1940. It was superceded by

Thanks, Tim. I laughed out loud at that last one. Great way for me to end my day. Gene Green

Much sharper and more precise detail on the side frames, Paul, plus complete brake rigging. The self-equalizing and self-tracking features are very nice, as well. And you're hearing this from

Paul, maybe because the P2K truck is NOT a National B-1, but rather a National B. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA Paul Lyons wrote: OK Richard I will bite! Why is the Kadee truck so much nicer than

Richard Hendrickson wrote: I was about to put a pair of Proto 2000 National B-1s on a Monon AAR 1937 spec. box car, but now that I have them the Kadees are definitely going on this model. OK