Joel, That's "Turnout person" nowadays. John Hagen From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Joel Holmes Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:54 PM To: STMFC@...

So when I finally finish my HO model of the GB&W 0-6-0 #145 I should refer to it as a "turnout engine?" I've been following all this and I was somewhat surprised that there is such a term used on the

Turnout is a model railroad term used to avoid confusion with certain toggle or push-button power routing devices. Fer instance when Otto tells Lyle to “through switch 8” so he can use block #8 just a

Ahhhh, have you tried going to' http://www.sergentengineering.com/ Should be just what you're looking for. John Hagen

Ben, Based on the approx. 1.8 inch overall width as stated in Plano's description of these items, the opening sizes would scale out to 0.060 X 0.015 inches. The dividing bars are 0.008 and 0.005 inche

Yes you are. To the right of the B&O Logo is "Baltimore & Ohio Wagontop Box Cars. Below that is ">" and the words "Find out more". Click the FOM wprds and you wil get directly to the B&O set. Nice loo

And, I just found out, I can a pdf as an AutoCad in my CorelDRAW X4. John Hagen

Even my old as the hills Illustrator 10 can open pdf files albeit some newer file formats won't open. Then I open them using CorelDRAW and save them as Illustrator 10. Then I can export it to AutoCad.

yes, they use knife type cutters. I sure wouldn't want be around anywhere someone was trying to cut (melt) vinyl with a laser. John Hagen

New from Rapido. http://www.rapidotrains.com/reefer2.html Note that is there not only an undec but also an undec KIT! Someone has been listening. John Hagen

Brian, Great info there. I've always wondered how those trucks actually worked. I knew how they looked from the side and obvisouly they had to function but that was as far as my knowledge went. One of

David, Check these out. May be close enoug. http://www.caboosehobbies.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=197_208_209&products_id=31196 John Hagen

Builders photos for sure, for sure. Remember, those were advertisements and whatever could be done to enhance them was done. We are talking black and white so whatever colors give the desired contrast

Works fine for me too. I use Win 7, Internet Explorer version smething and I use the protection system from Microsoft. John Hagen

You mean it's NOT motorcycle gas???? John Hagen

No. "Probably due to molecular action." I.e., the molecules are in movement within the lubricant. Not a blob of oil moving through the air. John Hagen

Tim, I don't know that there was any changing of the lubricant in journal boxes by season. What about a B&M car that had a load bound from fridgid Maine to, say, hot Arizona? And if there were spikes

Probably not much. If Evergreen was listing each individually both they and their dealers had to have two stocking points for the same product. If, on the other hand, they only listed HO 1 X 4's, many

There must be as so far I haven't noticed any normal people in this group. LOL. John Hagen

No. It scales out to a bit over 66 1/2" long. John Hagen