2023年12月20日 · Up until the much lamented redesign and simplification of Lionel's trucks, they came with the standard diecast, sprung, 70-ton, Bettendorf trucks. I don't know which trucks …

2023年11月5日 · Finally, my unique car pick-up. A damaged tank car on flat car. This an Iron Rail Models tank on an SHS flat from the early 2010’s. Iron Rail was manufacturing modern tank …

2023年3月3日 · Nice looking cars, Bill. Those 15-inch cars have always been favorites of mine, especially the postwar Silver Range / Bluff / Cloud / Dawn cars. Here's a bit of useless trivia: …

2023年1月12日 · Like Lehigh74 says, try and use the biggest curves possible. And, use easements if you can. For instance, on each 180 degree end of the outer loop of my MTH …

2023年4月2日 · Did some checking and found an Athearn car (2659) with metal axles (plastic wheels) rolls very well compared to the plastic axle cars. Drastic difference. Did kill* the "polar …

2023年10月19日 · I suspect the latter, operator error, sorry. Ten cars on a small oval can do that. A light car on a curve with heavier cars behind it, will just get pulled off the track . Speed could …

2023年9月13日 · Got a kick out of your video. It was funny watching those dinkey cars knock that F3 locomotive off the tracks. In real life, that would be like a 3,000 to 4,000 lb. car hitting a 117 …

2023年9月13日 · The topmost green and blue cars are original Gilbert KC cars, the gap is 14/16", or 7/8". The next brown and orange cars are original Gilbert link coupler cars, the gap is …

2023年3月31日 · BTW, in my experience, it gets worse with backing more than two of those cars. I don't do it on curves under 30" if I can help it. I don't know about the most modern issue of …

2024年3月20日 · Years ago Atlas marketed some C&NW passenger cars that came bulb-lighted. You can remove the tops of the cars, unscrew the bulb modules and wire in LED strips, …