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Marc Horovitz Your G-Scale Locomotive: An easy guide to care and maintenanceby John LythgoeAtlantic Editions Ltd.United KingdomWeb site: www.atlanticpublishers.com Available in North America from:Carstens PublicationsPO Box 700Newton NJ 07860100 pgs; soft bound; all photos in color Price: $24.95Web site: www.carstens-publications.com Have you wondered what’s inside your large-scale locomotive? Or why an engine that used to […]
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This weathered, 40′ gondola is a new addition to the author’s Lower Paxton & Northern Railroad. It started life as a flat car. Bob Santos 1. This piggy-back flat car from Aristo-Craft provided the basis for the author’s gondola kitbash. Bob Santos 2. The disassembled car, ready to be converted into a gondola. The parts […]
1. With a track height of 60″ there is ample room below the layout for storage and the all important work benches, located here below the mines at Orla. Mike Garforth 3. The front of the layout at the Orla Mine area. The open-fronted boiler house offers one of several “viewing windows” into the layout. […]
The MC&MRRy. at a glance Name: Miller Creek & Moss Rock Railway Size of railroad: 30′ x 40′, approximately Scale: 1:24 Gauge: 45mm (no. 1) Era: Pre-WWII Theme: Freelance Colorado narrow-gauge branch line Age: 6 years Motive power: NiMH-battery-operated Delton Consolidation Length of mainline: 130′, (approximately) Maximum gradient: 3.5% Type of track: Micro Engineering, code […]
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Download the PDF of this project here. This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our best […]
Common name: Thyme-leaf fuchsia, Encliandra fuchsia Latin name: Fuchsia thymifolia Plant size: 2-4′ high x 2′ wide Plant type: Perennial USDA Hardiness Zones: 8-11 Cultural needs: Rich, moist, drained soil; sun or light shade Planting Fuchsia thymifolia in your garden railway will surely attract hummingbirds, which love the profusion of magenta tubular flowers from spring […]
Marc Horovitz A Century + Ten of D&RGW Narrow Gauge Freight Cars, 1871 to 19812nd edition, revised and enlargedby Robert E. SloanPublished by BHI PublicationsPO Box 247Cottleville OH 63338Spiral bound, hundreds of b&w photos, 360 pagesPrice: $49.99Web site: www.bhipubs.com In 2000, Bob Sloan published a ground-breaking work on the freight equipment of American’s best known, […]
Kevin Strong 1:20.3 scale, gauge-1 D&RGW Spreader OVAccucraft Trains33268 Central Ave.Union City CA 94587Price: $1,000Web site: www.accucraft.com All-metal model of a D&RGW ballast spreader; working knuckle couplers; appropriate moving parts; two versions available. Dimensions: Length, 17″ over end beams; width, 6″ (wings folded) or 10¼” (wings extended); height, 7¾”. In 1:20.3 scale, this works out […]
Manual left and right gauge-1 switchesPiko, GermanyDistributed in the US by Silvergate Distributors 9755 Birch Canyon PlaceSan Diego CA 92126Price: $59.99 ea.Web site: pwww.silvergatedistributors.com Manual gauge-1 switches; R1 and L1; 30 degrees; plastic ties; brass rails Pros: High-quality materials; solid construction; compatibilityCons: None Piko’s line of G-scale track for outdoor or indoor use is relatively […]
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