Ask Trains.com October 2023 compilation | Host Cody Grivno answers viewer questions regarding signs at railroad grade crossings and what they mean to the train operating crew; a long-forgotten Model Railroader article that offered a novel, “green” solution to modeling rocky cliffs; a plea for ideas in modeling industries and equipment supporting a layout based on paper production, and so much more!
Are you looking to learn more about your model railroad, or do you have questions about full-size trains? We’d love to hear from you! Send us an email at: AskTrains@trains.com, or leave a question in the comment section below. We’d love to hear from you!
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Ask Trains.com is a regular video feature of Trains.com for magazine subscribers and Trains.com members, where editors answer the questions readers and viewers are asking.
Special guests can include editors and contributors from Model Railroader, Trains, Classic Toy Trains, Garden Railways and Trains.com.
Questions can be about any railroad or model railroading topic, including on the fan configuration on an SD45. These can include questions about railroad operating practices, railroad lantern manufacturer details, model locomotive details, and toy train transformers, among others.
Trains.com and Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno works through many of these questions, which are posted twice a week, each week, all year! See all our answers to questions online!
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Hi Everyone,
I couldn’t locate a better place to ask this question, so hopefully, this one will get to someone who can answer it. I’m a Trains.com subscriber and often share comments and questions on the site. Without regular posts about Olympia, Hills, Spaces to Places, etc. what is the best way to see what the latest posts on Trains.com are?
Thanks,
Marc
Cody, thanks for the guidance on the Aurora boxcar. I have purchased one, replaced the couplers with Kadee #153, a short, semi-scale whisker, and also replaced the trucks with my standard Genesis 100 ton roller bearing trucks with 0,088″ wheels. Final step was graffiti from Blair Line, a must for today’s boxcars. Looks perfect.
Great advice.
Roger
How did mixed freight/passenger trains work, historically? I know this type of service lasted at least into the mid 1930s in some areas, and am curious how different prototype railroads did it. Are there any common ways model railroaders incorporate this type of passenger service into their operating sessions?
How about an updated article on Pike Sized Passenger Trains?