Re: Switched out the Reading team to Lehigh Valley tonight
I certainly do just that!? A few years after the BC&G closed in 1965 and steam ended, the line was reopened by another company and they brought in a 65-ton Whitcomb.? I built the model years ago and
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Brooks Stover
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Re: Nimco wheels
Here is a recent 4-minute YouTube video that features an AF Atlantic with Nimco wheels, two Exacta cars, and a view of related pages from the 1949 Nimco catalog:
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Bill Roberts
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Re: Today¡¯s S Scale project
Well, in my opinion, you never can have too much air.? Air compressors don't run constantly, only after the reservoirs drop below a set pressure. (I forgot what it is.) I would suggest two single
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Rich Gajnak
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Re: Today¡¯s S Scale project
The first picture shows the locomotive being operated on the layout through all of its paces and grades. From my past experiences working with the bronze boiler weight I was concerned that the smaller
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Mike Swederska
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Re: Wheels 'R Us !!
It would be good to know the diameter of each type. Jace Kahn ________________________________ Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 2:05 AM To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Subject: [S-Scale] Wheels 'R Us
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: Switched out the Reading team to Lehigh Valley tonight
Great picture!
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Bill Hawk
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Wheels 'R Us !!
Folks........ Here are some wheels.? The pix speak for themselves.? I think they might be upgrade wheels for the American Models ALCO PA/PB diesel engines.? But I could be wrong.? Check to be
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Ed Loizeaux
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#174793
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BLAST from the PAST
Gentlemen....... Those of us with gray hair (or no hair) will remember the all-wood Strombecker kits from long ago.? Here is another collection of pieces and parts to make a freight car of your
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Ed Loizeaux
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Re: Nimco wheels
Thanks for looking. Yes they are surprising large. But the size does filling the extra space on an AF axle spacing. Austin [email protected]> wrote:
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Austin Birkey <aftrainfun@...>
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#174791
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Re: Nimco wheels
Thanks for the idea. Another would be to cast a resin wheel. Not sure I want to commit that much time to a single wheel when I have so very many projects... Austin [email protected]> wrote:
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Austin Birkey <aftrainfun@...>
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#174790
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FREE -- pay postage only.
First come, first serve. Photos tell the story. Email preferred.? Phone works.? ? Loizeaux? aht? SBC?//?Global? daht net? ? ? 1-650-962-1577 Easy Peasy to make me smile with this one.?
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Ed Loizeaux
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Craftsman Special (for sale)
Gents...... Here is a home-brew kit of sorts.? I gathered all the pieces and parts intending to build a complete finished model.? But........other things had a higher priority and so it languished
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Ed Loizeaux
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SHS truck body + Aurora body also (for sale)
Folks.......The pictures tell the story.? Never out of the box or bag.? New, mint, untouched by my hands.? Make me smile and they are yours.? Thanks......Ed L. Email preferred.? Phone works.?
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Ed Loizeaux
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Re: Finest Trucks Ever Made -- RRM (brass imported passenger by Boo Rim)
Hello Ed.? ?I hope you are well.? ? ?Will $100.00 for the 41-N-11 trucks bring a smile? Andrew Parker
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Andrew Parker
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Switched out the Reading team to Lehigh Valley tonight
Every so often I switch out my operating teams. Anybody else change things up on their layouts from time to time? Hugh
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Hugh Sinn
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Re: What did I just get into!
Hey GREAT STORY!! Fun reading Looking forward to the next chapter of the story. Maybe pictures? S scale man. Roger
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Roger Haag
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Re: Glory Days of S
I imagine you are thinking of the clown in Copperas Cove TX who made sky-high promises and delivered almost nothing. His idea was to use high school vocational students to assemble the custom orders.
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: Nimco wheels
Hey May just have to plug it with a temporary brass wheel until a spoked wheel is found or fabricated most likely I would be inclined to get a brass plug cut to diameter and then hand drilling out the
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Roger Haag
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Re: Nimco wheels
Austin, I just went through all my driver inventory looking for that 1.25¡± diameter and came up short. That is a very large driver. Sorry I couldn¡¯t help. -- Mike Swederska Meramec Valley Lines
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Mike Swederska
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Re: What did I just get into!
I suspect your passenger car came from the same source as the other spliced AF coaches I got from you. Two of those had Nimco white-metal six wheel trucks (one high-rail sintered iron wheels, the
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JGG KahnSr
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