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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#174783
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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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#174781
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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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#174780
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What did I just get into!
In the sale of used S train items (BBB), sometimes I find something I really-really need, but generally I can pass on most.? However, sometimes it's just 'a little something' that catches my eye, my
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Bob Werre
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#174779
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Re: Glory Days of S
The big let downs were a couple of companies that tried and always failed to make new entire train sets, making lots of noise but mostly just hot air at best!? Then we had several, one a Texas co
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Bob Werre
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#174778
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Glory Days of S
Not to be picky, but I have many fond memories of the Glory Days when various clubs all over the USA would take it upon themselves to produce kits for the rest of us.? The kits were adequate and
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Ed Loizeaux
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#174777
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Re: Sandhouse (was Riverton Stockyard
Just to give a flavor for how much effort was required to produce these "homemade" kits, the PVSGA sandhouse required two particularly difficult to construct parts: ?The sand spout, that was produced
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Dan Vandermause
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#174776
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Re: Nimco wheels
The diameter is the wheel tread is 1.25 inches. [email protected]> wrote:
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Austin Birkey <aftrainfun@...>
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Re: Layout Progress
Because I¡¯m using Woodland Scenics O gauge roadbed, the spline width is about 2 3/4¡± thick. ?The spline itself is a combination of 6mm plywood strips and 7/16¡± homasote strips. ?I made things
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Ben
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Re: Layout Progress
Ben - What thickness are you using for the spline and how many layers are you going to "build up"? Bill
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Bill Hawk
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#174773
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Re: Nimco wheels
I'll get a caliper in it but Nimco only made two sizes...one for large for road engines and one small for switchers. [email protected]> wrote:
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Austin Birkey <aftrainfun@...>
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#174772
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Re: Nimco wheels
What diameter?
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Robert Carter
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#174771
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Finest Trucks Ever Made -- RRM (brass imported passenger by Boo Rim)
Gents........ Here are some ultra-fine passenger trucks from the not-too-far distant past.? Dan Navarre really pulled out all the stops for these.? Two types called: Plank Style (aka 41-N-11)?
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Ed Loizeaux
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Re: Roy Meissner
He sees this list, he should reply. Jeff Madden [email protected]> wrote:
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Jeffrey Madden
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Re: Layout Progress
The last glue and clamp of the night. Ben Trousdale
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Ben
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Roy Meissner
Would anyone happen to have a phone number for Roy Meissner? Thanks........Ed Loizeaux
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Ed Loizeaux
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Stockyards
I've found a very helpful history of the Chicago Union stockyards, published by the University of Chicago Press: Slaughterhouse, by Dominic A. Pacyga. I found my copy online very reasonably. I should
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JGG KahnSr
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Nimco wheels
I'm looking a single Nimco wheel....anyone happen to have a spare in good condition?
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Austin Birkey <aftrainfun@...>
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Re: Sandhouse (was Riverton Stockyard
Okay now we've found the sources of S sandhouses.? We've also seen one version--but the other unit probably wasn't a strong seller!? Somebody must have built one or has a photo tucked away! This is
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Bob Werre
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