Recent content by bobwrgt

There is no easy coupler kit that I know of. You will have to fabricate a coupler box for a Kadee. It can be done without much of a problem. Since I have plenty of Hornby, Roco, Fleischmann, Rivarossi, and Jouef engines I just took one of my freight cars and have a Kadee on one end and a...

I have about 40 Hornby engines. They run just fine on HO track. They are OO scale just slightly larger than HO. I love all steam. They made a lot of tender drive engines that work very good. The newer engine have the drive in the boiler much like the Bachmann steam. The now own Rivarossi. You...

I have several blueline engines that run fine on DC as well as the QSI engines. I also have 2 Paragon 2 engines that would not run very well on DC. They might be fine on DCC. I had to send both back to Broadway , one several time to get them to run smooth on DC. The sound and motion would surge...

Kato HO and N #1 Atlas HO and N #2 Athearn HO #3 Life Like PROTO (stay away from cheap sets) Bachmann Spectrum very good HO and N, Go for newer models and stay away from cheap sets. There Steam engines are some of the Best.

If you are talking about the Bachmann 4-8-4 steam engine in HO and the drivers are coming out. They have a problem with the Drive Axels breaking. Bachmann has no more parts. You can try to make your own axels or you need to get new engines. The white plastic axels break. There is a co. MWLS or...

I have one of the newer models with the drive in the boiler. They don"t pull as well as the newer Bachmann steam. It's a 4-6-2. I added Bullfrog Snot to one of the drivers and additional power pick up to tender and now is much better. You can also coat one of the drive wheels with a thin layer...

I have about 20 of the Mantua/Tyco steaners and the problems you will have are elictrical contact issues. All the electriclal contact area's have to be spotless . What i have done is, on the 6 wheel tenders is replace the center axel (that has 2 plastic wheels) with one that has another brass...

Model railroading is cheap compared to many other things. Look at the cost of a Car, Boat, aeroplane, and RV. They all depreciate with high operating expence. Over the last 50 years of my model railroading everytime I switched scale I managed a profit on selling. Look at the current price...

I just use a dry kleenex or a q-tip for the hard to reach area. Most will evaporate soon.

Link for the MRC777 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APS3iF3Pfxw

http://www.zweisimmen.com/MRC1025ReviewZweisimmenDotCom.PDF Use this link.

The Kato unit sounds and looks nice but i have had the Mrc 1025 sound unit for years and it was only $39.95 when i got it. Have to see what the Kato unit will be. Probably much higher.

Get an engine with sound and disconnect the leads to the motor. Set it on a siding and let the sound go.

Go to the MRC web site. They make several stand alone systems.

Dcc will allow you to control each engine seperately on the same track. With Dcc you can run one train following the other at different speeds. Most new DC engines can have Dcc added later. All DC/DCC equipped engines are duel mode. They can be run on DC or DCC without any modifications. For...