Recent content by Mister Bill

Wow, I never thought of that.

Just curious. I have re-purchased. I had this Santa Fe observation car in storage a few years in a commercial cardboard storage box along with the rest of the set. I glanced through the box and noticed this paint failure. The factory paint just disintergrated down to the base, and it smeared...

Ken, no, I had space limitations and there is maybe one inch of straight until the unit enters the other half of the S. Ironically, I have double track, and the engine stalls on the 28" radius portion but passes through the same 24" radius S curve. Same Atlas flex track, unballasted. Also...

Great idea!

I have a Broadway Limited 4-6-2 that stalls in the same place every time on my layout when every other engine runs through the area just fine. My layout is a double dogbone with two identical S curves of code 100 flelxtrack. There are no joints where the engine fails. It just loses power and...

I acquired a Rivarossi 2-8-8-2 that had been upgraded with a can motor. The motor is mounted a little cockeyed, and a flexible drive shaft is needed. There is not enough room for those Delrin connections. The rubber hose that was in place has worn out. I have tried week eater fuel lines with a...

I love these vintage items. https://youtu.be/RfZCWDug-P4

I sold a $200 transformer or E-bay. They buyer broke it, removed the rivets and cracked it open, ruined it, told E-bay that it was "not as advertised". I received the ruined transformer and had to pay shipping both ways.

Problem solved

Sirfoldalot, We talked on the phone. Thanks for the connection. Bill

Go for it! Bill

Sirfoldalot, Is the car in the pic yours? Would you part with it? You know, the bottom has fallen out of the SAAP market, and I feel it is my duty to bail you out. Bill

PM sent. Bill Emshoff 1318 Lytle Kerrville, Tx Kerrville was the end of the line.

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I made a similar post a year ago when I was packing up an engine that I was getting ready to sell, and the front truck barely caught on a thread of my night robe sleeve and it landed hard nose-first on the concrete floor. What a waste, but if it has not happened to you, it is only a matter of...