Morning and Merry Christmas from the UK, hope Santa brought all your requirements?
Can anyone tell me the profile of `Kato Unitrack' is it Code 80 -55 or Kato's own.
Thanks in advance.

Mery Christmas to all

Well, i built a box car. It wasn't quite shake the box, but more like full sized!

Down at the Pemberton Historic Trust railroad museum, they just bought a new, very clean former Rock Island PS-1 50' boxcar. All the pieces arrived this past Monday, and we did prep work then. My girlfriend and I went down and gave them a hand, clearing snow and moving over an old PRR N5C to make room for the new box car. we initially tried pushing it with a tractor, but there was to much snow. Once we dug the snow and ice out, it was easy enough to push the caboose over.

I took this picture of her single handedly pushing the caboose after i got it rolling with a car mover (not sure what the name of the tool is, but is like a lever that you push the wheels with).



We both learned to use the break wheel, and how to pry open really old brakes!




The trucks arrived later that day, followed by the boxcar itself around 6 PM.





the next morning, on the 22nd, we put it all together. fork lifts helped us put the trucks on the rails, and then we rolled them to the correct distances.



After this stage, the ground got muddy and we had to wait for the rigging crew to bring in steel plates to run on. While this was going on, a few interesting things flew by.

A Bald Eagle apparently was curious about the commotion and soared overhead for quite a while.



A flight of A10s also streaked across the sky. This one made a tight bank right just after the photo was taken.



after the steel plates were placed, the boxcar was set up on blocks and the large forklift lifted the load up onto the trucks.



this guy was a little brave going under the car...



In the end though, we got it all together! We put the couplers on a little while later.

Items for sale

Vehicle Box (HO)

- (2) IMEX Air Cargo Trucks
- (6) Malibu Volvo FH16s 4 Red and 2 Blue, 2 are pictured and the other 4 are still in the box
- Walthers Truckbed Flatcar Load (the center rack was snapped off, but i glued it)
- Maisto School Bus



Trains (HO)

- Bachmann 2-6-0 Mogul PRR, used once to make sure it runs



Rolling Stock (HO)

- (3) Mantua 41’ Gondolas. 2 PRR, 1 Railgon



Rolling Stock (O)

- Sunoco Tanker Car




I'm not set on any prices yet, I can also works some package deals too. If you want all of it I'll make you a great deal

Here is a little video of the new El Capitan.

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Mike

I am just now assembling a Walthers Wall side dust collector. This kit has been around for a long time so this might be an old question. Unless I am doing something wrong, the 2 halves of it both have male locating pins I just cut them off but thought I would see if anyone else has had this problem.

Evening, y'all. Noticed on the "Log In" screen (usually stay logged in, so this is first I noticed) the Name & Password blocks show white characters on bright, iridescent green - very tough to distinguish (yeah - "Old-Eye Syndrome" !) Can I change that to black letters for my use - infrequent though it may be ? Bob C.
BTW: Firefox on Vista/analog LCD. Thanks ! BC

Our neighbours showed me a product yesterday which I thought might work well for my HO model trains and layout. I forget the product’s exact name, but I think it’s a product similar to this:

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It’s supposed to be great for blowing dust off keyboards, computers, window blinds, etc. Apparently, it’s a small “spray can” of compressed air/gas.

I was wondering if I could use it to clean my HO loco’s, rolling stock and even blowing dust of the layout. My only concern is that these products might be too powerful and I might also end up blowing fine detail and parts (railings, pipes, etc.) off my locos!

Just curious if anyone has used products similar to this and if they’re recommended for HO locos & layouts.

Thanks in advance,
Rob

Ok so much help from the web, searched for the following info build dates for the 70 and 90 ton coal hoppers? thanks a million

I all, been busy but still around. Is there a web site that has the technical info for railroad cars. what wheel size's are for a given car or other info on cars. Thanks Roger