The 18th annual Show & Sale
presented by the Rock Valley division of The National Model Railroad Association
March 28th 10:00 AM- 5:00 PM
March 29th 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM
$5.00 admission-children under 12 & boy scouts in uniform FREE
Jefferson High School, 4145 Samuelson Rd. Rockford, Illinois 61109

I intend to be there with the modular group (Lake County Society of Modular Engineers) both days. If you get to the show, drop by!

Thought i would share my new 6 pack of Walthers Gold Line 100-Ton 3-bay coal hoppers i got off e-bay for a pretty good price last week, just got them in the mail today The engines in the pics are works of progress, so bare with me






















The coal hoppers came with KADEE #5 couplers and metal wheels. They have crisp lettering and painting too, very nice cars from Walthers

has anyone else been unable to get onto <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.steaminthewoods.com">www.steaminthewoods.com</a><!-- w --> ? i've been trying to get on there to check out some 4-6-0's to build and the site appears to have a broken link! i dont know whats going on,i sure hope it isnt gone forever,that was one of very few sites with that massive amount of free images,and one of the best logging resources on the web.--josh

Google has defeated me again. I should become a Luddite.

Does anyone know a good image reference site for early (circa 1900's) wooden boxcars, reefers, gons, etc.?

I cannot believe the crap Google comes up with.

Hi All,

Thought i would start an engine thread as well .... most are Athearn / Bachmann hoping to move on to more Atlas / kato



Bachmann SD40 -2 my first weathering attempt on a loco ........trucks are a bit too red need sorting.



Athearn SD50 chassis bought from Josh ...... the weathered body i picked up on ebay needs tanks and trucks to match and its done.



Bachmann SD40 -2 ... have two same running number needs patch/ renumber on one.



Bachmann Fairbanks Morse H16 great smooth runner



Mehano/IHC PRR GG1 bit too big for the current layout but i couldnt resist it



Bachmann GP 50



Athearn SD40 another ex Josh loco



Bachmann Dash 8 -40 CNW



Athearn SD40 -2 needs rails painting.



Athearn GP 50 Dummy loco weathered from Josh



Athearn Dash 9 dummy loco another from Josh needs trucks weathering again.

Athearn AC4400 dummy loco from Josh ...... i patched it U.P. # 6413 needs finishing off.



Athearn AC4400 dummy loco from Josh ...... i patched it U.P. # 6413 needs finishing off.

All three Dummy locos i would like to add lighting operated by TCS FL 4 decoders but need some replacement metal wheel sets ..... question about the trucks how do you release the wheels and replace them without damaging the trucks anybody done it ? Also a supplier of the right size of wheel sets for them.

Latest two added to roster .......



Atlas GP-38 Low Nose needs plow and shades fitting.



Kato SD40-2 Mid W/snoot nose silk smooth runner needs decoder and fittings doing.

So as yall know I recently finished up the furnace house portion of Walther's Blast Furnace kit. However, the more I see the building on my layout and the more I plan out the mill, the more I can't help but think it's just too big of a structure for my layout. I mean, you can't even see the top 4 inches of the furnace because it's so tall. The fascia blocks it.

I really just think the these buildings and a still mill are going to just be too oversized for my layout and the space I have for it. This space really needs a smaller industry or two. So I'm going to abandon the Steel Mill project and will go back to the original "dairy" industry or perhaps use the superior paper plant here. These structures will fit and look better in the space available.

If you're interested in taking the blast furnace kit in its current condition and/or the coke oven kit (unopened) off my hands, please drop me a line.

I have a few of the tank components of the furnace also assembled but nothing glued to the main base yet. I'll supply the names of paint used so you can get the same kind so everything matches.

Coke Oven: $50 Shipped in US
Blast Furnace: $100 Shipped in US

International Shipping: Please contact for shipping quote.
Payment by paypal only as well.

If you're interested, lemme know.

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Hi guys,

I tried to install a Digitrax DN163K0a decoder into my P42, but only the rear engine light illuminates when I put power to the track. I reprogrammed the loco's address to the road number, and verified that was done correctly, but I get no engine movement at all, only the rear light illuminating. It doesn't matter what direction the diesel faces either...only the rear light turns on about two seconds after putting power to the rails on my Digitrax Zephyr. I get no error or short circuit codes. I tried to reinstall the decoder three times, make sure I placed my kapton tape where called for in the directions, made sure the brass pickup strips were touching the metal tabs of the wheel trucks, and made sure the engine tabs were insulated from the brass strips by the kapton tape. What have I done wrong here? I checked both the Digitrax Decoder manual and the Zephyr manual but nothing really addresses this problem. I keep checking the engine's address and it keeps showing up as the right numbers. But I can't figure out why only the rear light is on when power hits the rails. I can't control that light...only watch it turn on by itself with track power.

Any ideas??????

Walthers SW1



Athearn SW1500



Athearn SW1500 (Quality) *



Athearn GP9 (Really a GP7)



Athearn GP38-2 8276



Athearn GP38-2 8280



Athearn GP40-2 8279



Athearn GP40-2 8297



Athearn SD40-2



Athearn SD40-2



Proto SD60



Atlas Master Dash 8-40C



Bachmann Spectrum Dash 8-40CW



Bachmann Spectrum Dash 8-40CW (Quality) *




Floating away from the Conrails...

A Blank Atlas shell Turns into a CSX GP38





Next up is a Proto SD45 (Darn thing is powerful!)



A Bachmann Spectrum 70 Tonner



Athearn PBNE SW900



Kato SD90/43 MAC



Bachmann 0-4-0



And last but not least, IHC 2-8-2

but they look pretty good in my opinion when painted and assembled on the models

Here are 2 of my CSX locos that i spend the whole day assembling and painting the handrails on lol

CSX #8706 SD60 known as the "Stealth" Scheme. CSX did a ton of different paint schemes back in the mid to late 80's. This was one of them. They didnt last long tho, and most had been repainted by the early 90's. So in a way, you could call this a "fantasy" paint scheme for the CSX.

Stealth units were all CSX gray from the walkway up and CSX blue from the walkway down. Some had the front and rear painted yellow with CSX Gray from the walkway up and CSX Blue from the walkway down, and some had the front, rear, walkway, and railings painted yellow while everything else was the same. Mine is like the second one described, with the front and rear painted yellow with CSX logos.

My other unit is #8503 SD50 in the "YN3" Paint Scheme, also known as the "Dark Future" Scheme. This scheme hit the tracks on in February of 2002. The Gray has been completely eliminated, CSX's new blue color (slighly darker then the old blue) and CSX's Gold are the new colors for the scheme. Black underframe and CSX Gold stripe's on the walkways, with CSX Gold tipped handrails, and both front and rear handrails are all CSX Gold.

Here are a few shots of both pulling a Woodchip Train
















Now they just need a little weathering to hide the "shinnyness" of the handrails and paint lol

Chessie System B&O Caboose #3358

Chessie System WM Caboose #1872

2 Western Maryland Cabooses - Going to be numbers 1863 & 1874 ( Still Underconstruction )

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