Model Train Journal

How many cars can a 14-ounce locomotive pull?
gif by Wayne Benda, on Flickr
The Southern Streak has no magnetraction, but it does have one tire.

........Future Floor Wax......... Seem that I recall it was rebranded as Pledge Floor product. I'd bet that there are several alternatives out there... Yes, SC Johnson’s “Future” floor polish was officially renamed Pledge Floor Gloss on May 1, 2018. This change came with new packaging and branding,...

Yes, yes, it is, yup.

Thank you, HONDO74.

When we got home from Louisville yesterday afternoon, Blue the dog was guarding a box. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55490749625_08c29e7726_c.jpg Usually Blue has chewed boxes open by the time we get home, but this time he just sat next to it. So I opened it to show him there was no food in it...

I threw it on the track to see if it would run...it did, forward/reverse and smoked like crazy (from the smoke unit, lol). Wow! Did smoke come out the sides of the locomotive? If so, you may have a rare one. https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-greenberg-marx-saga-continues-the-case-of-the-side-smoking-mar...

Yeah, that'll work!

Here's the builder's photos of the seaplane tender's construction[/url] I was impressed with the photo you posted, Healey. I often wonder how these things (impressive models of anything) are made. Thank you for the link to the build. Jeff Groves started with Evergreen sheet. Now I am doubly impress...

...massive thing, isn't it... Yeah 8) EMD SD90MAC Total length (over pulling faces): 80 ft 2 in (20" 1:48 scale) Maximum weight is 435,000 lbs (3.93 lbs in 1:48 scale) and the locomotive can negotiate curves with a minimum radius of 209 feet for a single unit. (52.25" in 1:48 scale) Sourc...

Can a Williams Big 1/4" Scale Twin-motor SD90MAC negotiate O-27 curves and turnouts? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55456322558_45e0d01502_o.gif SD90MAC by Wayne Benda , on Flickr When the SD90MAC hit the buffer stop at the end of the siding, the track pulled out of the turnout!

For me, the fun of model trains is diverse. One of the diversions is playing detective. So...COLLECTING INFORMATION FOR THIS CASE... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55452891972_83501891a8_z.jpg Lionel vs Conrail by Wayne Benda , on Flickr The Lionel specifications indicate the Conrail N5C (9186)...

So the OCD kicked in You have it too? GP9: 15' 1⁄2", N5C: 13' 5 9/16" https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55450577878_68a126a09c_c.jpg GP9 w N5C by Barry Trogu Photo credit: Barry Trogu https://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/photos/cr-caboose-n-5c-23084-with-bo-gp-9-6525-east-side-yard-phila-p...

Looks more like F-series vs E8/9 series. I think GM was always involved. Not sure. Nice photos, though. Edit: in 1930 GM made EMD a subsidiary. Lately it was split off - The GM series are often confused with the E series because the GM series were built with A1A-A1A and Co-Co railroad power trucks....

I found this video fascinating.
Jimmy Lambert demonstrates a Double Saw-By using model trains.

What on Earth is a Double Saw By?
https://youtu.be/2-SClj06nOs?si=VwqlFrooRqrCrqPd

G3750 wrote:There is a Micro-Mark saw that is more expensive. However, it has a hinged arm, which should make it easier to use.

We'll see.

George

Indeed!