My October Dispatch arrived in the 10/10 – 10/12 time frame. I don’t know the
exact day because I was at the Mid-East Region of the NMRA Convention in
Rockville, MD and just arrived home this evening to find it here. Bert Mahr
and I went together, and his issue also arrived in Emmaus while we
Actually I was, but I’m retired now. Actually I get plenty of ideas,
implementing them is the problem.
Dave Heine
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Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 11:53 PM
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
If you wanted to get fancy, you could rig up an automatic system to test a set
of points soldered to the throwbar and let it run for a thousand cycles or
until it breaks. I would think number of operations is the best metric.
I was going to mention about the size of rail and whether the
*[Attachment(s) from David Heine included below]
I finished the turnout I'm describing as a three-way curved stub early this
week. All three tracks curve the same way which makes it very asymmetrical.
The tracks radiating from it will serve a coal mine tipple. I still need to
power and wire
Bill,
You don't need to carry the laptop around. It runs the JMRI program and
acts as a server. He's carrying an old iPod around as the throttle. You
can also use any iPhone/iPad/iPod or any Android phone/tablet as a wireless
throttle. If you already have a suitable device, it can be used
Bert Mahr came over this afternoon and helped me install some tempered
hardboard for backdrops in an area where they were not yet installed. Other
than that, I have been working on a curved three-way stub switch and the
tracks radiating from it this week.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
Not sure what that all means but brasstrains.com is importing a BO 0-4-0
dockside in HO for $1,750.
J. Rustermier
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, David Heine davesn3@... wrote:
For any S scale geared steam locomotive aficionados, PBL has announced
that they will be doing models of 60 ton Class B
For any S scale geared steam locomotive aficionados, PBL has announced that
they will be doing models of 60 ton Class B (2 truck) and 70 ton Class C (3
truck) in both S and Sn3. To date, the only Climax available in S scale was
the no-longer-available etched brass kit for a 20 ton Class B from
Last week I finished up a passing siding on the Sn3 that is also used as a
run-around track for the Sn2, so it involved building an Sn3 turnout and two
Sn2/Sn3 pointless gauge separation turnouts. My plan this week was to cut
the gaps and wire it, and also finish up wiring some other track
Peter,
If all you need is a programmer, and depending on what you can get for your DCC
equipment on the used market, you could replace it with a device such as a
SPROG.
http://www.sprog.us.com/
http://www.sprog-dcc.co.uk/index.shtml
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
From:
I just checked the box of my yet-to-be-built Ragg's .to Riches? kit for the
Durango, CO coaling tower and it uses Grandt Line parts, at least the
pulleys, sheaves, etc. This kit has been out of production for some time,
but I found a page for it.
http://www.raggstoriches.biz/DUTsidepage.html
Bill,
Actually that date isn’t too bad for southeastern Pennsylvania, which is where
the train ride will happen. The “peak foliage time” varies throughout the
state. By then there will be areas in the state with mostly bear trees, but
not in the area the train is traveling. In my area,
From the description, it sounds like they were built using mechanisms from HO
brass locomotives, so the drivers and spacing might be close but may not be
right on. They look nice, but it was a different era when they were built.
I have enough older brass that need my attention.
Dave
boB,
I built a 4-4-0 from the RailMaster kit, but it's been over ten years ago.
I don't remember having any major issues, other than shoehorning a DCC
decoder in the smokebox, which you don't need to do for string power. I did
write about it in the NASG Dispatch and I'd have to read my own
for SHABBONA, funds
permitting, of course. Above all else, at this stage of the game, how much
time and dexterity do I have (need?) to to tackle a new project of this
nature?
boB Nicholson
--- In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, David Heine davesn3
The NMRA has published books of the clinics held at their national
conventions, with some of the later ones on a CD instead. The 2011 NMRA
clinic presentations and handouts are still on the convention website. Note
that not all clinics may be on the publications.
I have some copies of videos
Bill,
Since you asked, and I currently am the caretaker of several of Franks cars
and buildings, this is my philosophy. I will do maintenance and repairs
including touch-up painting, but I wont reletter them. Fixing loose decals
I would consider a repair and I own a Spiral Hill 4-6-0 that
An update of Frank Titman's Spiral Hill layout.
On Thursday Bert Mahr, Jamie Bothwell and myself dismantled the remainder of
Frank's layout and hauled the sections into the garage for disposal. Steve
Spence managed to show up just in time to help clean up the sawdust and
small debris we left
Bill,
This is just my opinion, but I think if you did all the design work yourself
then a 3D printed part should count as scratchbuilt unless you also sell the
part, which then makes it a commercial part. The same if you were using a
CNC machine. If you did all the programming for the CNC
I've used the rail brown marker for painting rails. The problem for me is
I've only seen them in sets of three colors and my rail is laid on stained
wooden ties, so I don't want to paint the ties. I've found that using a
regular bottle of paint and a disposable microbrush of the appropriate size
On a previous layout I sprayed rail and the ties Pactra Dark Earth as my
main color and I thought that worked well for non-mainline track. This time
I'm using Floquil rail brown, but I'm not modeling a real mainline either.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
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Hi Pieter,
Thanks for the additional information. I’ve been postponing the issue for now
until my layout is further along, but I have to backdate most of my standard
gauge rolling stock and brakes are one of the main issues that needs to be
addressed. Of course a kit that works without
I periodically see wheels being shipped on trucks on I-78 near my home.
I've also seen them when traveling on other Interstate highways.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
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Pieter Roos
Sent: Monday, August
I'm not set on an exact year yet, but I really wouldn't need any if I model
before 1924. However, I have some narrow gauge equipment from the late
'20's (EBT M-1, DRGW K-37, etc.) and the RGS Geese didn't start being built
until 1931.
How good is the new X-29 model for the first ones? Would
Bill,
Maybe you should have included a pair of white cotton gloves with the model
like PBL did with some of their brass models in the past. I have a pair
from PBL someplace still in the bag. Now if they were from the AC Gilbert
factory they would be worth something.
Dave Heine
Easton,
Originally I thought I would only have the standard gauge (actually mostly
dual S/Sn3) mainline operational, but I finished laying the Sn3 mainline
last week, and finished wiring it today. Test ran and found the feeders I
forgot to wire, which is easy to do since I don't use normally use rail
In my old layout I had a hinged lift-up to enter it, but I normally left it
down except when I had company. I had no problem ducking under it.
My current layout is different. I have three vertical lift sections on my
layout. Normally I leave two of them down and just duck under them.
For those who don't know, to operate Frank's layout, you had to crawl under
a section of the layout. When I first met Frank, he said if he couldn't get
in there it was time to stop model railroading. BTW, he did widen the
section you had to crawl under later, but what's a few more inches when
The Overland CS 2-6-0 (Sn3) and 2-8-0 (Sn3) that I have are M. S. Models,
as is the DRGW K-36 2-8-2 (Sn3). The Mich-Cal Shay is Ajin.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
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Bob Werre
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 3:32 PM
To:
Michael,
This might sound like a joke, but if your children are older, they can be a
good source for a second hand smart phone that can be an essentially free radio
throttle. My son just bought the latest Samsung Galaxy Android phone and I’m
waiting for him to give me his old Android phone
I think the ones Keith Weisman is selling are the former Tomalco kits. I
remember seeing them at the last national narrow gauge convention I went to
(Hickory, NC, 2011), and thinking they looked like the former Tomalco line.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think I confirmed they were with Keith.
While not built into your manual throw, I would just use a contact of your
throw to operate a relay. 3-pole relays are fairly common and if you need
more contacts, you can just add multiple relays by wiring the contacts in
parallel. An old fashioned approach, but it is simple and it works.
Dave
Operating accessories that are built to scale have been made, although only
a few were commercial models. Here's a beginning list in S scale that I
have seen.
Frank Titman has a coal tipple that can load hoppers on his current layout.
It's been there since I have known him. Entirely
Don,
Off-hand, do you know the width of the Bachmann On30 18 foot cars? They could
be an easy source of 24’ cars.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
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dmunse...@comcast.net
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 10:37 AM
To:
Thanks Don,
The width works out to about 8’-4”, so they should work for an Sn42 car. I see
that they are narrower than Bachmann’s “standard” On30 cars which scale out
close to standard gauge width in S.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
From: dmunse...@comcast.net
I talked to Peter at Backwoods Miniatures some time ago when I was looking for
one of his Sn3 kits. He has discontinued all his S scale stuff. He said the
On30 guys are keeping him too busy.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
From: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com [mailto:S-Scale@yahoogroups.com] On
Bill,
WSLCo. #12 (Shop #3302) was also a 60 ton, 3 truck Shay, so it is in the
same class as KLL #5 (Shop #3336). One noticeable difference that can
affect general appearance is that the water tank was extended higher on the
KLL #5 after it left Lima. Before Shop #3302 became WSLCo. #12, it
trucks with PSC side frames. The
side frames dictate your pt wheelbase. For log wheels get spoked ones from
New Zealand and put 2 face to face.
The hard part: enough time.
:)
On Mar 26, 2013, at 7:50 PM, David Heine wrote:
scratchbuild a Class A Climax
Talmadge C 'TC' Carr
Sn42 and Hn42 somewhere
Bill,
I’m with Bill Winans on this. I don’t really care what my models are worth
unless I have a loss and I have to replace them; and I have insurance for that.
I’ve been known to decrease the value of brass by lettering and modifying it
for my own railroad. Nothing has to be sold; it
Actually battery power is common for garden railroads.
However, with all this talk about battery power, I've been thinking of how I
could fit a pole or stringer (sawn timber rails) road on my S scale layout
somehow, even for a short stretch. Although it might transload logs with a
narrow gauge
Jeff,
Yes, HOn3 is greater than 2' in S and could technically be called Sn26,
while N would be Sn22. Some years ago, there was a discussion on the Sn2
list about what gauge to adopt, with HOn3 gauge being the winner. Remember
most of these people, including myself, were modeling equipment of
I don't think the FRA cares about a battery-powered 2' mining railroad,
that probably isn't even under its jurisdiction. I would extend some ties
(or install extended ties between the factory ones) and build a walkway off
the extension on at least one side.
I question the use of N scale track in
, but the manufacturer used to
list the Model Ts as 1/64. There was a review of the Model T in an edition
of 1/64 Modeler's Guide.
http://www.tin-soldier.com/trucks.html
Pieter E. Roos
--- On Fri, 3/15/13, David Heine dave...@rcn.com wrote:
I would definitely be interested in
trucks built in the late teens/early
I depends on where you live. I don't have to go very far to see them today.
In Amish areas they are still used on the farm and for transport into town.
Of course in the modern era, they need the big triangular reflector on the
back.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
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From:
I went digging briefly through my vehicles, and found some Efsi Model T's.
They are definitely small. Noticeably smaller than a Lledo Days Gone
Model T.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
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Bob Werre
Sent: Monday, March 18,
/Polaris horse drawn wagon (sold as a
collector piece at gas stations)--he did wonders with it.
I have a couple of them on my layout as some would have still been around
following WWII.
Bob Werre
On 3/15/13 1:54 PM, David Heine wrote:
I would definitely be interested in trucks built
I would definitely be interested in trucks built in the late teens/early
twenties, especially since most of the cars and trucks I have are too modern
for my layout. Kits or major parts are OK in my case. I have a bunch or
Hartoy trucks, but they are really too modern for me; the RailMaster chain
Just to complete the list If anybody cares:
Sergent old S 11”
Sergent HO 8”
These are based on my measurements and calculations of samples I have. I’m not
the best micrometer user.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
From: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com [mailto:S-Scale@yahoogroups.com] On
The following link has information on coupler, both prototype and models.
http://home.comcast.net/~brmetcalf/rr/coupler.htm
Table 3 has a comparison that was done before Kadee came out with their
scale HO coupler, so it isn't listed. He basically compares them by
knuckle height vs.
Bill,
For blasting models, do you use a pencil type gun like a Paasche Air Eraser
or something else? I've been thinking of setting up a blasting booth but I
need to do some cleaning up to come up with a good spot. I know some people
have built portable ones they take outside.
Dave Heine
I don't have this speed matching problem either. My railroad is all (well
almost) steam so each locomotive needs its own engineer (loco driver). The
railcars I like didn't have MU connections either, so no need there for any
speed matching.
DCC Dave Heine
Easton, PA
-Original
Actually, the new 60 Ton, Class C Shays from PBL have a ESU Loksound V4.0
Select decoder, supposedly specially produced for PBL by ESU. That's what
the instruction sheet that came with my first one yesterday says. (Per a
phone conversion with Keren, Jimmy and Bill recorded some Shay sounds at
I like ham with Swiss cheese.
If anyone paid attention to the Kato video, it did say they were coreless
motors, which means Kato isn't using cheap motors. Coreless motors are very
efficient. Usually it a remotor job to put them in a model other than some
high end brass.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
Micro Mart states that their suitcase connectors are top-quality 3M
Scotchlok brand. This means that they are the good ones and not a
knock-off IDC (insulation displacement connector).
I've been using the 3M version of these on my current layout and have
several hundred in service with no
By the mid-1980's there were several command control systems in use and even
Model Railroader had published two series on building the CTC-16 and later
the CTC-16e system by that time. The main problem was they were all
proprietary and you had to pick one, plus most of them were limited to 16-18
Although it's O scale trolleys, if you appreciate building from scratch you
might enjoy this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGpQ1PJnYig
Just shows how some of our older model railroaders worked.
Dave Heine
Keith,
It seems I'm working on the unfinished kit competition without even trying.
I have both kits on my unbuilt stash of kits.
Dave Heine
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kbt000
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 2:45 PM
To:
I have ties down for two more. I have an area where I have two wyes which
overlap. One wye is just Sn3. The other wye is unusual in that two legs are
Sn3 and one leg is S, so two of its three turnouts are just gauge separation
turnouts without points. Because of the overlap I have an
I uploaded two pictures to the LW album of some test tracks I built in 2007.
The first picture shows two parallel dual gauge tracks. The S/Sn3 track is
Code 83 with etched tie plates once made by Simon Parent. The Sn3/Sn2 track is
Code 70 without tie plates. All spikes are Proto:87 Stores
My standard gauge mainline loop became operational this afternoon. My
friend Bert Mahr came over for a visit and helped me finish the last of the
wiring. After we found and corrected a few problems, like the two pieces of
rail I forgot to wire, we successfully operated a train around the
Gary,
There are actually two crossings of the Sn2. There is the one at the edge of
the picture where the Sn2 crosses two dual gauge S/Sn3 tracks just after the
last frog of a curved dual gauge turnout. The second was one I just wired
today, and that is just a standard gauge track crossing
In my layout visits, I've seen many bench work solutions. Sometimes there
have been cabinet work holding up the layout that is better than most of the
furniture in our homes. The late Robert Sanders used square steel tubes for
the framework to hold up his Sn3 layout. I posted in the LW folder,
It's said that there are four stages to track in the life of a model
railroader:
1 - Sectional
2 - Flextrack
3 - Handlaid
4 - Flextrack
I'm in stage 3. Laid in place on wooden ties. Although I do use a Fast
Tracks PointForm tool to speed up filing points, I don't use their jigs.
Evidently there were several versions sold by Micro-Mart and they store
differently. I received one of the early ones as a gift. I went on a
layout tour and saw one that stored a lot nicer than mine. I called
Micro-Mart about it, thinking I might be doing something wrong, but they
informed me
There was also an individual's small Sn3 switching layout in the Better
Living Center Building, so a total of four S scale layouts.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
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Steven Allen
Sent: Monday, January
Bill,
It's probably because you wood underneath the track shrunk due to loss of
moisture. Wood changes dimensions more across the grain with moisture
content than with the grain. What it the relative humidity in the basement
now versus the summer? With this cold weather the past week, in my
Coal is sold in various sizes with names such as lump, egg, chestnut, pea,
buckwheat, rice, barley, etc. Mine run coal, which wasn’t processed, had a
large mixture of sizes. Tipples with multiple tracks many times had a
different size for each track, which you can see in some pictures. When
No mention of the wheels/track using hi-rail standards was mentioned.
(Personal note: On some pictures, the rail does look oversize, but it is
partially due to the photograph. No real big deal.) The couplers are all
Kadee, the scenery and structures are excellent and curves are reasonable,
so
I'm a long time Gazette reader since I bought issue 1 at my LHS back in the
1970's and did notice that you were mentioned as coming in the
November/December 2012 issue. Even though short line is in the name,
there really aren't many standard (broad to most readers) gauge railroads
featured while
Checks for cars should be made out to Lehigh Valley S Gaugers or LVSG.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
LVSG Treasurer
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Willam Fraley
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 8:53 PM
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Bert Mahr
Ed,
I have heard similar complaints about the MTH HO engines. But it also seems
that their DCC compatibility is evolving and that newer engines may a have
few more CV's that can be programmed than the earlier ones; which also means
it isn't consistent between engines and you have to use the
There was a question about the availability of the Spiral Hill hoppers at
the train show in Springfield, MA later this month. Bert Mahr and I are
planning on being there Saturday, 1/26. If anyone wants to pick one or more
up at that time and save shipping costs, we can bring some along. Just
You could ship the coffins to Hollywood as movie props. What if you put the
zombies in a stock car with a waybill for Hollywood or would they need a
special ventilated boxcar (zombie car)? Could you have a zombie mine under
a hillside cemetery?
Dave Heine
Demented thinking of new
While the 8' width would jive with a 3' gauge car, the length is long for a
narrow gauge wooden passenger car. Most wooden narrow gauge passenger cars
had a length in the 40's, but some were shorter. There were some passenger
cars that did change gauge in their lives, but we are talking about
I’m not really into diesels, and I don’t know how they’ve work, but Hi-Tech
Details has some HO rubber MU hoses.
http://www.hitechdetails.com/Diesel_MU_Hoses.html
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
Hi Bill,
Sometimes I think the hi-rail guys can have more fun than we do. You're not
going back in time and turning back into a Flyer guy, are you?
Actually sometimes, if I had more space (or didn't take as much for my
scale layout), I think about building a small pure AF layout. I
I suspect the main source for the finer grinding of model paint pigments was
a Floquil booklet Painting Miniatures which stated such. After all, they
wanted to sell their paint instead of using ordinary hardware store paint.
This book was copyrighted in 1961 and I have a copy of the 25th printing
Lee,
Well it could be worse. My EBT prototype locos are still in pieces in the
boxes, although I can run a model of M-1. I need to run a Blackstone HOn3
K-27 to test Sn2 track, because my Forneys don't have DCC installed either.
The K-27 is supposed to be turned into a freelance Sn2 model at
I don't use consists either on my railroad, but that's because diesels are
for the most part too modern for me and steam locomotives had separate
crews. If I run a double header, I use two engineers. I've done it that
way since my pre-DCC, Dynatrol days.
Part of the problem is that there is
Sure, I have several with plugs between the locomotive and tender. It
always seems to take some fiddling to get them connected. I also hardwired
some and encased the wires in shrink tubing and draped them to try to make
them resemble the water hoses between the tender and loco.
I guess if I had
Thorin,
I would program both to short address 43. Then program each decoder to a
separate long (4 digit), such as 143 and 243 or 1043 and 2043. Normally,
program CV29 to use the short address. When you want to program them
separately, change CV29 to use the long address, and you can select
I have the same problem on my layout. I'll have four short lines that could
have the same loco numbers. My plan is just to add a multiple of 1000 to
the number. For example, I would add 2000 to any of my Sn2 locos so Sn2 JJ
#6 would be 2006.
Some system's throttles allow you to display a name
Several of us in the Lehigh Valley area are planning to be open on the
Wednesday before and/or the Sunday after the convention. This includes
myself and I need to keep building and avoid wasting time on the computer.
I'm starting to feel like Lee. I finished a dual gauge (S/Sn3) turnout this
Primarily Sn3. Working on a layout with two freelance Sn3 railroads; a
common carrier and a logging railroad. Also model in Sn2, again freelance
so I can have everything on one layout, including some standard gauge.
Dave Heine
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Lee,
Definitely sounds interesting and something I'd definitely like to see
sometime. Can't see it before the NASG convention next year because I'll
probably be having my layout-in-progress open at the same time.
Dave Heine
From: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
I'm not modeling the EBT specifically, but I do have models of some of their
equipment, mostly lettered for my own Lehigh Western, plus many more to
build. I wish I would have picked up more hopper kits when they were
available. I may not be able to retire my HO conversion stand-ins for some
We do not have any major damage here, but some of my neighbors have not been so
lucky. Wind was the major problem. Many trees and wires down. Cleaned up
neighbor's shingles in my yard. Widespread power outages.
It looks like our power source will be our generator for some time. No
commercial
The RTR cars Sn3 cars from PBL have the cut levers installed. (PBL calls
them RTO, or ready-to-operate; to me RTO is Really Terrible Orchestra and
there is a local edition in my area :-) And yes, you don't need to build
all your cars from kits in Sn3.) Some of the newer Sn3 kits have preformed
You're not narrow minded enough. Ribbed and lettered wheels have been
available for several years in Sn3 from PBL. They're Code 93 as close as I
can tell (without taking a wheel off the axle and miking it).
Dave Heine
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Do you need to be a TCA member to attend?
Dave Heine
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From: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com [mailto:S-Scale@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Roy
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 8:49 AM
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Subject: {S-Scale List} A Scaler at York - II
Yesterday, I traveled
Bud,
Thanks for the link. It looks like some of their other items could be used
by model railroaders. I like the windmill and some of the tools.
Dave Heine
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Bud Rindfleisch
Sent: Saturday,
Of
clipper...@att.net
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 10:55 PM
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} DCC Operated Couplers
the third listng, is a 404 error message, either the link is bad, or they
have gone out of business?
mel perry
On Oct 3, 2012, at 7:44 PM, David
Bill,
I assume your frogs are unpowered or powered by the points, since they
should be the same polarity. To get around relying on the points for power
contact, you could install a SPDT limit switch under the layout that is also
operated by your stall motor. Then wire the contacts to your
My personal choice is for a steam whistle.
Some years ago, I remember seeing something about someone who installed one
of the older steam sound systems in his van. He synchronized the chuff with
magnets on one of the wheels.
There must be some special recorded horn units available. At a car
I agree with you, Ed, and don't like the DCC-friendly moniker. They are
really what you said, more short resistant. Unfortunately, the mainstream
media and modelers (HO diesel crowd) has already determined the name for us.
The same problem exists at turnouts with both DC and DCC, it's just that
Paul,
I knew you had some trucks, but didn't know you had the Vulcan variety. I
also will need some.
Dave Heine
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Paul Vaughn
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 5:00 PM
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Subject:
Roy, thanks for the link, I did enjoy it. You've expanded your narrow gauge
since the last time I was at your place.
Dave Heine
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Roy
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:24 PM
To: S-Scale@yahoogroups.com
Will, welcome to the group. I assume you know that next year's NASG
convention will be in Scranton. There are also several S scale layouts in
the Lehigh Valley area (greater Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton), if you are
interested in coming down for a visit sometime.
I'm glad you also view track
Ed and others. Actually these days, most Sn3 rolling stock is set up for a
Kadee #26 rather than a #5. This coupler looks like a #5 but with a longer
shank. Most of the kits from PBL and others include the coupler box as part
of the under frame and are set up for the longer shank. The post is
John and others,
For a three-quarter size coupler in S, using an HO coupler, you need to use
a scale size coupler. In the Kadee line, this would be the #58 and #158,
which are smaller than the ubiquitous #5. The #5 and most other couplers
are just too big for HO. The other option is, of
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