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Thank you for the suggestions!

Take a look at the 2 pictures.As you can see,the water valve has hole pattern for mounting underneath the tender.There is a 2" square piece of 1/4" steel plate on the tender frame,that is for mounting the valve.Assuming that I drill 7/8" hole through the plate,then drill/tap for the 8...

I posted sometime ago about installing water valves into a 1 piece fiberglass tender tank,but never received any feed back.I'm interested in knowing what other people have used for tender water valves,and how they installed them.I have a pair of Locoparts water valves,but as I had mentioned in my pr...

Since this subject is about tender tanks here goes.I'm building a Railroad Supply 2-6-0 and I have a fiberglass tender tank to use .I have 2 Locoparts tender water valves to install but here is the problem I'm trying to figure out.They are to be installed up through the steel floor,into the fibergla...

I'm trying to get some information and pictures of a train I rode back in the early 1970's at a small amusement park in Wisconsin Dells!There was a F-7 a&b unit with the engineer's seat in the b-unit.I believe it was 15 or 16" gauge track.Along with the locomotives were 3 or possibly 4 cars...

YES!They're going through,Chris.

I believe Mike put it something like this when I talked to him,"I prefer to be in the shop,not on the computer!"He's a one man shop,without any office personnel to help him.The only way to communicate with him is by phone,6-9pm (EST) I'm on the west coast,so I usually call between right at...

I believe someone had mentioned that the owner of superscale was planning on retiring soon.Does anyone know just how long his products will be available?I'm planning on going with one of his economy injectors as well as some of his steam valves.I hear nothing but good reports on his products!I proba...

I will pursue those back issues. Thank You!

Where would I find this construction series for the rrsc 2-6-0?

Thank you all for the pictures,they're nice!

I'm currently in the process of building a railroad supply 2-6-0 locomotive and I would be interested in seeing pictures of any completed locomotives or construction pictures.I haven't received the erection drawing yet,so it would be nice to see what it will look like.The only pictures I've seen of ...