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Hi everyone, We were having some issues with slowdowns and timeouts when adding items to the cart and checking out over the past few days. It should be working now. If anyone has difficulty let me know. Our next step is to update the leaf spring offerings to include the ability to order individual s...

The owner has decided to withdraw this engine from sale.

These have been sold. Thank you for looking.

I have a set of 1" scale drawings for the 3000 series boxcar and 5500 series stock car from Branch Line Products. I used the boxcar drawings to build my 3" scale boxcar. This is a clean set, I have a second copy of the boxcar drawings that we marked up that I am keeping. $45 for both plus shipping v...

The pavers will collect all your dropped and missing screws conveniently into the little crevices before they have a chance to roll too far away!

At one point in the house I lived in before we got married, I had the Chloe inside because I ran out of room in the garage. She saw that, made a mental note and put her foot down on trains in the house. But she has graciously allowed and even purchased train themed decorative items. and small models...

To celebrate Cabin Fever, the popular model engineering show held annually in Lebanon, PA, Allen Models is running a promotion for complete casting sets of the 0-4-0 Yard Engine and Harpur 2-4-0. Details and pricing are on each locomotive page: https://allenmodels.com/0-4-0.html https://allenmodels....

Here's a video showing the completed 15" gauge crocodile.



It was built by this company: http://www.balson.ch/

Best,

-Mike

Harlock wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 18, 2018 2:30 am

I saw this in New Zealand in 2012. It was I believe fairly new at the time. I've lost all my notes from that time so I don't know who the builder is but I could find out.

The builder is John Romanes, and unfortunately I was just notified that he passed away 18 months ago.

There is also a guy on California's central coast who owns a 15" gauge version. I can make some inquiries for source material.

I saw this in New Zealand in 2012. It was I believe fairly new at the time. I've lost all my notes from that time so I don't know who the builder is but I could find out.

This is just my own experience, but I haven't had any problems with insufficient air flow with the smaller connectors. I am using 7/8" dia cylinders on 2 1/2" scale trucks, and they really don't need a lot of air. The system can pressurize very quickly. I am thinking I have 8 braking trucks plus a c...