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Just out of curiosity. Can you be hearing the check valve ball hitting the seat?

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I'm not going to hijack the thread but talking about third rail and overhead wires..... Since most of the electrics run at 48v, would it still be a safety issue using a low voltage? I suppose the current is what is actually going to be an issue.... FYI, don't yell at me about this, I am just simply ...

I don't know why you couldn't use two identical controllers, one in each engine. Use a dual pot, whatever resistance is required, and run either one cable to the head that will feed both pots, shut offs, etc., or use two seperate cables to go to each engine. Or if you want, use two seperate cables a...

Wow! That's a lot of hillside!

hudson wrote:There are several videos available on Youtube:


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I have to admit, I thought it was rusted steel as well. Any plans on maybe producing some plans or building photos? It would sort of like to build something like it......

If you look, he was asking about the steel grabirons, which is the second link. They are $2.

Those are going to be Bob Pederson's at Railroad Warehouse... http://www.livesteam.com/carparts/G-7015.html http://www.livesteam.com/carparts/G-7017.html I have dealt with Bob several times and he is a good person to deal with. In fact, that's the same way I started with him. I bought reef end casti...

Hey!! I never thought about getting sponsors!!!! Now I can order that engine I never could!!

I wonder how many daddies would be stone cold jealous that they can't do dollhouse details as good for their little girl :lol: After a very busy January and February dealing with the B-Class project, here is a small update on the MEG. The cab is now largely finished. There are few more trim details ...

I was getting ready to snap on you until I read the message I was going to ride you about painting that nice wood with that nasty old red paint

Harlock wrote:By the way, if anyone is curious, here is what the factory Wendy looked like, with it's very simple to build but ugly saddle tank.

Just last night, I was watching do they do it and they were at an US freight yard with a hump. They started of calling the freight cars.... "carriages"..... been ok if they were in Europe!! no offense to our oversea members :-) HA! FredR - on some of their episodes I couldn't agree more! M...