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Does anyone know where I can get silicone bronz brake shoes for 5 1/8" -5 1/4" wheels ?

I agree. I smell a rat here. I would not sell you anything unless you are building a locomotive.

Very nice junction box indeed. I just install them on the Northern I completed 6 months ago. They are very much like Superscale but a little more deeper so you can stuff more wire inside more easily.

The south side would be great. Fire watchers could easily be in place for just the big meet and everyone would be happy. I strongly hope the folks at Train Mountain will take another look at this.

Shortly I'm off to Florida for the winter meets. Always, A GREAT time of trains and fellowship with friends. When I get back to the Keiser shops in March I'm going to drag in Mike's Northern and gaudy it up a bit with detail. Example to follow of my 1690 Northern. I study pictures and then draw stuf...

Hey, it's friday. To all my machine shop friends.

Finally got around to posting the first time on the railroad. This is Nick Edward's Wimberley Tx railroad.Nick is in the first picture. The locomotive is a Beast ! We blew her down and the next day Bob Hornsby lettered her. The man is an artist ! I left the lettering to the master. This is Bob at Th...

This video is of my 1690 Northern in Florida last week. The Northern 1637 I just finished has not seen a video camera yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSqNxDrSMqc



Driving 1690 at the Pasco Central & Gulf railroad Santa Clause train.

Putting fire to Northern for the first time.To get the most crap out of the boiler I put in 3 cheap safety valves and fired her up 3 different times. First time I pulled the fire at 60 lbs. then 90 lbs. and then 150 lbs. and blew her down each time. I found from experience the safteys get clogged wi...

Finally finished painting this beast. Time to put a fire in the girl for the first time and see where all my leaks are.

Ralph, Part number 1466N2.
1/2" thick X 3/4" wide with adhesive backing. Comes in a 36" roll.
Catolog # 122, page 3586.
If you look that up in the catolog or online you will find different sizes that are available.
Make sure you get the adhesive backing.