Welcome back to episode 270 of Cody’s Office! Group technical editor Cody Grivno is here to show you all the newest products, featuring a Kato steeple cab, a new EMD GP9 locomotive, and a MR&T boxcar. Also, check out the latest mail from from our viewers, as well as hear some helpful modeling tips!
A steeple cab, EMD GP9, and boxcar, plus modeling tips and viewer mail!
By Sammi DiVito | July 14, 2021
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Thanks Cody!
Flat cars.
Robert Nesbitt found the article I was looking for. Thanks so much for your help Robert .
Bob Summers
You’re most welcome Bob
Greetings Cody. I have been asking a question of fellow train enthusiasts. I’ve heard a few creative ideas, but nobody has been definitive. Perhaps you can enlighten all of us. I have read about narrow gauge locomotives built in Schenectady from the 1920’s on back. These locomotives were mostly in service in places like Alaska and Colorado. So, how does one move a narrow gauge locomotive on regular railroad tracks from New York to Colorado using 19th and early 20th century technology? Thanks.
Thanks Codie I really appreciate all of the information that you provide to all of us. Thanks Again
Best Regards, Jerry Ryan
what happened to the series where the guys go out and video actual railroad in operations?
Hey Cody in episode 44 of Cody’s workshop, you re-purposed an ICG covered hopper and demonstrated applying new individual reporting numbers to the sides, but what I really wanted to see was how you do the much smaller ones on the car ends. That is becoming a near impossible task for us senior modelers these days, even with the head gear magnifiers. Any helpful tips?
Cody, I found the SOO combine article fairly quickly. May 1985, page 86. Hope this helps Bob with his project.
Cody,
My detective skills aren’t working that well. Do you recall an article on upgrading older Athearn “blue box” locos to DCC? Can you lead me in the right direction?
Cody,
I have been some some decoder installs. Do you know a good reference for identifying air horns. I would like to pick the correct horns for a given loco when I can.