Virginian class BL-4 ballast hopper black decals Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: $4.99 postpaid Manufacturer: Great Decals, 3306 Parkside Terrace, Fairfax, VA 22031; greatdecals.com Decals feature: Printed by Tichy Train Group Includes herald, road name, and road numbers for sides and ends; dimensional data; and operator instructions Each set completes one car Suitable for Tyco operating hopper or other […]
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Q: How were steam era water tanks filled? Was special water tank rolling stock used? – Tony Gastler A: No, steam-era water tanks were generally not filled with water brought by train. If that were an efficient way to move water in bulk, steam locomotives would just pull bigger tenders. Water towers were connected to […]
Greatest Moments Greatest Moments Note: This speech was written by Andy Sperandeo and presented to the South Texas Division/San Antonio Model Railroad Association NMRA’s convention on June 23, 2006. We discovered these documents during some office clean up recently, and thought our readers would enjoy reading them. Good evening everyone. I’m very glad to be […]
Passengers were the missing element on the daily Amtrak trains operating over my HO Ohio Southern until I discovered sets of seated figures made by Faller and Noch. Best of all, they fit right into the molded interior seats in Walthers’ classic streamliners. My Amtrak train represents a secondary turn-around run covered by the older […]
