Has anyone made those spill containment bins for tank car spurs? I know Walthers has a few in the Modern Loading Rack kit but was curious if anyone has made their own or have seen any made.

Now just behind the trees, the ECI Special rolls on onto the countryside past the main yards of the ECI where a number of projects are underway. A caboose may be seen slightly off center and numerous cars and a twin hopper are in the foreground. The ECI still makes use of a caboose on a number of switching locals. And, yes, there are two steamers parked back by the diesel house.

I dug through the many things that have been packed up for over a year now and found my air brush compressor. I've used it a few times and it's a nice little unit. I've seen the same one on sale on the Internet for $89.99, not that I think someone would get that since you can buy a new one for that price, but I am willing to sell mine for $35.00 to any Big Blue member that can use it. I did not find my air brushes though or I'd offer those for sale as well. As you can see, this compressor has a regulator and a filter.

Shipping weight will be no more than 10 pounds. It will fit into a 12 x 12 x 5 1/2 Priority Mail box, 2-day delivery for $18.75.

Again, I'm offering this at Big Blue first, so let me know if you want it. Price is: $35.00 plus shipping.

   

   

A shot from back when Conrail used a RS3m for switching.

Bruce

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Hi all.. just wanted to ask you to take a moment to sign this petition to help save a section of the PRR in a historic neighborhood in Jersey city .

Thanks for your help.

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WPMA-40 makes a pickup at Pier 34.

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Hey, for anyone needing help designing a layout, I offer my planning and design services for free. I have been helping model railroaders for almost 20 years now. I have helped design simple display layouts, right up to multi-level and basement-sized empires using 3rd PlanIt software. Just add a post to this thread asking for help, or contact me directly. Take care, Rob.

How sad that this forum can remember all things NASCAR but not the murder of 3,000 Americans.

Does anyone use this product for masking off pieces before painting/airbrushing? I came across an article about it on another website, last night. Comes in various sizes from 1/16 to 1/4" I found so far. If anyone does use it, what is the most convenient size? I have a couple of Reading GP30's I want to get in the paint booth soon and looks like some delicate masking off in the cab area has to be done.

Thx,
Mark

I’ve been having a current / short problem with my fairly new DC British N-scale layout. Please see the photo below.

Basically, this 32” wide by 68” long layout consists of an outer and inner loop. On the inner loop, I cannot get any electrical current to flow down the inside siding (top right) where the red arrows end on this photo. So whenever the points at the top right, are switched so that locos should travel down the sidings (indicated by the red arrows) the power completely stops or goes week. It stops and sometimes the red “short out” light lights up on my transformer. Here are a few other points:

— no matter where a train is on the inner loop, the power completely stops (or goes very weak) once I adjust the points to open up this siding
— occasionally, trains will very slowly move closer to the siding but usually they stop completely (and then the red short-out light will come on).
— the odd thing is that — about a week ago -- I was successfully getting power down these sidings so I could run locos in & out from them. Then, for some reason, this stopped a few days ago. (As far as I know, everything is the same on the layout; no changes.)
— FYI, the transformer connectors join the track just in the lower left area, but are just cropped out of this pic.

I’m running out of ideas to solve this and getting frustrated! I can provide more info as needed. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Rob