Hi guys, i have a pair of Athearn RTR GP38-2's lettered for BNSF for sale.

Both were bought off ebay a few months ago and they both ran great according to the previous owner of them. I have never had a working layout or power in my tracks, so all these locos have done is sit on the rails of my photo diorama for pictures. Both came without handrails from the previous owner, but i have installed and painted handrails for both of them. One is missing the horn but otherwise they are in great condition and complete. Both have knuckle couplers installed. Neither of them have a box, but will be wrapped in bubble wrap and packing with lots of packing peanuts for safe shipping to you.

Athearn RTR BNSF GP38-2 #2094 (ATH7992)
Athearn RTR BNSF GP38-2 #2257 (ATH7993) (Missing Horn)








Im asking $100 for the pair shipped to you via USPS Priority Mail anywhere in the USA.


----TERMS OF SALE------

1. Payment by PayPal (Preferred), money order or personal check (held till clears my bank).
2. If sending payment by check or money order, payment must be made within 7 days of the shipping quote, if any longer, you will forfeit your items and they will be listed for sale again.
3. Shipping By USPS Priority Mail and is FREE anywhere in the USA
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This is my first video with my Cannon A590 I got last November and first youtube video.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvWSx2o7Lo


I think I will break down and buy a HD camcorder..

It has been in the works for a while now and according to the local paper it is real

Subject sounds like a Dr Seuss book!

Squidbait and I have had an ongoing bet about who would actually build a layout first.... well the other day I saw him leave the store with some cork roadbed so I started sweating! Started benchwork this weekend and have L-girders on legs along the long wall as shown in the layout plan below.

I will do my best to try and keep this thread updated on my progress.... pics of the benchwork coming as Squidbait will never believe without pictures

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I started with an Atlas GE U30C and a selection of parts cut from an Athearn SD40-2 shell. The roof mounted radiator of the GE was removed and the dynamic brake housing of the SD40-2 was grafted in. The EMD blower housing was added to the left side of the GE body 2.2 scale feet behind the cab and the exhaust stack was relocated to a point 8 scale feet behind the cab. The EMD radiators and the three radiator fans are situated about 2.6 scale feet behind the exhuast and continue to a point about 18 scale feet behind the exhaust stack. The air tanks have been removed from the bottom of the loco and will be added to the top halfway between the radiator fans and the dynamic brake housing. The end result (minus the air tanks) is something that looks like this:







Now I just need a name for this beast.

On our trip this winter, we spent a day in Galveston, TX. Galveston was seriously hurt by Hurricane Ike last fall. The railroad museum was flooded to the level of 12 feet or more (pictures in Trains, recently) and rolling stock was seriously damaged.
Galveston has a tourist "trolley" operation. There is a lot of in-street track and a car shed near the railroad museum. There is no overhead, so I suspect they run by gas. The pictures I saw looked a bit like the new red cars in New Orleans. I didn't go up to the shed and I didn't see any running.
So can anyone give and current details of how the system is making out?

Hey guys, i just finished off another structure this evening. I built it using 2 Walthers kits, a Red Wing Flour Mill kit and a Centennial Mills kit. I labeled this massive mill for Gold Medal Flour. The overall dimensions measure roughly 30" long 7-1/2" wide x 11" tall

Here is some pics of it:



















If anyone is interested in purchasing this structure, here is the link to it on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...0203732972


Comments, questions.... welcome

Is anyone here familiar with the workings of a tortoise switch machine coupled to a Wabbit stationary decoder?

I am batting out of my league here and need some serious help please.

I have wired ( as per wabbit instruction booklet) some electro frog turnouts to enable auto throw to work.
The frog is isolated and is powered by the tortoise using connections 4 & 5.
Everything seemed to be going according to plan until I acquired a new loco whose pickup wheels all fitted neatly in the isolated frog area as it went thru the turnout.
As it did so, it stalled.
After much I found that the voltage across the frog went from 15v - 16v to about 2v as the all wheels made contact, hence the stall.
The other locos etc obviously had pick up wheels longer than the isolated frog and so did not stall, however the frog's voltage still dropped to 2 v as each set of pickup wheels of the trains passed over.

What have I done to cause this problemo.

If it is any help ( and not adding more confusion ).... When the train is stalled on the turnout if I give the isolated trigger rail a shot of DCC current by "un-isolating".... it then away we go.

Confused ?

I would certainly improve my sanity if someone could take the time to think this thru and come up with an answer for me please.


Jack

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