wow, like I said this here gadgit shure has a wealth of information,[or folks with the info] thank you. last nite on e bay I bid and won enough for 4 cars, just what I needed..speaking of logging rail road, im headed to lincoln N.H. this weekend to fire up the lombard at clarks.its been ten years its been setting..wow where is the time going!!this may be the last time as im well over 70 and leon&dave are not getting any younger.so there will be a bunch of us nuts there, RUSS,BEN.STEVE.BRUCE.KEN.RICHARD.and so on,its the grandest place on earth to spend time with a bunch of real folks....and hernia gauge live steam.this log hauler was saved from doom by ED CLARK and a bunch of his frends,out of the woods of maine, no easy thing to do let me tell you! if you ever get in the aera of NORTH WOODSTOCK or LINCOLN N.H. it would be the best time you could spend. . that aera was logged back in the late 1800s by HENRY, with #5 A BOLDWIN TANK ENGINE THATS AT CLARKS, A SHAY THERE TOO AND TWO OTHER LOGGING LOCO AS WELL ITS JUST A WONDERFULL FLACE TO HIDE FROM THE WORLD when you feel the need..wow rambleing on.. I have a 440 BACHMANN richmond loco,Ive had it 6 weeks . when you ease on the power it seem to growel and take a lot of power to start moveing, it runs fine. I just got another with maine central with sound, and this one takes off with a little turn of the control .and no growel at all GRZ

 thank you ACY&RICH for your reply that is very helpfull, I see the article on LINCOLNS CAR< and remembered I had one of them,went digging in the pile,and found it and the 1860 brass Loco I used with it.and the 1860s cars.the LINCOLN car has kadees [would like it to have l&p too like the others.as soon as I figure out how to send pictures on this rig I will put them up. they are neat.thank you again GRZ boy 40 years ago when I put this stuff away we never had connections like this to help us, this is something ..thank you..G

  Hi  Im looking for some link& pin couplers, who makes them or are they not made anymore?? I have four beautiful brass pass cars that ive had for years.its time to get them back on track..tks GRZ

  Thank you again to you all ! another little trick I did, and it helped to keep the process of removing lettering was to put scotch tape eather side of letters[ I stuck the tape to the fridge a time or two to take away some of the stick] and this helped to not pull the paint off the tender body,this did take time 3cups  of jo, but now I will have my rutland # 88 440,  GRZ

RICH, thankyou for the letter removing tip, antique automobile restoration was my business, im shure i have some wet or dry in the shop somewhere, never gave that a thought, I will let you know how it works. thank you again GRZ

 wow, thank you for the information, Mr Hunt, that stuff shure is expinsive! I guess the wording on the loco is not that bad after all, retired& on a fixed income sometimes makes it hard to get things done..I guess the Maine Central loco will be on loan for a while to the F.B.N. Fitchburg. Boston. Nothern. or as my wife says fly by nite.. thank you again GRZ

   Thank you , Im in the woods of VERMONT, where would I find some scalecoat,? Im new at this confuzer stuff please forgive my mistrakes.. this message & discussion area is very helpfull and interesting, thks again GRZ

   Hi, I have a Bachmann Richmond 440 , would like to change the lettering Ive tried Alcahall & rubbing no luck the paint is in- destructable thank you GRZ.

  thank you Jim. like Iaid a bit nervous on this knew stuff. I go back 65 years in rail roading , im just now wakeing up things thats been packed away long long time.wow what a change in engines,im likeing this new stuff... thank you again.grz

  I'm still trying to find my way in this new world! well over 70 and new to this button way of conversing, I just read that someone was having problems with a loco passing a switch  and derailing, I had a problem with the selves that are covering the CDC wires[ there are two on each wire] would catch in the point and stop all forward motion in a instant. I slid them back and forward and glued them there.problem solved.. I may get brave and snip them off when I find they have no real use! Griz

  howdy, please forgive my mistakes, as the confuzer & I dint work together very smoother yet>> I have a richman 440, and love it!! out Ive the box it is fantastic!! but how can I remove the lettering from the tender?? I should have waited and got the black I guess, thank you for your help.Griz..also can I advertise our model RR show some  where on your page?? thank you.

 Hi. should there be 16 v going to the track?? I thought  we were 12 volt to track with trans full on and 16 v to run accs.. some one please correct me..grz

boy talk about timing I just got off the land line with bushman, that bag of graphite had me wondering too,the lady said to do just that with it, rub your coal pile with it..I got the Richmond 440 ma&pa, Ive been railroading over 60 years and this is the first loco under 200.00 that works without class 3 repares,I,m very pleased and thinking of another one as soon as the pettycoat govt gives the OK..GRZ

  wow would  like to stroll through there...               grz