Thank you all very much. The site helped me out, I just wanted to know when it came out, I thought it came out with the golden spike site but I wasn't sure....

I bought a GP 40 engine that is gold in color and it is union pacific rail way with the old style of coupler's can you tell me when it was made and what set it was?
It does not have a number on it.
John

Thank you all for the great pointers.... I will try the 33" first and then the 36" if the 33" don't fit...

JJ

I have a great nephew that has been bugging my brother and his mom and also his dad for a train set from Santa this year I could just image his face at Christmas time if he would get one.

This has taken my back to the first train set I had and my face when I opened it up, it is to bad I have no clue where it went to, I left it at My dad's house and have never see it since....and it was a tyco brand train set...

I think You would have much more satisfaction giving it a nephew or a grandson or just a neighbors kid at Christmas time as well

John J 

Thank you guys for all of the great pointers on the soldering of the rail joints.
I have came to the conclusion that in My area it would not be a good idea to do this because I really due have all four seasons here and I found out by doing some it cause some wrappage to the track. 

Thank you For the great pionters

John J

Should you solder the tracks together or not ?
And if you do solder them together does it affect the turns and straight at all ?

So My best bet would be to just put metal wheels in the plastic frame....
So does anyone know if they are a 33" or a 36" wheel, they look a little bigger then the other ones so does this mean they are 36"?
Never real have gone this far into railroading before, but I always enjoyed doing it gowning up, just had to find something to keep my mind in-tuned with what I was dealing with thur the past year so I could keep focused on my job and step-dad and Thur his cancer treatments.... So I have decide to name my railway The Eddy Express in Loving Memorey of Bob Eddy my step-dad.....   

Is it still in the box it came in if so please post a picture of it....

here is a link to the logging car I have it came with the Overland train set I bought
http://estore.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=249_251_253&products_id=1726

I have a six wheel logging car and I need some aftermaket trucks that are all metal does anyone know of one that makes a ho truck with that many wheels?