Bachmann Plus HO Scale EMD F7B Union Pacific i found one on ebay but used for 42 but can i get one cheaper?
I remember when guys were blowing them out for almost nothing to get rid of them. Go to shows, look around.
i would if there where shows here theirs no hobby shops here to
ok how about within 50-75 miles?
i don't know you want to find out found for me hears my zip 62837
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I can't imagine that anyone will want to do this task which you can do better yourself since you know where you are, where you may be in the coming months, and how hard it might be to get from your location to the site of a train show. I must admit, I'm shocked that you would ask!
Your solution is to do a search online. It isn't difficult and, frankly, today's model railroading is so tied up with Inet sources that I can't imagine being in the hobby without computer skills and Inet savvy. If you already know how to do a search, the task will be a simple one; if you do not, it will be a valuable new skill.
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yeah i know but people keep telling me go to train shows and a local hobby shop it a annoying some times
U P 844 did you get your DCC-Equipped EMD DD40AX Centennial they have them on sale for $125 on ebay with sound. which is the best price for a sound loco i ever found. 60 bucks plus shipping can be done without sound but you have to keep looking hoping you get the highest bid it can be done. like don said might start looking on the Internet Ebay has been good for me and many other users on here. remember this >>> Favoritespot<<<<< they sell on ebay theres others but theres a good start . i just looked on ebay just for you and quess what
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bachmann-Plus-HO-Scale-EMD-F7B-Union-Pacific-1476-Powered-Train-Car-/221170393095?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item337ec86007
there she is a F7-B union pacific happy bidding Dave look out im looking for a f7-b and another F7-A
ok cool i have about 60 d0llaers to send on a engine just do know what to get any ideas ?
The closest hobby shop that sells HO-scale equipment looks to be 80-odd miles away in Troy, IL. A&R Paints & Crafts. As for train shows... probably well over 150 miles each way - the downside to living in the middle of Nowhere, IL. Then again, I live in New York City and all of the train shows around here are out in the "countryside" making it rather difficult to reach them via mass transit, so they might as well be 150 miles away. The same with our hobby shops - I go to 6 different places in the city and combined they don't offer the variety of, say, Denver's Caboose Hobbies.
By the way... Doneldon, try imagining someone who is patient, helpful, and respectful of their fellow modelers regardless of their modeling or computer skills.
ok
it don't help when i can't drive yet and i will be 21 on the 27th and im thinking about get a UP passenger car set for my new UP fef3 844 4=8=4 why do passenger cars cost so much for a set?
Quote from: union pacific 844 on January 23, 2013, 03:33:11 AM
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it don't help when i can't drive yet and i will be 21 on the 27th and im thinking about get a UP passenger car set for my new UP fef3 844 4=8=4 why do passenger cars cost so much for a set?
you want scale or shorties? pick your poison. rtr will cost you more than kits. and if you are doing a UP train it will not be cheap. also, you'll have to tweak the kits more than the rtr. my suggestion at this time would be to stay with either shorties or freight/mail trains for your FEF's.
Quote from: Piyer on January 23, 2013, 03:17:22 AM
The closest hobby shop that sells HO-scale equipment looks to be 80-odd miles away in Troy, IL. A&R Paints & Crafts. As for train shows... probably well over 150 miles each way - the downside to living in the middle of Nowhere, IL. Then again, I live in New York City and all of the train shows around here are out in the "countryside" making it rather difficult to reach them via mass transit, so they might as well be 150 miles away. The same with our hobby shops - I go to 6 different places in the city and combined they don't offer the variety of, say, Denver's Caboose Hobbies.
By the way... Doneldon, try imagining someone who is patient, helpful, and respectful of their fellow modelers regardless of their modeling or computer skills.
I think I understand where Doneldon was coming from. The same as I was some questions were asked that most of us would have probably figured out in time. We all have been down this road. and yes some of us are close to or have a LHS nearby at the time we didn't know his personal status but no matter. the media is out there we just need to look for it. Phil
im sorry i was tired and not thinking
Quote from: sd24b on January 24, 2013, 01:17:54 AM
I think I understand where Doneldon was coming from. The same as I was some questions were asked that most of us would have probably figured out in time. We all have been down this road. and yes some of us are close to or have a LHS nearby at the time we didn't know his personal status but no matter. the media is out there we just need to look for it. Phil
I know, Phil. But sometimes - and I'm in my 40s, so I'm looking at this from the days of Usenet's rec.models.railroad thru to present - we can be slightly unforgiving of newbies and their questions. A couple of generations ago, you'd have had the model railroad club full of guys in their 50s and 60s, with the occasional greenhorn 40-year-old, coming face to face with the teenager wanting to join and play trains with them. Today it's this newfangled interwebs thingamabob. Tomorrow we'll probably be sticking the cable wire into a port on the side of our heads and become one with all knowledge. Until then, we've got newbies to care for and nurture. ;D
Have to agree with Payer's point.
People come here seeking help with their questions. It appears to me that often, assumptions are made by the responders. Such as, the person asking the question has not attempted any research on their own, or that what is available in terms of resources or places to go is the same for the the responder as is available to the questioner. Sometimes as well answers do not appear to be given in full which in part may be do to an assumption by the responder that the questioner has the same level of experience, skill and knowledge. I don't think it is done intentionally, at least I would hope not. Sometimes the answer given is "here go look it up" which may not be of any help at all. If someone is going to take the time to respond, why not take the little extra time to provide a full answer, absent snide commentary or snarky comments? I get the sense some responders and they're usually the same ones, get impatient when there are any follow up or additional questions. If you are going to take the time to read the post, why not take the time to provide help? This is why I get a kick out seeing that 100 people have viewed a post, but only 4 go out of their way to provide feedback. And I understand that not everybody who has viewed the topic is looking to provide a response as they might also be looking for an answer to the same question themselves, but that small a number in comparison to how many have viewed the topic? You saw what the topic was and it must have been of some interest, otherwise why would you take the time to read it? I also get the sense that certain folks only respond here to other certain folks-how come? Doesn't seem like a spirit of cooperation to me.
I think it is forgotten too, that not everyone is able to devote the same amount of time to the hobby or has even spent the same amount of time in the hobby as many here obviously have. Therefore, it makes all the sense to bring a question here, seeking an answer from those who have been able to do just that.
i've got not problem with newbies per se. the ones who give me fits are the intermediates who have maybe been in the hobby a year or two, who feel they can give advice on topics they know nothing about, just because......
for this reason, i try to limits myself to topics i have some experience with, and ask questions on the ones i need help with. even after 40+ years in the hobby, we still learn new tricks all the time.
as for up844, dude i'm afraid you are going to have to scale back your ambitions. i've been in your situation, no money, no car, living in the boonies. the best thing you can do is to build a small railroad, build as much of it as you can by yourself rather than kits, and learn from your mistakes. you don't have to build the type of railroad you see in the magazines. in my experience, you'll have alot more fun if you don't "shoot for the moon" so to speak. just jump in and do it. you'll soon find out what you like and what you're good at. you'll also find out what bores you.
Jeff, I have some questions:
What do you mean by "problem"? (your words) And why would fits result from it? Don't you have the opportunity to offer advice in instances where you don't agree with advice previously given? Or the choice to not comment at all?
How are you able to know whom is a "newbie"?
How do you define a "newbie"?
When is one no longer a "newbie"? What do they have to do?
How do you determine what advice is worthy and what is not?
Just questions, that's all.
Quote from: union pacific 844 on January 22, 2013, 11:23:05 PM
Bachmann Plus HO Scale EMD F7B Union Pacific i found one on ebay but used for 42 but can i get one cheaper?
Spend some time doing a Google search. I have lost track of how much stuff I have found at a good price by searching.
Your PC is a power full device if you take time to use it in a search capability.
The big plus, is that you have many good links to store in Favorites and you do not have to be a PC Guru to do this. You just need determination.
Sure beats getting led by the hand and it is a good sense of accomplishment.
You might now always find what you want at the price you like. That is life. That happens to everyone.
Rich
Rich G.,
Your constant suggestions/reminders to store Favorite, is always an excellent suggestion. But, and you yourself touched on this in your post, you can lose track of all the stuff. The downside to posting a bi-zillion Favorites is that the more you have saved, the more difficult and time consuming it can become to go back and find them. Making just entering a GOOGLE search much faster than searching through Favorites. That said, I do save Favorites all the time for those things I know I likely will be using more than once.
I have a question for you: you frequently use the term "led by the hand". Can I ask exactly what you mean when you say that?
Thanks.
Quote from: jbrock27 on January 24, 2013, 09:38:17 AM
How are you able to know whom is a "newbie"?
How do you define a "newbie"?
When is one no longer a "newbie"? What do they have to do?
Although I am not Jeff, I'd like to offer an answer to those questions. A "newbie" is not a precisely definable word when it comes to model railroading. You can be an expert model railroader with decades of modeling under your belt, but if after 50 years of running your trains with dc-powered cabs and blocks you decided to switch your layout over to DCC, then you are probably a newbie - as far as DCC is concerned.
Newbie simply equals a newborn baby to some aspect or another of a "thing." You become a beginner when you have learned the basics of that thing. For example, once you know the vocabulary associated with that thing, have a general understanding of what it is and does and why it's different from that other thing. At that point, you become a beginner. How fast you move toward expert - if you ever do - is dependent on your interest and skills in the thing. You might remain a beginner - or even a newbie - at DCC for the rest your life because, after learning a bit about it, you decided it wasn't for you and stopped learning about it.
So, how do you know who a newbie is? Simple, they just asked a very basic question about something. It could be because they just discovered this hobby, or they are returning to it after many years, or, despite having a 50' x 300' layout in the basement for the last 50 years, they just discovered something new and want to learn about it. We are all newbies at something. Nobody is a know-it-all - they might think they are, but that's a whole other topic! ;)
Nobody is a know it all, is one of my points. Nor should anyone act like a know it all, it takes away from the knowldege they have to pass along.
A lot of it is about "tone".