Quote from: rgsniles on April 28, 2007, 05:38:15 PM

I love the On30 stuff, especially Bachmann,  and I think DCC and sound is the single greatest thing ever to happen to model railroading, it just came alive.  I am waiting patiently for Bachmann to produce their 2-6-0 mogul as DCC ready or onboard.

I agree wholeheartedly with that comment. Sound is really what makes visitor's eyes bulge, not the amount of rivets on the locos. More Soundtraxx Tsunami-equpped Bachmann locos, please. Or at least DCC ready.

1. What is your On30 display? Mining, or logging operations, Christmas village, Mfg. ops., or a circle around Christmas tree?

Small point-to-point general merchandise and daily train passenger service. Main industries are ice service and coal from standard guage interchange to local towns.

2 What do you have for Buildings on your layout? Scratch built, Plasticville,
Dept. 56?

Mostly kits, some scratchbuilt, lots of kits and parts in closet awaiting lazy construction crew.

3. What era does your layout represent? Civil war, turn of century, modern,
or let us know the exact date.

1940-1959 depending on what point of time my feeble and aged mind has receded to on a given day. Er, is Eisenhower still the president?

4. What size and type is your layout? Shelf type , table top, walk around, 4x8, ping pong table, Etc...

Point to point, some open frame, some shelving with much styrofoam (Woodland Scenics reportedly has my picture hanging over the desk of their Chief Financial Officer) - turntable reversing at interchange town to wye at other end of line. 30 feet long, width varies from two feet to about four feet. Height is 36" and up due to attic knee wall.

As far as I can see, the only thing missing from ON30 is a nice, small 0-4-0 or 0-6-0 siderod steam switcher w/tender. I was planning on converting a Mogul, using a Backwoods Miniatures slope-back tender, but the drivers are too large. Anybody have any suggestions for a conversion from an existing HO (Isn't that a breakfast cereal?) loco in case Bachmann  does not come through?

I was once told by a NH engineer in my old O Scale club that roofs were sometimes painted with red lead paint to avoid rust. It was supposedly also applied to some RRs tender decks for the same reason. I remember red tender decks on older steam on the PRR. Anybody else with input on this subject?

C.P.R.R. Manager, thank you too. The article should help although I have a faint heart and big fingers.

Thank you. Burnt fingers again, I guess.

I tried using the search function, but with no results: Is the mogul now DCC-Ready? I have an old one, but if the newer versions have the USRA plug, a Tsunami sound decoder is in the future and I will buy a new one.