remember, cfl's have mercury in them when trowing out the old clf's in the future.
you could consider the new led light bulbs. only about 40.00 ea when they come on the market soon.
lex

Quote from: Pacific Northern on October 02, 2009, 03:37:14 PM
I just remembered that some of the MDC locomotive kits came with a variety of stacks for the builder to choose from.

you might find those on ebay. i got two sets some years ago beforemdc was out of business. the new roundhouse site does not have them i checked
lex

you will find stacks at the walther site. look around i have bought some
http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?manu=&item=&words=restrict&split=30&category=Part&scale=H&instock=Q&keywords=stack&start=0
lex
this guy has made his look older
http://www.cwrail.com/index.html

nice photos. i went there a few months ago and inquired about the engine house tour at the Disney office at the park. i was told i would not be allowed to photograph the equipment so I passed on the tour. Oh well. I did get a photo of the tender being topped of at the water tank during the ride.
lex

i would suggest o save harolds pages to your pc
his site goes away sometimes
lex

i looked around and found date off oct 2009 and late winter 2009 from different shops
there are two new w dcc on ebay about 80.00. probaly last run about a year ago the last time i looked
lex.

i was thinking the two 4-4-0 threads as an example, it looks like people trying to hijack the thread. i guess you mean morph
lex

i see a lot of thread hijacking in these forums. Is this how the bachmann forums operate? it makes searching the forum difficult.
lex

talikng about old time locos, some of you might like what I just found
http://www.sandcrr.com/
lex

caboose hobbies expects them nov 2009 20.99 each number 17445
lex

the rcr kits i bought two years ago came with the part we are told to cut off now.
the all plastic frame has very delicate steps on the frame
the trucks that came with the kit fit the stud.
now the trucks do not fit the stud

my unbuilt mdc kits from 1997 have the metal frame without the studs.
the other parts are the same as the rcr kits now.
the queenpost are the same length as the ones in the rcr kit
lex

just remembered, my kits came with mchnery couplers. not now though.

Quote from: CNE Runner on September 17, 2009, 07:26:29 PM
Lex - I checked out the website you included and was very impressed with the offerings. While these 'kits' look like the older Roundhouse ones, the directions are not Roundhouse directions (trust me as I have built a lot of these kits). They look really nice and have some unusual roadnames. If you are at all interested in Roundhouse (or Roundhouse like) kits; these are priced very inexpensively. When we do get Roundhouse Old Time kits to sell, they go for almost twice this price.

Ray

about four years ago i heard river city railroad had aqquired the last of the old mdc/roundhouse stock before being bought by athearn.
no instructions and no wheels. no problem. they included couplers then

i have two dozen of the older mdc 36ft car kits with metal frames bought fron mdc in 1990s . they have a lot of flash that needs to be scraped off. someday

a freind bought a couple of the older mdc boilers a couple years ago. all sold out now. nearly identical to the new roundhouse boilers.
lex

one time i saw a page by someone named harold. he had ways to make the bachmann old timer run really well. i guess the place is gone
lex

Quote from: CNE Runner on September 17, 2009, 08:02:48 AM
Most of my collection of late 19th century rolling stock is from the Roundhouse stable. Unfortunately Horizon Hobbies (the owners of MDC/Roundhouse) have seen fit to discontinue the manufacture of Roundhouse kits. Sad really.

Ray

they are nice i have some from him
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/RIVER-CITY-RAILROAD-RCR_36FT-OLD-TIME_W0QQ_fsubZ174146619QQ_sidZ287414219QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322
lex

hi Reinhard S.

mr banner shows what is happening below. the pulses make the motor armature vibrate.
http://members.shaw.ca/sask.rail/dcc/DCC-waveforms/DCC_waveforms.html
lex