don't u mean 2 feet instead of inches

well i want a railroad that i can ride on and have fun on

i am considering building a 1:28 scale railroad and wanted to know where i could get parts

well what happened is, first of all, i was running fast. second, my bridge likes to rattle considering i am on the floor for a layout. third, the caboose came uncoupled on the bridge, the engines went all the way around my track and hit the caboose. That caused the front truck to come off (the trucks were loose because i went to mod the weight to make a caboose that would go for a long time). The train made it all the way around the track. Just before the bridge, the caboose body came off and rolled across the floor. at the bridge, the remaining caboose truck turned sideways, (the bridge held it normally until the end of it.) which then stopped the engines. Because i was running so fast, the front engine rolled across the floor into the chair. the track came off because my other engine derailed and hit the track with it's coupler (it hit just before the end of a piece of track so  it moved the track too). so that is what i believe happened at least.

  ok so i was running my old fp9 and my new fta with a passenger car and 2 cabooses (a wrecker and a normal one)  and after about 5 laps, my bridge rattled loose my normal caboose. I did not catch this until my engines hit it. after my modification to rude weight, i had lost the screws that hold the trucks onto the caboose, so they came off and the body rolled abou 3 times while the engines just kept going. when they got back to the brigde, the trucks de-railed. I'm amazed that the engines made it to the turnout after the bridge before de-railing, but when they did, the fp9 flipped head-over-heels into the chair, and the fta went and pulled the track appart on both sides of the bridge. can anyone help explain what happened?

Quote from: JerryB on November 23, 2011, 07:18:49 PM
Jim:

I too looked at jboot111's profile without finding much that could help in directing him to the information he asked for.

While I definitely agree with your comments on books, etc., The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide, Second Edition was published in 1995. That doesn't make it any less useful, but the website I referenced appears to be much more up to date. That especially when the huge number of pictures on that website are considered.

What I don't understand is what jboot111 thought he was going to get from this board while ". . .on the go . . ." that he couldn't get better from a Google search. If he is ". . .on the go . . ." and is able to post here, he must be able to access the rest of the internet.

Happy RRing,

Jerry

i was sitting at home whaen i posted everything

Quote from: JerryB on November 23, 2011, 04:22:51 PM
jboot111:

There is a computer accessible website called "Google."Hope this is of help.

Happy RRing,

Jerry

i knew that but i nedd it on the go

that might help

to me they all look the same exept for the sd70-mac and sd70-ace

that helped some but im still kinda confused

Can someone put pictures and explanations on how to identify the engines bnsf uses!!!?? 

what is gordan classified as i have been trying to count wheels, but the rear truck almost NEVER appears in any shot of him

well i model sante fe and don't like to stick to reality that much and i like the color purple

well since up gets all the good stuff, i want an unpainted dda40x so i can put a royal purple sante fe warbonnet on it and call it an experimental for the road. what do you guys think

well i took it apart about an hour after the post

built another one in the hallway and took that down

i think i will start with a 4x8 thanks doneldon