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Messages - Terry Toenges

#1
General Discussion / Re: curve
November 07, 2025, 11:29:45 AM
I run an On30 2-6-0 and passenger on mine with 15" radius on the inside lap. As long as you run too large of a steam loco, you should be ok.
#2
On30 / Re: 2-6-0 locomotive on 15" curve track
October 27, 2025, 11:30:21 AM
My layout has 15 and 18 inch radius pieces and my On30 2-6-0 doesn't derail. There is a lot of overhang so it doesn't look prototypical. Perhaps you should have posted this in the On30 section.
#3
HO / Re: EZ-Track connections wiggle room
October 11, 2025, 04:42:03 PM
On that old post, my pictures aren't there for some reason.
#4
HO / Re: EZ-Track connections wiggle room
October 08, 2025, 05:30:42 PM
I don't have the track to test it. Judging from the small amount of misalignment show in Anyrail, you should be fine. I have found that Anyrail can sometimes be "off" a little and show things like that.
#5
Steel will rust. Nickel silver won't.
#6
What is it doing or not doing?
#7
Make sure it's not the wire going to the track. I had a wire develop a break in it.
#8
HO / Re: A question about EZ Track Switches
June 15, 2025, 06:12:08 PM
Ralph - I believe he already has the #5 turnouts. Maybe not, but that's what I get from reading Hugo's post.
#9
HO / Re: Running DCC locomotives in consist
May 23, 2025, 11:52:21 AM
I run a pair of f7's consisted. I made them both the same address.
#10
General Discussion / Re: UP #116
May 05, 2025, 12:56:32 PM
Good stuff. In 1903, it talks about selling 2 Shays but nothing says when they bought them. In 1907 they  bought one Shay.
#11
General Discussion / Re: UP #116
May 04, 2025, 04:42:21 PM
Back then, I just viewed diesels as powered box cars with no moving parts.
#12
General Discussion / UP #116
May 02, 2025, 03:09:00 PM
Last night I watched "The Iron Horse". It is a silent film from 1924 about the Transcontinental Railroad. The loco they used for the Golden Spike ceremony was UP #116. In the words on screen, it said the real Jupiter and 116 were used for the on-screen reenactment.
I wondered about that since I knew it was 119 at the ceremony. I did a search for 116 and found that it was originally slated to be at the ceremony. It seems like I had heard that before quite some time ago.
I just found that 119 was scrapped in 1903. That expalins why the 1924 movie had to  use 116.
It was Bachmann's Jupiter and 119 that got me into HO model railroading in the late 80's. My Dad had an O27 layout in the 50's when I was a wee lad so liking trains came naturally.
https://collections.boxeldermuseum.org/index.php/Detail/objects/1435
#13
On30 / Re: white river
April 02, 2025, 07:16:13 PM
p51 - I sent you a message. I meant Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette, not On30 magazines.
#15
The one time I had a problem with my E-Z Command, it was the power wire had broken. I had to buy a new wire.