Mr. Bach Man,

I was on the telephone with your parts department yesterday looking for a tender.  They had a 2-6-0 tender lettered for OR & W that I could have used.  They told me it was $40.00!!!  Doesn't that seem a little high for a scrapped/returned tender??  Also, some time ago I purchased 3 identical small items which were priced @ $7.00 each plus $5 S&H.  Yesterday I ordered the same thing (6) and they were $4.50 + $5 S&H.  Soooo, I either overpaid the first time or you undercharged me the 2nd.  What's that all about?? 

Lastly, I was looking for the lens hood on a round electric headlight like on the 2-8-0 (part # MTZ 18) and was told that was not a separate item.  Well it must be because I lost on off another 2-8-0!!  Could you see what you could do to find me one?  Thanks for your help,

Peter

I need two of these.  Anyone have a clue where to purchase?  Anyone have any they want to sell/donate/swap/whatever???

Mr. B.  I called your parts-none there now, told to call back.

Peter

Have yet to take one apart so can anyone tell me if the bulb is an LED or incandescent??

Thanks,

Peter

Mr. B.

I waded through the archives but came up blank.  What make is the decoder in a non-sound 2-8-0?  Can it be used with a Digitrax "Soundbug"?

Thank you,

Peter

I want to add a short standard gauge line to my On30 layout for Interchange purposes.  I am curious how small a rail height the RTR (2-rail) equipment say from Atlas will handle?  My On30 is happy on code 70 but I'm guessing that is too small for standard gauge O scale cars. I'm thinking of a small section of dual-gauge track so the largest I could go would be code 100.  Any ideas out there??  As its going to be quite short, I am not averse to handlaying it.

Thanks

Peter

I have an early Davenport and a new one with DCC "on board".  Last night I found the schematic for the old one and discovered there is a circuit board on top of the motor w/o a decoder hooked up like in the schematic for the new one.  Question: does this mean the early one is DCC ready, just awaiting a decoder?

Mr Bach Man or anyone else that might know:

I want to match the color green on a Greenbriar Davenport.  Is it any standard color available from a paint manufacturer?

Thanks,

Peter

I have a question about DCC.  I have 3 On30 locomotives that are DCC equipped and also run on straight DC w/o any changes.  I have 3 small non DCC locomtives that I don't want to convert at this time.  I plan to run these in a small isolated are of my layout while running the DCC eqipped locomotive over the rest of the layout.  My question is this:
As all my engine servicing will be in the straight DC area, can I transition (run it w/o doing anything) the DCC/DC units to the straight DC engine facility?

Thank you.

Peter