Don't know if a "wanted" post is allowable (I didn't see anything in the terms and conditions saying it wasn't allowed)... but moderators may delete this post if it violates policies...

I am in need of a Spectrum 2-8-0 locomotive shell (N scale, or course!) for a kit-bash. If you have a spare shell or derelict 2-8-0 that you can spare, please contact me. Any road name... I can strip and repaint as necessary (tho' black would be preferable to colors).

Thanks!
Dave

I am in the planning stages of swapping the tender on my Soundvalue 2-8-0 for a vandy tender I purchased on eBay. This will require installing a decoder (probably a Tsunami 1100-2) and speaker in the new tender, and then running motor power (2 wires) and headlight power (2 wires) from the decoder in the tender to the loco.

Can anyone tell me what the 5th wire between the stock tender and loco corresponds to? There are five wires... I would guess that two are from the decoder to the motor, and two are from the decoder to the headlight. But what is the 5th wire? Ground?
Thanks,
Dave

Do you (or does anyone) know if the pilot for the pre-2017 N-scale 2-8-0 will fit the recent released version? Part numbers on-line are 811XX-00K03 (pilot only) or 811xx-00H03-00F01 (pilot w coupler and brake release bar)? Or, when parts for the new 2-8-0 will be available?

I would like to mount a functioning coupler on the front pilot of my 2-8-0, and am always hesitant to start cutting up an engine unless I have a replacement part in case I screw it up.

Thanks!