RE: What to do yeah, as everyone said, dont use rain water! rain water is not in fact very "pure" at all.. rain drops form around small particles, there is a lot of "dust and dirt" in rain water.. its great for plants, but not so great for live steam locomotives.. Scot... 21 May 2012 07:43 AM Live Steam (0)

RE: Annular Solar Eclipse May 20, 2012 (OT/NT) Transit of Venus on June 5th!(Venus will pass directly in front of the sun)last time it will happen this century!(which means its the last chance any of us will have to see it! ;)in this life anyway.. after this one, there wont be another until the year 2117.  it will be visible in the entire l...... 21 May 2012 07:36 AM Public Forum (0)

RE: Annular Solar Eclipse May 20, 2012 (OT/NT) It didnt make the news here, (probably because it was nearly a non-event around here)but then everyone was talking about it all over the internet about ONE HOUR after it ended here! :(that's when I first found out about it!(well..that was the time it was going on for most people I guess)here in West...... 21 May 2012 07:18 AM Public Forum (0)

RE: What to do Hi Chester,welcome to MLS! :)1. hmm..never heard of heavy grease on a live steamer.all those parts are normally oiled, not greased.it's probably grease that was applied at the factory as a rust preventative during shipping..is this a new locomotive? if so, the grease would make sense.I would wipe of...... 20 May 2012 04:56 PM Live Steam (0)

RE: Aristocraft 0-4-0 switcher Posted By Greg Elmassian on 20 May 2012 09:42 AM Umm... are you thinking electric, not live steam Scot? Where would you add weight? Greg   No, I know he is talking about live steam..I dont know where one would add weight..I was only offering it as a potential fix. Scot... 20 May 2012 12:20 PM Live Steam (0)

RE: Aristocraft 0-4-0 switcher All you can really do is try to add a bit of weight.. there is probably nothing wrong with the locomotive at all, its probably working just fine within its capabilities. if it stalls on grades, there are one of two problems, (or both) 1. the train is too long/heavy. 2. the grade is too steep. ...... 20 May 2012 09:38 AM Live Steam (0)

RE: Precision Scale Tank car (1/2 scale)? FYI..you mean 1/2" scale..not 1/2 scale! ;) "One half inch scale" is 1/24 scale..half an inch equals one foot.. 1/2 scale is "one half scale"..literally 50% the size of the prototype! ;) a prototype car that is 40 feet long would be 20 feet long in 1/2 scale. nitpicky? perhaps..but not really....... 16 May 2012 02:12 PM Rolling Stock (0)

RE: Bachmann steam engine driver, which engine? If you are sure they are Bachmann, they would have to be either the Columbia:Bachmann Columbia (Wasnt able to find a good close-up of the drivers..you might have to google around to find one..)or the Indy (Industrial Mogul/Mining Mogul)   Indy drivers on the left: Does it look like o...... 14 May 2012 01:59 PM Model Making (0)

RE: What's your favorite full sized coal hopper? I would go with "modern, but small"..I think the 2-bay hoppers made by Aristocraft would fit the bill nicely:   Aristocraft 2-bay coal hopperthey represent an early to mid-20th century hopper, that would have been pulled by both steam and diesels.IMO, the 3 bay hoppers:USA Trains 3-bay hop...... 07 May 2012 04:16 PM Beginner's Forum (0)

RE: Single-truck Shay Cant find the thread..went back 4 pages and several months in the model making forum.. don't see it.. to make things much easier, when discussing another thread, you could always..oh I dont know..post a link to it? ;) Scot... 07 May 2012 12:19 PM Live Steam (0)