I am interested in buying one of the 65’ HOn3 turntables, if still available. I live on the west coast in California where it is still April 1 as I write this. jim

It’s been a while since you posted this. Today I discovered I have 3 pairs of the MDC trucks. So that will allow me to do the two long RPOs have. Thank you again for the photos.

I see some really fine workmanship on the bridge, which is the upper Crystal Creek bridge (don’t remember the number). I built the lower Crystal Creek bridge that crossed the Gunnison River for the Sl

It’s kind of a shame that ME didn’t do their current injection molded HOn3 6 turnouts in Code 55 instead of Code 70. Code 55 rail still approximates roughly 85# rail in the prototype - heavier than th

Just to note, that The Original Whistle Stop has received a large HOn3 collection that includes nearly all the Blackstones rolling stock. Prices are about the current market.

Thank you Mick! Actually I have one of the PSC cars so can do the comparison myself. Wheel base appears to be the same and it is a matter of shortening the brake hanger extensions and nipping the brac

Hey Mick, thanks for the info on the MDC trucks. I have a pair and will await a photo of your conversion, if you have one. I’m in fact one of those who bought a WP&Y caboose in order to transfer the t

Should also note that the long RPOs had different trucks, given their 1923 or 1924 new build dates. The only correct trucks with inside brakes were done by PSC in their last runs of these cars (can't

Not certain, but there may be an unbuilt kit as a part of a very large estate HOn3 collection that is being catalogued and put on sale in the near future at the Original Whistle Stop in Pasadena.

The Slim Gauge Guild in Pasadena probably has the most realistic depiction of Curecanti Needle. Of course the scene is probably 30’ long. It terminates with the Crystal Creek Bridge scene. I know it w

I have an unbuilt standard gauge CV box car kit that has its original CV arch bar trucks. I also have several of their narrow gauge rack bar trucks. In comparing them, the side frames are identical ca

Thank you Ernie. It confirms my suspicion that with brick walls as the primary structure the look of the Gross Kelly building is as fake as most of the rest of Santa Fe. While he was alive, I became a

Did that building actually have Adobe walls? Or was it really a wood frame or concrete block structure with simulated tapered and rusticated Adobe walls? So much of Santa Fe NM architecture isn’t the

The problem with springs with lead trucks especially is they have the effect of “lifting” the front drivers off the rails, thereby reducing traction and increasing the likelihood of derailments thru p

Just wondering - whether putting wheel wipers on drivers will accelerate wear on the worm gear drives? Also would putting them on one side cause uneven wear on the drive wheel bearings? Instead of wip

Very good!

It sound to me like Micro Engineering could solve this by cutting the staples apart on an angle instead of 90 degrees. Having said that, I’ve learned how to drive them using needle nose pliers with se

There is another maker of passenger trucks, P.I.A. which I think stands for Precision international, or something like that. I think they were produced by PFM. They were plastic and much more durable,

For years the brass builders in HOn3 were putting out RPO cars with incorrect outside clasp passenger trucks. Offhand, I can think of Key, PFM, Balboa or Custom Brass and maybe others were doing this.

I have 316 and 319, both professionally painted (one by Jerry Spoelma). I suspected that the tender shell could be removed with a single edge razor, but no way was I going to compromise that work (the