Looks good to me, only thing missing is an air hose. The PWRS guys were at one of the recent train shows I went to and I asked to see the air hoses in person but they did not have them. Oh

For over 20 years I worked as an Advertising Manager for a newspaper then an auction company. One day I saw a poster near my home looking for a cabinet maker; within three months of my interview I was

A bit more info: The reefer and coal car underframes appear to be substantially the same. Interestingly, my button herald reefer has screws attaching the draft gear boxes, whereas my block-lettered

Hi Dale, I turned my car upside down, and the draft gear box is definitely the first thing the wheels hit. However, if I position the trucks so that the wheels are just touching the tabs sticking

Hi Dale, I’m afraid I can’t answer your question. Most of my curves are 25”, and the couple of places I drop down to around 20” aren't laid yet. I might try to see if I can angle the trucks

Dale & Jeff You are correct on using just a sleeve to attach the Sergent coupler. I did just that and was photographed in 2011 HOn3 Annual, (article by the late Brett Payne MMR, Philip Light & me,

Thanks, Jeff. That’s one of the things I like about the Sergents. They are often an adventure in how… But there always seems to be a way. Mike Van Hove

Jeff, let me ask you this, While the Accumate draft gear boxes look great and enhance the look of the cars. I found that they interfered with the truck swing on the MTL Reefers. They hung up on the

The MTL HOn3 C&S coal cars seem to have a different draft gear box than the MTL HOn3 reefers mentioned in the Conder/Niemeyer/Zook article, so I thought I'd share my experiences with them. The coal

Hi, The "S" scale coupler makes a good model of the 3/4 size coupler of the narrow gauge lines. Stan

Is there a particular Sergents coupler I should use for On30 narrow guage? I like the operation I have seen in HO but they are too small. Thanks for the info... Rick Bell, Spring Creek

Heck since I'm retired I guess I'm "playing" !! I am a retired Broadcast Radio Engineer, radio station owner/operator from the Pacific Northwest. Did our morning show for over 35 years and meet a ton

Well I guess I'll play also, even though I don't have much to say. I was an engineer also, but not one that drives trains. I was a sustaining engineer for a semiconductor firm. I'm

John, I dabbled in 1.5" scale trains a little over 15 years ago. The best coupler I found (although the most expensive at the time and probably still) was the stainless steel ones from

Yeah I'll play. A Pyrotechnician I am. Tim Land of OZ

Small world, it is. As for me: software architect, now retired after 25 years at Adobe (FrameMaker, PDF, Forms, CQ). Cheers, Jeff.

Mark here. Steelworker since 1977. Working swing shift. Over fifty cars with Sergent couplers and dozen locomotives. B&O in the fifties. Mark Morgan Ohio

I'm an engineer but not on a railroad. I design pipelines and compressor station and processing plant for oil & gas production. Frack on! Mike Conder

I'm much more of a learner than an expert, just getting into HO this winter when I can't work outside on my 1.6" scale live steam track, but I worked for Union Pacific RR in management (Schedule