Model Train Journal

I mean really, these are hobby forums for having fun, not professional websites selling, building, advertising or anything else that might be product sensitive. There used to be many hobby forums for having fun. Few remain as such. OGR is about selling their brand and products, advertising, and the...

I am going to add - that very reasonable policy is not universally applied. Just glance at, say, "Switcher Saturday." About half the posts say "this is my . . ." which can be construed as stating that the poster took the picture. The other half do not even do that - "Here i...

Thanks, guys!

That car was a lot of actual fun (thanks to clan DeBruin!).

SWrailroader wrote:My post in the traction section of the OGR forum regarding whether Q-Car was still in business was deleted without explanation

Q-Car probably isn't one of their advertisers so that'll get any mention of such a company deleted there - make no mistake, it's all about the money there.

healey36 wrote:I need to make myself a piece of something for photo purposes.

Tri-fold foam core from Michaels works well.

Now this one is completed! https://photos.smugmug.com/Passenger-Cars/2026-Walthers-restore/i-cK7wsGF/0/K4HWpLhGNgsNfDQZmCXL3rpkWp5P3mQchGC9ttZfb/X2/Ward%207%20a-X2.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/Passenger-Cars/2026-Walthers-restore/i-p6XcX4L/0/KLfkprJjFH8k8FnsbfVZ4DQGz3zLHdrnvqCkHcCWX/X2/Ward%207%20...

Thank you! I might be able to do more but doing more might be where I go too far.

Pacific Limited, you make a good point about the extortion of owning modern cars. Expensive to buy then to maintain. I couldn’t agree more. I used to tell the kids that worked from me that cars were a burden and to do everything possible to not own one; live near commuter rail and bus routes, and r...

X-1040 (probably a Kemtron part #).

Yes. Kemtron used X-####

All the folks living on credit cards…outliving their means by choice… Been a worry of mine for many years now....history of buying on credit is interesting...seems to have started in the 1920's leading up to the crash....for a long time it was practically a sin to borrow money, and then I think it ...

You have to agree it is ugly, but underneath . . . No disagreement on the ugly. Underneath seems a mystery given that there were 2 drive units in the tender. If lucky there's a blank canvas there; dunk the entire thing in a vat of lacquer thinner for a few days......might reduce the ugly factor, :w...

up148 wrote:Yeah, so many believe its only a lie if you get caught. People show remorse for being caught, not for committing whatever they committed.

Not any more - now it's all about lying and celebrating the lie! Go on TV, on TikTok, and whatever social media and celebrate....

There's no consequences!

I do wonder if the 1st quarter of the 2000's will go down in history as the time of scammers, liars, cheaters, unprincipled and corrupt predators with total disregard for societal standards of decency. Only in that it's become overt behavior vs. discrete, and that it's now linked to an increasingly...

healey36 wrote:Would depend on the beer rations

I've got some from Founder's brewery - a bottle of the CBS should satisfy.

healey36 wrote:LOL, I thought you were painting the house. Painting models definitely an upside.

House in PA......will need painting in a year or 3. You are welcome to assist,