Model Train Journal

Another assembly video: https://youtu.be/h4AGHPL-I6U?si=emXrjBfxE5PU2Pzg
This one in Polish.

Aha! I found a video by Mike Goodwin about assembling a Proxxon Scroll Saw DS 115: https://youtu.be/wrWhjPp73Bw?si=qNwIi70TEKBPksJk I have a suggestion: turn your audio off while you watch the video (unless you understand Czech; then leave the audio on). Also, sometimes Google fails to load the vide...

Nice interior photos of SN 1632.

WPRM has a list of WP Cupola cabooses.
https://www.wplives.org/wphistory_wp_eq ... sters.html

Looking on Youtube...
How to attach the blade:=> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtraW_u9OaE

George, I have never had Proxxon Scroll Saw DS 115/E. So, I am curious about how many pieces it comes in. I looked at the instruction manual online and found that the only assembly was to fasten the saw bow to the machine. INSTRUCTIONS 1. Wear a hair net. 2. Fasten the saw bow with the two screws in...

The mountain looks just as you described it.

A sign on the display revealed: "This layout is an original Lionel dealer display made in 1956 by the Lionel Corporation & cataloged as # D-192. This layout was used by Purcell's Department Store in downtown Lexington, 1956-1958." https://kyphotoarchive.com/2015/03/02/purcells-departme...

Thursday, July 16, 2026, we went to Versailles, KY. Guess what I found at the Versailles, KY train depot? https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/55400080919_9d29aac2ea_o.jpg D-192 by Wayne Benda , on Flickr Credit: Nostalgia Station Toy Museum http://www.nostalgiastationmuseum.com I put this image in a...

Okay, that’s weird to me. Those short boxcars certainly weigh a lot less than the scale-sized versions. Must be the improved free-rolling scale trucks on the later cars?. The Baby Ruth cars weigh 9 oz each. The caboose weighs 3 oz. The cars have nice trucks with wheels that spin on the axles. A lot...

Southern Streak pulling three baby ruths.


Southern Streak pulling three scale cars.

672 by Wayne Benda, on Flickr

catd69u wrote:I sent a picture to Wayne, I think.
Barry

You did send a picture, and here it is:
401X by cat69u, on Flickr

FAILURE ANALYSIS The first thing I see is that the truck is riveted to the chassis. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55376148544_79ab97400c_c.jpg Failure to make it easy to R&R the truck. Second: The uncoupling thumbtack is bent. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55376377250_8d26d497fb_c.jp...

Bad Order Coupler by Wayne Benda, on Flickr

I saw this happen in a Southern Pacific train one day on my way to work. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55374745976_4e85db4b71_o.gif The crew backed up, replaced the knuckle, coupled to the fixed car, and went on to Nogales, Mexico. My knuckle did not break; the pin that holds the knuckle close...