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Zillow.com - 7-bedroom, 11-bath house at an Undisclosed Address in North Barrington, IL 60010

Listing includes a dozen pictures of a 3-rail layout and seven pictures of a garden layout.

Apparently this is the place for sale: https://wanderingtree.com/trains-gardens/trains/

Trainz listed 26 Wasatch cars on their website today - thankfully, they're HO so my wallet is safe. :lol: I'm now wasting time comparing the HO cars in the Trainz photos to Eric's photos. The HO cars look amazing in Trainz's low resolution photos, but even in those low resolution photos I'm able to ...

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I mentioned tapping 5-40, which I did. 5-40 UNC was a standard thread in the 1940s. All Nation and Little Engines used that size. So I found I was out of 5-40 brass, and started looking. Nope. Well, yes, for $5 or so per screw! What length and head type are you looking for? Grainger has 1/2" l...

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:And, I'm pretty sure that there's an HO Yardsale site....or there used to be.

There's an HOSwap list on groups.io, plus a bunch of Facebook groups.

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This is a current listing for BT and a good example of their exorbinate shipping charges. It's a USH unpainted tank car in good condition with a decent box. The starting bid is probably what it's worth, but that number is up to the buyer. This one? O Brass Model - USH 302 8,000 Gallon Double Dome T...

Cost of USH cab forwards, at least those sold by reputable people, appears to have appreciated. The reputable people part is key! Tonight, the same seller (Bill Davis) sold a Precision/KTM New York Central De-Streamlined Hudson for $2,851.01: https://www.ebay.com/itm/147432371315 Brasstrains.com's ...

up148 wrote:Congrats to the seller.

... if and when the winning bidder pays!

I assume this thread is about the Weaver and P&D mechanisms that use a chain on each truck. There is a single gear at the top of the tower and a gear on each of the two wheel axles. P&D used to sell replacements gears and chain, but I don't think they have them anymore (because the store/web...

Good work and belated congratulations Erik!

I once managed to get a news photo published in Trains, so knowing what it takes to get published in it I am very impressed by your landing the cover!

I've long been fascinated by Chinese steam. When i was in high school, J. David Conrad imported three SYs into the US -- and a few years later, when I was in college, the Susquehanna bought one of those and started running it out of my hometown. A few years later, I attended two T.Y. Lin lectures in...

There were O-scale items in Stout's June 18, 2026 auction: 2 and 3 Rail Train Auction of N scale to G scale! Includes Brass, Atlas, MTH, Sunset Models, 3rd Rail, Overland Models, Lionel, Live Steam & More. Even after Stout's commission and shipping fees, the prices realized seemed (to me!) to be...

Erik - Beautiful photos, as usual! With the wasatch UP cars the Trouble is they predate factory paint and require decent painting which I did my own but its not so easy. I've bought them with Krylon finishes... strip and redo. I'm wondering what I'm seeing in that photo you titled Drum Head made esp...