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Hi Shortliner i to have only just come across your thread on your fiddel stick switch job i must have stumbled across it when looking at the o scale chicago fork . have mucked around with a few micro layouts box file size i wanted to try some thing a bit bigger but still on the simple one turn out theam . seeing yours and the chicago fork i went out and brought a new bit of board and sorted out some track can i ask on page one it shows some sizes did you in the end build it to fit a storage box . or was it bigger thanks .

hi Nickjust had a quick look at the pc game thats really good ,

Thanks Nick . it was built as a china clay layout 1st off . and run with BR stock and rolling stock to match . but like with all my other layouts i do like to run stock from other countries . i would like to see the place you have mentioned Derail valley to see how it compares as i really didnt base it on any one place .

HI Jason yes when i get started i will keep my options open to what ever i find 1st with in the small switcher range . last few days i have been putting ideas down on scraps of paper checking out small switching layouts etc to get as many plans or what will work in a small space around the 4ft + a run off . i really like the idea of some thing like chicago fork and Gaz man jack's ho , sunshine plam trees and food ind . i might even not use any switches just 3 tracks and use a sector plate . just have to see . not only that i need few lenths of track and a couple of box cars to work out distances etc .

Hi here is my take on the claremont and concord except i only have a 45 tonner

Hi Prof klyzir , i have come across Chicago fork layout before . i really like it its simple not over fussy and was one of the main layouts that steered my interest to wards american o gauge . am i right in thinking that is your layout .

Hi dava the Claremont and concord pics are absolutely fantastic . talk about finding a gem . thats the type of railroad i love just a small loco and one wagon , the secenry the tracks what a picture ive got to see more . and yes a GE 25 tonner and the plymouth switcher of which i have seen a few on E bay are all good for a go . thanks again its made my day

thank for them pics of the small layouts there the type that give me some ideas . and that latest one yr building looks great hope there be some more pics as you progress . i seeu you have a pair of atlas plymouth switchers i have seen people do some good bashes with them .

Hi sorry for delay in reply and thanks for all the info at the moment i have a back log of ON30 projects to wade through and the o scale GE 44 ton switcher would be for a later project . thanks Jasond for the offer with help but its all just pipe line stuff at the mo . my 1st venture in to O scale was with a Dapol 08 and a few mineral wagons and thats still in the box . you know how you get drawn in and out to other scales gauges in this hobby . but i have had a strong intetrest in haveing a go with american o scale . nice pic of your 44 toner Dava . funny enough i had my eye on that E BAY southern RR 44T . But i only just saw it after i brought yet another on30 loco so funds will have to wait till next pay day now . i see you said PECO low mac wheels will fit so i could get them from peco . bit easyer than finding Atlas wheels as ive seen recomended to try . allso when i do have a go it will be a very small micro type layout which i have been trying to see what other people have built but small o scale standard gauge american micro layouts are had to find un less any one has any pointers please . the sort of thing i mean is a 44 ton pushing a 40ft high cube box car around if thats of help . thanks again to all who replyed on this .

Thanks for the reply i am going to read through , but the williams ge 44 ton seems to be the way to go . and the conversion use ing the atlas push fit wheels and makeing some pick ups . i think i could tackel that . brilliant there is hope then .

Hi can any one offer me some advice . have ing modelled in amercian ho a few times . i would really like to try o scale and have been looking at small switchers to use on a small layout that i would like to build . The GE 44 ton switcher takes my like ing . but i see mainly its only made for 3 rail pick up and i would like to do 2 rail . i have read that a few people have converted them to 2 rail but i am a bit of a novice when it comes to jobs like that . so is there any ones on the market made for just to 2 rail i am aware there are some brass kits but again they would be well bey above my modelling skills . allso i am UK based and looking to do this on a budget any tips or pointers most wellcome. thank you .

Thanks Tony thats great . i have just had a look and see what you mean . i will get right on to that thanks again for the quick response to my question . kevin

Hi this is not the 1 st time i have had one of thease locos Bachmann ho ge 45 ton switcher its a dule dc dcc . but i would like to hard wire a decoder in and a stay alive in i have a train o matic decoder and stay alive . i have done a few hard wires . with some luck they have worked ok . but have ing stripped the loco down i find there are no pick up wires from the trucks . so dus this mean it picks up power through the chassi or am i barking up the wrong tree . i have tried to look on you tube but only found one vid but this only showed how they crammed in a decoder and stay alive in the cab and not how the joind all the wire ing up . also there are 2 wires of the circut board brown and white i have no idea what or where they go . any help please much needed thanks

HI all did a bit of weekend layout tweeking . i found in my scrap box some loco shed doors with warnning stripes on them . no idea how long i had them bit a bit of thinking i have made good use of them to make some hazzard signs for the coal convayer and coal hopper .

ok thanks for that i expect if it was some time ago they may not do them any more it looked just right for lighting up my boxfile layout

brilliant work steve looks really good can i ask there was a small strip light in one of your pics looks ideal can you tell me where you got it from .

Thanks steve i will give that a go . we have a mint flavor one i will let you know how it goes . and i will be careful not to over do it .

any particulal flavor no sorry ive never come across that dus it work

thanks sussex yard . i do think i need to add some more junk and bits laying around as it is there is just a few oil drums . from pictures i have seen of real collierys there is s whole host of scrap junk you name it but i would not want to over cram it as the space is limmited

If any one has any tips on how to quiten a j94 coffe grinder lde be pleased to hear

Hi all i have just brought another j94 no 49 . i doint know what it is with thease locos but i now have about 5 of them . its the Hornby one and it runs really well bit noisey but ok it was allso converted to DCC so it saved me the job and its now earning its keep shunting about the yard .

Thanks Moxy thats been a great help especially the george dent link those pics show excatlly what i needed. it shows that really all i need do is cut a slot in the top of the water tank doint think i need that coller thing at all . brilliant cheers

Thanks luke i am glad i was not the only one to have a problem with this . i have used a small blob of blutac just to see what it looks like in place level on the tank the giesel funnel looks far to tall so will have to trim some off the base . luke would you have a photo of your j94 with giesel funnel on it so i can see how yours looked . no problem if you havent luke . thanks

Hi all i doint know if any one can help with this but i thought i would have a go at doing a bit of allterations to one of my Hornby j94 's . with the really nice castings from RT models i have brought a giesel enjector chimney and it comes wit a guide plug . now i brought thease bits along with a different dome and water filler cap . no problem with them just replace like for like . but its the giesel enjector ime baffed at i have looked at pictures of j94 's with them but can not see where the plug or bottom coller goes . or am i just stupid and its a fixing guide to line up the funnel dus it go as ive placed it in my pic etc . any advice or am i not seeing the obvious . thank you

hi jim thanks for the advice with the tripod just brought one of E bay it will come in very handy for takeing pics .