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The Varney 0-4-0 was one powerful locomotive.I bought a used one at a train show 25 years ago and just started using it.It can haul 11 cars up a hill that my Bachmann 2-8-0 and Athearn 2-8-2 can only haul 7 cars each.Two big pieces of lead and a large motor give it it's great pulling capacity.It's s...

If you go to www.bowser-trains.com there is a photo of the back of their 0-4-0 tender .

The museum's website says one of their 0-4-0 locomotives was built by the Davenport Locomotive Works and listed its past owners. Joe

I took a close look at a CB&T boxcar I built from a kit a couple years ago,was surprized to see it had sprung trucks.My memory isn't too good,are sprung trucks standard on CB&T kits or did I buy the trucks elsewhere ? Thanks Joe

Thanks for the posting,where is the Red Springs & Northern ?

We use bumping posts and wheel stops at work.Both can withstand a slight nudge when we couple onto a car.But when they are hit by cars going over perhaps 2 MPH bad things happen,like the rail joiners break or the middle of the car ends up on top of the bumping post. I have some photos of when a new ...

Has anyone ever seen one of these in operation or ran one ? I am curious how they compare to the 35 Ton GE we use at work in terms of hauling capacity. Our GE has been re-engined with a 275 HP Cat and has double reduction gearing. Thanks , Joe

You might receive some answers if you post your question on the Ohio Forum. Cloverleaf was a nickname for the Toledo,St.Louis & Western which used to go from Toledo to St. Louis. Joe

I wonder how old cars in M.O.W.service are allowes to be ? Back when Conrail served my town I also saw cars built in the 1940's and scale test cars made in the 1920's.

Hello and welcome to the forum.Maybe you are thinking of the old Chuck Berry song about Johnny B. Goode ? "He used to sit in the shade listening to the sound the drivers made. " good song. Joe

The ex-Erie track from North Judson to Monterray was operated by a shortline called the JKL Line,I am not sure if they are still in business.

It shut down in 1979,I used to watch their trains very often. Joe

I have a 1912 atlas.It says one line is the C.A.&C. Other line looks like Toledo & Ohio Central. Joe

Here is the Indiana forum http://indiana.railfan.net/board/

It goes (went) from Anderson to Frankton,around 7 miles.I don't know if it is still in operation. Perhaps you could ask on the Indiana railroads Bull Session forum ,do you need a link to it ?