Model Trains & Railroads Tips

Model railroaders, gardeners, miniaturists, and even those looking for home improvement ideas will appreciate this guide. Compiled from the pages of Garden Railways magazine, this comprehensive guide addresses the subjects most often raised by beginners and seasoned hobbyists.

• Title: Garden Railroading: Getting Started in the Hobby
• ISBN: 0890243697
• Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
• Pub Date: 2002-03

This is the synthetic lubricant that consistently outperforms all others currently available. It has incredible low and high-temperature characteristics, which is absolutely necessary for proper train lubrication but completely lacking in petroleum-based oils. Don’t use them on your trains any longer! Actual oils leave sticky deposits when the short-chain molecule components evaporate over time. Real oil is made up of a mixture of long and short chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms, and under certain conditions the short-chain molecules evaporate, and the unstable molecules oxidize and break down. This leaves a sticky residue which can actually “gum up” the device it was intending to lubricate. Conventional oils also contain varying amounts of impurities, such as sulfur, waxes, and unstable hydrocarbons which are left behind as residue deposits. In contrast, synthetic oils are made using a process that re-arranges the structure so all the molecules are uniform in size, shape, and weight, an ideal phenomenon which does not occur in nature. While petroleum-based oils that are extracted from the ground must then be refined to attempt to minimize their shortcomings, synthetics are custom-designed to produce the ultimate lubricant, with inherent performance characteristics vastly superior to any petro-oil. It is perfectly safe to begin using Liquid Bearings on all your trains immediately, even if you have been lubricating them with conventional oils for years or decades. It is fully compatible with all vintage and current oils, and will eventually flush away the residue of the evaporated real oil over time. You will easily notice that all of your pivot points, slides, bearings, rollers, and gears will move easier with Liquid Bearings, especially if you have been using petroleum-based oil on them for years. The bottle is top-quality LDPE, and the stainless needle allows the application drop-by-drop, unlike some oil bottles which “drool” the oil out! Please try some!!

• 100%-synthetic lubricant, perfect for all model railroad uses!
• Immediately begins to displace old petro-oils or sprays.
• Excellent corrosion prevention for any metal surfaces.
• Essentially odor-free, a pleasure to use!
• Plastic-safe for all plastics and painted surfaces!

Two great videos “Riding Household Railways” and “G-Scale Journey” are combined onto one DVD. Imagine being only three inches tall, standing track-side or even climbing inside the cab of a model train. You will view model railroading from a whole new perspective.”Riding Household Railways” features five different G-Scale railways. The Woodland Railway is a massive wooded garden layout meandering past live miniature trees, buildings, bridges and tunnels. The Living Room Railway is a complex of track-work encircling the room as the pet cat looks on. The Household Railway has the run of the house with LGB trains traveling through five rooms. The Garden Railway has a western theme winding its way through a town from yesteryear. The Electric Tramway portrays a rush-hour exodus from a foggy European town. “Riding Household Railways” received excellent reviews from Model Railroader and Garden Railways magazines, and won First Place at the Eleventh Annual ITVA Maryland Video Festival.”G-Scale Journey” is all about the trip. You will travel aboard a narrow-gauge model passenger train as it winds through real-life environments. These are not trains running in circles, but traveling from point A to point B through natural settings. Beautifully photographed, the trip is viewed as passenger, engineer and track-side spectator. You are also treated to side excursions aboard LGB freight trains, trolleys and streetcars. And, what would a great railroad video be without a train wreck? There is a dramatic ending titled “Bridge Out”.

• Includes trains, trams and trolleys.
• Ride inside model trains.
• Large indoor and outdoor railroads.
• Entertainment for the entire family.

MANUFACTURED IN GERMANY BY PIKO.THIS KIT INCLUDES THE GAS PUMP, TIRE RACK AND OIL CAN.

• This item is NOT a toy and is intended for modelling use
• Scale – 1:22.5

Bachmann 00647 Sante Fe Flyer – Complete and Ready-To-Run HO Scale Electric Train Set

• EMD FT diesel locomotive with operating headlight
• 2 Freight cars and off-center caboose
• 36″ circle of snap-fit E-Z Track
• Power pack and speed controller
• Illustrated instruction manual

G SCALE REMOTE CONTROL STEAM ENGINE WITH SOUND. COMES WITH RADIO – RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK AND CHARGER. USED BY THE HARZ NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS. TRACK SOLD SEPARATELY
CHOCKING HAZARD – CONTAINS SMALL PARTS – NOT FOR CHILDREN UNDER 3

• Will run on any G scale train track
• Compatible with all major brands the use a hook and loop connectors
• Battery operated, radio control

For use with the Lionel G Scale Battery Operated sets TRACK PACK INCLUDES: Four straight track pieces Gauge: Large Scale/G Gauge Dimensions: Length: 8 1/2 each

• Includes four straight track pieces
• Length: 8-1/2? each
• Easy-to-use snap together track
• Compatible with any Lionel G-Gauge battery powered set
• Lionel G-Gauge battery powered sets designed perfectly for children ages four and up