To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.trainsOpen lugnet.trains in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Trains / *11044 (-5)
  Re: How the heck do I find out what model that engine I see going by is?
 
(...) I've recently discovered the joys of a Walthers catalog. Walthers is a model railroad distributor, and they publish a very large catalog every year. There are a lot of B/W side shots of rolling stock. This is great for browsing and IDing (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: How the heck do I find out what model that engine I see going by is?
 
(...) I'm not interested in the 'every varient' thing, but I would like to know if there is some way to tell (other than sheer volume of knowledge base, which is how trainheads do it, I assume) what an engine I'm looking at is. Beyond the basic (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: How the heck do I find out what model that engine I see going by is?
 
(...) If you really want to be able to tell, get a copy of Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. But it's not a critical thing to be able to tell every variant. ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  How the heck do I find out what model that engine I see going by is?
 
I figured I'd ask that here, since so many people are tossing around model types, I figure someone ought to know... If I see a train go by, and want to know what model it is, how do I find out, short of slogging through hundreds of pictures & model (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 7-Eleven and Starbucks
 
"Tony Hafner" <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message news:GA7GoE.HyL@lugnet.com... (...) I don't drink coffee but my brother slugs it down like there is no tomorrow so that picture reminded me of him. He LOVES large coffee mugs. :-) I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)


Next Page:  5 more | 10 more | 20 more

Redisplay Messages:  All | Compact

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR