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    Curved bridge

    Custom trestle builder There is a person on ebay who builds bridges and trestles to order...he lists the structure dimensions and will build and weather them for you. His/her ebay ID is "trestles4u". Looks like good work, but I have never bought one. GB
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    With a coffe on my lap I dashed over to THE YARDS

    Yard Mother & Daughter Sets Thanks for the posts. I found the road numbers of sets operating in Toronto and a set of photos of all of them...now I can start building them up based on my SD40-2 SNOOTS.... Thanks again!!! :thumb:
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    Grain Elevator Car Spots

    Canadian Pacific Railway Unit Trains Just an update on car spots for grain and other bulk commodities: For the past decade or so, CP has defined a unit train as 112 cars (60' per hopper car) plus power (3 x 85'). The future: CP is now looking at industrial users going to 132 cars lengths...
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    With a coffe on my lap I dashed over to THE YARDS

    Another excellent CPR Roster and Photo Archive is: CANADIAN PACIFIC IN THE MOUNTAINS - WWW.MOUNTAINRAILWAY.COM I find it very complete and constantly getting new material. GB
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    With a coffe on my lap I dashed over to THE YARDS

    Hump Set Features Hello All, I have been pursing modeling details on these hump sets operated by CP. My plan is to use a SW1200, and a pair of SD-40 SNOOTs to make up the set. I have a pile of CP SD-40 SNOOTs to work from, so I would prefer to use them for this special consist. I don't feel...
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    what do non railroaders think of your layout?

    I entered MRR in my teens, as a hobby, and that was "nice for a young person to have a pastime". I took a 25 year holiday from it as life changes and came back into it a few years ago. My experience since: Alot of the "stereotypical" lifetime modellers and even some hobby store staff look at...
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    Grain Elevator/Mill

    Excellent model... Some details for you to add some day: On the car loading side, the doors facing the tracks used to have a small narrow deck projecting off them. In the days of box cars, the deck might have had a small hinged section that could get the staff up close to the box car doors to...
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    How much to get these running?

    Hi, My approach is to buy good running and complete kits of anything close to the unit you want, preferrably unassembled, and rework the kit to suit. You can but alot of Athearn Blue Box kits from $20 to $25 that are complete, buy a spare shell of the right road or strip it and repaint, and be...
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    Grain Elevator Car Spots

    Hello Bob, If you want to see more pictures of those Sask cars before the taggers got to them, please check out the North American Railcar Corp. They are building some beautiful copies for the MRRers. I have heard about the CWB refurbishments as part of CWBs publicity campaign to continue its...
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    Grain Elevator Car Spots

    Some more info on industrial rail sidings used by the grain industry... Construction: Both CN and CP require 100+ lb rail for grain elevator sidings, ties are often good used ties, generally hand selected salvaged ties, and locally sourced ballast. CN has historically provided the material for...
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    Central Manitoba Railway. *Not Dial up Friendly*

    CEMR in Manitoba CEMR services a number of industries along the former CN branchline. Grain, fertilizer, miscellaneous on the small branch. They do 104 hopper car unit trains at a high throughput grain elevator just southwest of Brunkild, Manitoba. It is on a former siding called Mollard...
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