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    How to strip paint from an Athearn wide vision caboose?

    What I use and swear by is called Castrol Super Clean. You can find it any place that sells automobile parts. It comes in a big purple container. It works better than anything else I've tried and is safer than most. It has a nice pleasant smell but most importantly it takes any paint off in no...
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    Train is off the track

    As the train moves from the yard rounding a curve that snakes past the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, these cars jumped the track. At least it doensn't look like the track was damaged. And as an added bonus these cars give the students at the creative art center an instant...
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    Weekly Photo Fun 11-21/11-28

    Next up is a couple progress shots of my Sullivan Wood Products project. As you can see I have given the building a nice coat of tan paint with the white roof. The doors and windows are installed with the exception of a freight door. The remainder of my work is installing all the little detail...
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    Weekly Photo Fun 11-21/11-28

    I've managed to put down a little scenery and I do mean little, but hey we all started somewhere.:rolleyes: This is the freight/passenger depot for the Monday Creek branch with a little ground cover installed. I still have a long way to go but so far so good I think. The ballast for most of the...
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    Weekly Photo Fun 11-21/11-28

    Great photos as always this week folks!!:thumb: Kevin, I don't think the hillside is too steep but I do think you need to add some things to it. The vision I have in my head is that this is a hill that was cut away to make room for expansion of the lumberyard. It'll be steep and it should have...
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    Question about real materials.....

    Thanks for the responses all. I wasn't sure how to deal with this stuff but you've been a big help. I'll be sure to print these out. Thanks again, IandOFan71
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    Weekly Photo Fun Nov. 14-21

    Thanks. She's a nice lookin and nice running unit. I guess it's good for SWP that the Aardvark Central kept her clean. Too bad they didn't do the same with their accounting.:p
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    Weekly Photo Fun Nov. 14-21

    Business has been so good at Sullivan Wood Products that they have purchased a slightly used SD24 #427 from the defunct Aardvark Central Railroad. SWP will reletter the unit but the paint and number will stay the same. The SD24 is a bit of overkill for a switcher but the president of SWP is a...
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    Weekly Photo Fun Nov. 14-21

    Sullivan Wood Products is beginning to take shape. Next up will be a fresh coat of tan paint and then the roofs, doors and windows will be installed. The small building in the center of the main building will actually rest on the roof when finished.
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    Question about real materials.....

    Greetings all, I have a question about using real material on my layout. I know that if you use dirt that you have to bake it but I think my situation requires a different approach. I model the Athens subdivision of the C&O and I thought what a neat idea it would be create the roadbed on my...
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    Weekly Foto Phun 10/10-10/16

    Thank you sir. It definately is a one of a kind.:mrgreen:
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    Wanted: Atlas SD35 Chassis

    Eightyeightfan1, Thanks for the offer but I no longer need the chassis as I was able to find one on an auction late yesterday. Thanks also to doctorwayne for your suggestion as it was an SD24 that I found and won. My SD20-2 has been sidelined from regular service as the old Pemco drive mechanism...
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    Wanted: Atlas SD35 Chassis

    Thanks Wayne, I didn't realize that they used the same chassis but it makes sense. That will definately help in my search.
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    Weekly Foto Phun 10/10-10/16

    Chessie System SD20-2 #7700 pulls hard on a string of cars in Logan Yard as Coal Extra #4167 prepares to depart for the coal fields with a long string of empties.
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    Wanted: Atlas SD35 Chassis

    Greetings all, I posted this in the Buy/Sell/Trade forum but figured it would get more views here. I have an SD20-2 with an old Pemco drive that I would like to repower with an Atlas SD35 chassis. If anyone has one of these that they could part with I would be interested in talking with you...
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