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    Need leaf spring trucks

    I'm kitbashing a Frisco caboose and need to have leaf spring trucks, but can not find any in N scale. Is there such a beast out their? Thanks MOPHEAD
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    Building a 40s auto transport Truck

    Dave, that's a real cool truck. It reminds me of when I was a kid about 5 years old. My father drove a truck like this for Chevrolet. Everytime they came out with the new cars they would be driven to the dealers all covered up. Well my dad would drive by our house and uncover them for all our...
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    Porthole question

    Does anyone know the diameter of the porthole windows on the ends of the phase 2, Lehigh Valley Northeastern caboose? Thanks MOPHEAD
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    2 Roads plan????

    I have a 10'x14' room to put a layout in. What I would like to do is have two different Railroads (Missouri Pacific and Rock Island in the 50's-60's). Has anyone built a layout like that? When ever I do a search on any site I either come up with a lot of info on making roads or no info can be...
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    Branchline operation

    Thanks everyone.
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    Branchline operation

    Hello everyone; I have a couple of questions about how to operate a branchline. Do branchlines run on a schedule? Do you use car cards? The layouts I've seen branchline operations is just do what you want as long as you don't foul the main. Any help is greatfully appreciated. MOPHEAD
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    Point to point branch line?

    Thanks Jetrock That's kind of what I thought. I'm hoping to have a helix at one end and add another self around the wali, ended with a stub end yard. The real Warsaw Branch edned with a Wye, that's why I thought I'd do one. The Warsaw Branch was abandoned in 1946, but I plan on modeling it...
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    Point to point branch line?

    I'm in the planning stage of an N scale layout and was wondering who else runs "point to point"? My thoughts are to build a 14'x10' 3 wall layout of the Warsaw Branch of the Missouri Pacific from Warsaw, Mo. to Sedalia, Mo. Sedalia would be a hidden stub end yard and Warsaw would have a stub end...
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