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    Scratchbuilding is dead, I guess

    You said a lot there, friend. I couldn't agree more.
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    Lionel HO U18B shell

    This may not be the same as holding it in your hands, but I saw two of them at the Oklahoma City train show a couple months ago. Have a look:
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    Animated Peanut Butter Lid Diorama

    Simply stunning! I am truly impressed.
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    Railroad in the garage?

    Gary, have a look at this website for more information about Free-Mo. It might help allay your fears of dealing with misaligned track, as well as show you examples, illustrate the standards, etc. http://www.free-mo.org/ I hear you on the "grandiose" plans! I'm going to need a bigger house...
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    Railroad in the garage?

    Listen to Willie, Gary! I'm in Fort Worth and the garage is not really a very easy place to build a layout even here, let alone down in Houston. I'd definitely heed Willie's advice on the temperature of track laying. Joints on curves get pretty squirrelly if you don't lay them at the right...
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    Wabash rr. heavy load flat cars - a third time

    Once again, incredible work. I really enjoy seeing attention to detail like this and your obvious knowledge of things outside of building railroad models make these loads a joy to look at, ponder the construction methods, and speculate on what their use might be. Of course, the description...
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    Cardstock Vehicles

    Thanks for the links. These will come in handy for autorack loads....
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    Anyone model Norfolk Southern????

    The first two runs of Atlas B40-8s decorated for Norfolk Southern came factory equipped with dual mode decoders. This was prior to the Silver/Gold Series models, which as I understand it now, feature sound/DCC or no decoder.
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