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Hey Catt... how about any ONE loco... and the cars have to be at NMRA standard weight. On the level, and you have to produce a pic to be included..... Art

I know we have many difference of opinion on locos, but it would be interesting to know what is your favorite locomotive and why. I will keep mine a secret right now until others say something as I have 2 favorites and I don't know which one I will pick, but it will be a real puller that is for...

How about as Catt is the moderator we get him to setup some rules, and then we have a go at it. I can then practice for awhile and take home the prize. Which of course is nothing, but it could be fun for all of us. Art

Hey guys, and girls how about seeing who can get the most cars being pulled by a single loco. You get to pick the loco and then we load until it cannot pull anymore. I realize that we cannot send a judge to watch you in action, but I think we can trust everyone to be honest. Once you do this...

KATO"s Unitrack system is really nice but very expensive. I use it for temporary layouts and as a test track, but would not use it for a regular layout. We use Atlas Flex Track, but it can be a bear to learn to get it correct. It is not really hard but makes you pay attention to detail...

It is very sensitive to finding any problems you may have in your layout. Once you get this loco running good on a layout I doubt that you will have any more derails or the like. This loco has made running our layout a charm. We fixed 2-3 places on the layout and now things are really so much...

I use Kato Unitrack for temp layouts, and have to say it always works great. I have not tired it in a permanent layout so don't know about that. It is easy to put together, and you don't have to worry about those funny little bends and twists that flex can do at times. Only downside I have...

N Scale Supply is having a sale. Some pretty good stuff going at reasonable prices too. Art =http://www.nscalesupply.com/Sale.htmlnnn [This message has been edited by Art Lamb (edited 02-23-2001).]

My Wife and I use the Federal Furnace Lines... but I have to admit it now belongs to her. She has pushed me right out of the N Scale business and into the G Scale. Art

What I like about freelancing is that you don't have to listen to someone tell you that such and such RR didn't have that. Who cares if they did or didn't as the Federal Furnace Lines will run anything that fits on the tracks. If we like it then it runs. Amtrak makes a run through our towns, and...

The Federal Furnace Lines was takeover by my wife in a hostile takeover. Now I need to get enough capital to see if I can buy it back from her. This is going to be difficult as she has encroached upon my real estate, meaning my workshop is now a rail road. The table saw, band saw, planer, and...

Hey Catt... as Barbara is doing the N Scale and I would like to do the G... do we get 2 NARA numbers or is one Ok...????? Art

I believe that freelancing is the only way to fly. I don't count rivets... I don't count windshield wipers... and I do have fun. I love to use some equipment as it comes from the box... and I love to change so of it to be what I want. I don't believe you can recreate the prototype anyway, as...

Great Catt... now Barbara can do the N while I do the G scale. Besides she keeps me to busy doing benchwork for her. She now has another yard, and I have lost my work shop. Art

Just heard from Atlas and they are going to make good on everything. So in the long run I'm Ok, and pleased that they would do this. Art

I still have not heard from Atlas on this problem. They seem to be ignoring me on email so I may have to either call them on the phone, or go to their web board. I try not to put things like this on a web board of the manufacturer, but looks like Atlas doesn't care. I have sent 3 emails and no...

I just wired up 6 remote switches on a part of my layout, and the motors burned up with in second of being connected. I did this by connecting the #56 switch control boxes with the little bus bars they include with them. The motors on 2 melted and the wires burned up too. At first I though that...

Well what does everyone think about Kato's finally going to get the EMD SD80/90 into production. I have put one on order as I love big modern locos, and Eve likes anything that is a loco. Anyone else going to give one of these babies a spin on the rails when they finally arrive. I understand...

My wife... the better half of the equation told me she has found the best rail checker going. The Kato C44-9W running on the tracks seems to find anything that is wrong. We have found and repaired 3 sections where somehow the rails got pinched just a wee bit.... call it sloppy work, or what...