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Since Yahoo put the "quash" on linking to pictures in my account and my "el cheapo" provider does not give me any space, I've been looking for some free space for picture storage without having to set up a site. This one works pretty good www.zippyimages.com To get the address of the pic...

The Google search engine www.google.com has put up a beta version of something called Froggle. With this you can shop the internet for a particular item and get page after pages of links, prices and pictures to choose from. For example I searched ON30 and got 10 pages of specific items...

The Robber Barron is baffled!!! My friend bought a Proto 2000 E8 from the LHS that doesn't know beans about trains. It was on sale for $30 bucks and there were no instructions in the box. It won't run. It has one of those simulated gyro-lites that does work. What is that massive curcuit...

The Internet is a wonderful tool for finding information on a subject to model, especially pictures of the subject. But, I've noticed that there are many posts here asking where can I find a picture of this or that. Its tedious to search individual sites looking for a particular picture but...

I noticed this afternoon that eBay doesn't list the theme pages on their opening page anymore. Here's the address of the model railroad theme page. Once there just choose the link/subject you want. You can then sub search on any given page(s). http://pages.ebay.com/theme/modeltrains.html

Cheese and Crackers!!.....This would only happen to me!!:eek: My layout is housed in a converted garage in my backyard. On opening the door and turning on the lights this morning it was observed that various structures were being dive bombed by a large number of huge black flys!!!:eek: A...

I was down at the Historical District yesterday researching another matter and came across this old trolly line crossing....a curve on a straight....5ft gauge. These tracks were laid in the late 1800's. Some further "poking around" reavealed that the tracks are still there. They just paved over...

Ok Folks, This is sure to stir up something:D Check out this guy's listings for HO cars on eBay. http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=rickhead&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50 Is this an attempt at humor?:eek: :confused:....Has model railroading gone down...

Starting tomorrow at the HOBBY LOBBY craft stores all model railroad accesories will be 50% off. They don't have much in the way of craftsman model railroad stuff but they usually have a good selection of Woodland Senics groundcovers, bushes, trees and ballast. Check it out if you have one near you.

This really has nothing to do with trains but just thought that I would share it with my friends here. The picture below is a REBI "Flame Licker" Hot Air Engine. It was made in Germany shortly after WWII. It works on the same principle as a Sterling Hot Air Engine. It was a present to me from...

NEWS FLASH SANTA CRASHES IN GEORGIA CHRISTMAS NOT IN DANGER In the darkened skies of Georgia last night Santa Claus encountered a freak 60 MPH wind gust while performing a pre- Christmas Eve test flight of his sleigh and reindeer. The forceful wind caused Santa's sleigh to crash onto the...

With just two days until the start of the Holidays I'll be taking a little vacation so I wanted to wish all my friends here at The Gauge "HAPPY HOLIDAYS" from all of the Gang here on the Durango Division!!

A couple of weeks ago someone was looking for a site where you could download scale rulers. I think they wanted G scale but here's a site where you can download scale rulers in HO, N and HON3. They are combination metric and scale. BTW use this link...something is the matter with the...

TRICK OR TREAT!!:D If I come to your door don't give me any candy:eek: ....I can buy it for half price tomorrow!:D Hon3 or On30 will be accepted though!!:D :D :D :D :p

I've always liked the old B&W photos that had been tinted by hand with various colors. Just thought I would try it with Paint Shop Pro 7. It was kind of tedious but not too bad for the first effort. The though occured to me while doing this (a thought is a rare thing here:D) that this would...

Nothing to do with trains but here's a site where you can view the North Carolina coast from atop the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. Not much to see now but it should be interesting by tomorrow. http://pinpoint.ecu.edu/cameras/hatteras2.cfm

Hello All! This morning I was just stumbling around on the Internet and came up on this site http://www.railwayeng.com/gauges.htm Looks like these gauges would be the ideal thing to handlay track with. I've used 3-point gauges for years but always found them kind of cumbersome. Think...

First of all let me say, although I have never met anyone personally, that I consider each and everyone here on The Gauge to be my good friends..its almost like a family. This past Friday my 95 year old Mother suffered a stroke and a serious fall. She is hospitalized and the chances of her...

With the induction of Spitfire/Val into the Ancient and Honorable Society of RobberBarrons we have now move into the 21st Century :D :D Good Evening Val, At the Robber Barron's Executive Board Meeting held this evening at the mansion of Board Chairman Ezra P. Terrible, located high in...

Well, Today was the day for our annual local trainshow....lots of good stuff there but the event was poorly attended as compared to previous years. The normal crowd is around 1500 but this year only just slightly over 500.:( Needless to say it was a "buyer's market" this time. The Robber Barron...