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    Do You........

    DC on my n-scale and AC on the O gauge. Not anuff money for the fancy stuff. After 2 of my O-gauge loco' puking boards I think the simple method is the best now. $90.00 to fix the one loco I think the next one that dies the O gauge well be DC too. just gut the electronics out of them and run...
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    Weekend Trainspotting Questions

    the best spots in iowa are between mechanicsville and dewitt on hwy 30, kate shelly high bridge in boone iowa and and the clinton iowa mississippi river bridge. all heavy traffic UPRR double track. best time is early morning trains every 15 minutes or sooner.
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    Quarry ideas and photos needed!

    the first picture is from my web. for more pictures just visit my web and click the rock quarry link. any question feel free to ask or e-mail me. and the most asked question is were did I get my equipment. they are micro machines hot wheels. sorry I don't think you can get them anymore. they...
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    web site

    Well been some time since I posted my web site here for you guy's to look over. added a few new thing's including a couple of brass models that I did. I also added a O-gauge layout that I been working on for over ayear now.Then everyone well know that I'm nuts. :rolleyes...
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    How do ya post pictures here

    Sorry for the bad memory, been a while since I posted pictures here, guess the memory is't memorex. :confused:
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    Bachmann Spectrum vs. Kato & Atlas

    I didn't care for the one's I got but I'm kinda like the kato's my self with the atlas in second.
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    any atlas forum make it here yet

    I knew siderod would make it, I though about putting your screen name in the title box just to see how many hit we get this time. know we did on that screen saver.
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    any atlas forum make it here yet

    good to hear from you guys have to see if more of us make let me know if their seems to be one place of mass migration.
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    any atlas forum make it here yet

    Hey now :confused: we need to find the rest of the flock :D I looked at the monitor in horor :curse: OHHH NO. well maybe we can start were we all left off as soon as we find all the other poor soles lost in cyberland.... :cry:
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    Anyone tried Atlas' cleaning car?

    yes it works great for me it has a vacum polish/cleaner pad an a sanding pad.
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    any atlas forum make it here yet

    see atlas has shut down for a WHILE :mad: :confused: :cry: just seeing if any atlas guys sre here or were you guys are. SIDEROD YOU OUT THEIR :wave: http://home.mchsi.com/~hinzpj3/
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    4th of July photo fun

    As some of you know on atlas forum there a once a week post called sunday night photo fun. On this post you can post pictures or give a link to something you have been workin on during the last week or to just share some of you favorite work. Thought I get that stared here... so let's see what...
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    Wow look what was in Taylorville

    They never can catch them things. them little grey guy's are faster then us. there here to abduct our trains.:rolleyes: :D :confused: :eek: :mad:
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    Wow look what was in Taylorville

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This picture was just shot in Taylorville, You won't beleve your eyes. Take a look at the last picture on the Town Link on my web page http://home.mchsi.com/~hinzpj3/ OK I have to much time on my...
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    twisted steel derailment Raymond Ia

    Yesterday just east of were I live there was a derailment of a CN/ICG RR train. some major bent steel. I posted some pics on my web page. There in the Scrap and Wreck track link. One car took a good hit and was bend in the center and another hopper car was laying on it's side and the end of it...
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    "Houston We Have A Problem"

    I have a bachmann DD40XA Centennial Union Pacific locomotive. Well the plastic gear between the axle halves have a crack in the plastic were the shafts on the wheels goes into the plastic gear. I sent this locomotive into Bachmann but they were unable to fix it do to the unit not being made...
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    answer this

    Which would win a pull off a SD90MAC or the DD40XA Centennial. would the new 90 with more AF and Tractive effort win . Or would the shear weight of the DD win. My guess the DD would start slipping the wheels with the lower AF and the 90 would walk away with it.:confused: :eek...
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    Hi I'm new to this forum

    Just got the address to this forum, and I look foward to using it. Here Is my web page so you all can take a look at my layout. I model in N-scale and just started a O-gauge three rail under my N-scale layout take a look and let me know what you think. http://home.mchsi.com/~hinzpj3/ I also...
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    Hi I'm new to this forum

    Just got the address to this forum, and I look foward to using it. Here Is my web page so you all can take a look at my layout. I model in N-scale and just started a O-gauge three rail under my N-scale layout take a look and let me know what you think. http://home.mchsi.com/~hinzpj3/ :eek: :D