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Hey everyone, It's been awhile since I've posted here. Been busy getting ready for the 2007 Craftsman Structure Show that's going on next weekend. Here's the link November 2nd & 3rd, 2007 - Craftsman Structure Show for those who are close enough to go, but didn't know it was happening...

I guess this is good as any place to toss this question out into the arena. I have a friend who is interested to find out what the color scheme that a particular station had while it was still around. The station was torn down before color photography was common place, so I doubt he's going to...

I started this project before the actual party’s start date, so I could be sure to complete it before the end of the month came around. I still don’t know if it will be completed in time because I may have to tear it down before the 28th. It’ll be for the better anyways, so I’m not complaining...

I have a question for anyone who has taken apart a bachmann Spectrum series HO scale 2-8-0. are there supposed to be small bushings on the worm gear's shaft? I dissasembled my loco, then reassembled it, but the worm shaft is sloppy and the loco binds up now. I was just wondering if there...

While looking through the contest contestant's submissions I came across this set of pics. I just liked the way the bench was cleared off. :thumb: http://www.the-gauge.com/thread16693-n-gauger-2005-challange.html Believe me, I have no room to talk. Even with hundreds if not thousands of...

I was going through some boxes of MRR stuff and came across a scratchbuilt model of a goldmine shaft I had started to build about twenty years ago, but never got around to finishing it. I wanted it to look as though it was still fairly new, so I didn't weather it too much. I added the knots by...

for those of you who think that you don't have enough room (we never do, do we?) to build a layout, this is my solution. I've been planning this for awhile, but hadn't gotten around to it because of being lazy. Well, sorta. I just never did it because I knew it would be a pain in the butt...

I just purchased 4 Atlas code 83 #4 turnouts for my layout. I normally don't buy Atlas track, but the LHS didn't have any #4's in code 70 and since this layout will eventually be torn down, I bought cheap and easiest to slap down. i was fairly impressed with the detail, or lack of out of...

While on my way back to Springfield MA from Albany NY via Amtrak over CSX's rails, I noticed some old abandoned stone bridges that roughly paralleled the current roadbed that we were traveling upon. I quickly marked the area down in a road map book of Western MA. I had been following the...

I mentioned my sister's house in the photo contest thread, but could only put two pics up, so I decided to start another thread. They live in Garrison NY, right across the river from West Point. What a beautiful area. One pic is from the window of the room I stayed in to show ya'll how...

I went to the Connecticut Trolley Museum today and brought back a few pics. I still have more to resize and will put them up in time. This has to be one of the prettiest trolleys that i've seen. The etched glass is so cool. Too bad it doesn't run. Super plow. sorry about the white...

I caught this wild hair after hearing "Brick House" by Rick James this weekend on the radio. As usual, I bastardized the song by inserting my own words , which gave me this idea for a neat little weekend project. I just so happened to have a test mold for a brick pattern I was making that was...

I needed to paint and weather my bridge for my single angle photo shoot and I wanted to try and assimulate some of the bridges around my area. The particular bridge I am modeling is painted silver, but I wanted to paint it black to contrast the rust and weathering (I also didn't have any silver...

I just recently purchased one of the MDC 2-8-0 RTR Oldtimer locos off of ebay. I've been eyeing it and the 2-6-0 mogul for some time at the LHS, but couldn't move myself to dump $139.00 bills for either one without any knowlege of thier characteristics. I picked up the one on ebay for $50, so...

I got lucky with this one. I took my wife out on an "after the ice storm" picture taking road trip. I just happened to be driving through Bondsville MA and was following the river and saw some ruins. Instead of following the road to the right I took the road to the left and followed it for...

Hey Everyone, Thought I'd put up a pic or two of a shelf layout I've been working on. The original plan was to go narrow guage since that was what I used to model, but I've been bitten by the New England bug. Yeah, I know NE had narrow guage, but I enjoy shortline standard guage also and...

HI there, I'm new to this forum, but have been a narrow guage nut for the last 35 years. No particular prototype. I do like the FCCRR, NCNG and the SPng. I need some help identifying a brass loco's builder and any other info on it. In fact, I have had a heck of a time finding anything...