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    sites for a road trip please!!

    I was worried about the Trace speed limit. me thinks I may get into trouble. I do know that we were going to take longer for the return trip home so we'll see. Thanks for the info, I'll check out the websites.
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    sites for a road trip please!!

    We are driving from texas through arkansas on into east tenesee. on the way back we will drive through mississippi and louisiana (spelling?). this will take place mid june and will be sticking to the interstate highways except in mississippi we will take the natchez trace road. if you know of...
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    Happy Birthday 4-28-06

    thanks everyone. have a good weekend!!!
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    few pics around austin

    I'll have to go out and take some more shots. no problem, though it will take a couple of days.
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    Rail related pictures from my trip out west

    thankyou for the tour, great shots.
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    Track Layout for Thomas the train

    don't worry about a track plan. If you are serious about getting a child playing with thomas or any wooden train set, get a train table!! Ours is going on 2 1/2 years and child number two is getting involved. He is the one standing on the stool. once you have the train table you can add...
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    8 Birthdays Today

    THANKS everyone..... man I am getting old!
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    Here's what I want to do!!

    I know it is just a rough draft and needs to be tweaked to get it inside the 12 foot limit.
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    Here's what I want to do!!

    thanks green elite cab, I really like that plan minus the offending switch. I would probably not use the inside loop, I had forgotten about that website. It is could to be reminded of resources available at our finger tips. before I saw your post I was playing around with this
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    Here's what I want to do!!

    andrew, here goes..... the layout is on one wall of the garage and 12 feet would allow room between the layout and the garage door on one end and a waterheater closet on the other. it could be pushed to 13 feet if need be. continuous running is important I dislike the way the locos sound...
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    Here's what I want to do!!

    okay.... this is a basic design for our new layout. it will be up against a wall, 12' long X 4' at the widest, U shaped. I will be able to access the ends of the layout so no reach problems. the lines are 1 foot apart. I am using dc power with old locos so no elevation change please. i...
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    CP Power

    great photos, thanks for sharing! I wish we had a yard like that in the area.
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    Its FRIDAY 4-22-05, weekend modeling plans!

    time for the first layout to come to an end, it will be dismantled this weekend and the garage will be getting ready for a coat of paint. the starting over starts this weekend.
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    What would you do differently next time?

    thanks for this thread spitfire, it's great to here about what ya'll went through the first time around. here's what I learned..... don't tack down your track straight to the wood!!!!:eek: use foam for base benchwork then backdrop bigger is better run the trains like you stole 'em :D be...
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    starting over!!

    thanks cabdriver... I will be depending on everyone on this board to verify that I am doing this next one right.
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    starting over!!

    if you ask Andrew, he would tell you I don't let him have enough input into the layout. I couldn't do all he wants to do. and Nathaniel is in the seek and destroy mode at this age. but soon enough, he will be right there. don't want them growing up to fast. thanks everyone, I was kinda...
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    starting over!!

    alright, the layout is coming down to start over and go with my original plan which was a dogbone style layout along the wall. I will finally take this time to paint the interior of the garage and then work will begin on the benchwork in a couple of weeks. frustration has set in with not...
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    Other hobby's?

    sweet livesteam, have always liked R/C cars and off road trucks. but alas...money. I mountain bike for my health and for another hobby if you can call it one. I know, I know... mountains is central texas?? luckily this is a good riding area in the state with lots of trails of different...
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    progress pics

    as you can see, there are some good gaps in between the tress that I want to fill with more trees. they are so easy to make it is nice knowing I can do as many as I want.
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    progress pics

    the barn is something I am working on for a small farm scene in another corner. I don't even know why I am keeping the lifelike trees around. I think the fall color ones will look nice with the barn. I added six inches to the lenght of the layout for the hill. the track was all the way up to...
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