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    HO track Plan for a 5 x 10 area

    I am looking for a tack plan for 5x10 table area, that a 4x6 switch yard can be added to it down the road. anyone out there have any of the plan books witha 5 x 10 layout plan? I want to use nothing smaller then 22" curves and biggest around 24 " anyone able to help me out with ideas please...
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    leasing company name

    choices i have made so far Company Name Road Short Form Canadian Locomotive Leasers CLLX Canadian Locomotive Leasing Partners CLLPX Canadian Locomotive Services CLSX Locomotive Leasing Services...
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    New Layout pictures

    here are some pictures of my layout. It is based on the idea of a leasing company that buys and leases out older equipment for rent a wreck operations on various lines. That way I can opearte any locomotive I like that fits my operation. fleets is mostly former CNR or CPR with some...
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    Athearn Ready to Roll model questions

    just purchased a GP 38-2 athearn ready to roll model in CN paint #4713 SGT stripes paint here are my questions, 1) does ready to roll models not have directional lighting? my model has a light no matter what direction the cab lights up. 2) is this model close to a CN gp38-2 ? I run...
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    how many is enough?

    i have one of those small layouts 2 feet by 8 foot switcher yard. I have over 100 cars and over 70 locomotives how much is too much ???
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    first train with new digital camera

    i just recently went digital with a nikon D60 18-55mm lense i went to NewtonvilleOntario area. hope you like first shots the camera taks up to 10.1 something mega pixels i shot theses at the highest res setting soi had to resize them for here so some things might be lost Newtonville is a great...
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    pictures of thee fleet

    most of the locomotives are blue box athearn units some expections picture 1 P2K SW 1200 Athearns SW 1200 Picture 2 All Athearns Geep 7s or 9s Picture 3 Atlas kit bashed Gp 40-2L Picture 4 Clean SD 40-2 model maker unknown, made in Yugo, anyone able to help ID maker let me...
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    list of locos i own

    just what i have on display right now Athearn, all blue box specials right out of the box, no super details , just as is GT geep7 or 9 CN geep 7/9 in green and gold paint CN not sure of the model looks like aGP7 with 6 wheel trucks, ( bought at train show used price was ood and it was CN had...
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    layout pics

    have to figure out a better angle or way to take the pics, but here is a glance. it is 2 feet wide by 8 feet long, mostly a switching a yard operation with a round house and turn table. my grandfather got me the atlas turn table years ago ( over 20 and last year i decided to buy the...
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    Smiths Falls Ontario Pictures

    check them out now before my flicker account dies... i am not sure it worth renewing or the money they charge Flickr: Photos from Stuart_chowchows stuart
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    atlas round house

    anyone know any other turntable that will fit the atlas roundhouse 15 degree off sets? i have to buy a new turn table to replace my older atlas one with one that matches the newer roundhouse design. so before i buy the new design of the turntable i was checking out other models any one know of...
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    small track plan needed

    i need some help need to make a ho scale plan or maybe some one has somethign that will do it has to fit on top of my display case i am building to house my collection, i do not have room at the moment for a full layout. so i want to build a layout to cover the top of the display case 8 feet...
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    Smiths Fall Ontario

    pictures taken last Saturday first time using a digital camera for train watching took a bit to learn the new stuff hate the delay time between shutter and picture taking http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stuart_chowchows/album?.dir=/9573re2&.src=ph&.tok=phbt5WGBxaD25nq6
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    Last run for switchers fromSmurfit-Stone Portage du fort QUEBEC

    Ottawa Central is now doing the yard switcher there as required and the company owned units are making a final trip to Ottawa for unknown long term storage or ? they are suppose toleave tomorrow after they do switching at the mill. anyone interested?
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    post scale in subject line?

    I was wondering if it would not be so hard to post track scale in the subject line? i was looking at the various plans and was hard to figure out what was what from the subject. Please put the scale in the subject line? looking at hand made plans and some computer plans till you read thru like...
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    Train derails in Calgary railyard, area evacuated as jet fuel spilled

    Train derails in Calgary railyard, area evacuated as jet fuel spilled CALGARY (CP) -- A spill of 110,000 litres of jet fuel caused by a train derailment in an industrial area of southeast Calgary led to road closures and the evacuation of several nearby businesses Wednesday. There were no...
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    yahoo photo share

    added pictures to my yahoo photo site. MacMillan Yard Toronto Cherry Street yard Toronto along with the older files I have put on display BNSF Iowa CN/IC Iowa GT Iowa derailment in renfrew there are 10 files in total well over 150 pictures files to be added CP renfrew, Smith Falls...
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    local railroad modellers???

    after reading various posts on various sites. I have one question. does anyone actually model the railroad that runs down the street from them? or does everyone model the railroad out of province, out of state, or out of country? I have met one guy in person who modelled the local now long...
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    CN derailment In Ontario News Paper story

    Tue, July 5, 2005 Disaster averted as train goes off track Freighter had just dropped off fuel By SEAN MEAGHER, Ottawa Sun...
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    track cleaning

    I thought I would share some tracking clean thoughts I have had the last few weeks. I have not moved my trains from the States yet to Canada, the layout is housed at my GFs house in Michigan after I left Iowa because of my divorce. Long story but anyways she house the L shaped switch yard, (...
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