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    christmas plans foiled!

    Why don't you get the Woodland Scenics 2% grade set(s) of risers and make a simple oval on your dining room table and test your loco out?
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    Fm h-16-44?

    The locomotive builders first developed yard switchers (s1,s2,sw1,sw2,sw3, sw900,sw1200,etc). these were used almost exclusively in switching cars in yards and industrial areas. They later developed road switchers which could handle more cars in the switch yard and could be used to pull...
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    15" radius question

    Peco makes a stub switch that might be easier to use.
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    Sp daylight diesels

    I thought ALCO PA/PB units were used in addition to the steam GS locos. I will have to find it in my library. Athern is currently producing a train set which has an EMD A unit powered, a dummy B unit, (both may be F7's or F9's, I don't know), and 7 heavyweight passenger cars, (maybe baggage...
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    Are you a model railroader?

    I have two switching modules, one with trackwork complete, one almost complete. They currently are not being used while I reorganize my basement and get it rewired. I help out with a modular club, and work with 3 traditional fixed layout clubs (5 layouts). My involvement varies greatly on...
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    Now I'm Gettin' Too Big For My Britches

    What you need to solve all your problems is anther overpass where you have the crossover, Going from the switches in a counter-clockwise direction, underpass, underpass, overpass, overpass. That will leave you the maximum room for gentle slopes.
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    Working cars and roadways?

    I've seen layouts with magnets underneath a circular roadway with an old turntable with magnets on it pulling the cars around. The turntable was used to play 33rpm and 45rpm and 78rpm cd roms on when they used to be grooved, (way back in prehistory). I have also seen rolling roadways, a...
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    pictures

    Yoy want to look at FPS which stands for Frames per second. I know that Nikon has this feature, and most of the other camera makers also. I chose Nikon becaues of the lenses, but it might be too pricey or too heavy for your daughter. The Nikon D40 is 2.5 FPS, while their better ones are...
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    Photo Fun, for the 1st week of August...

    If you are collecting the UP War Bonnet Set as a "collectible" manufacturer error, hoping it will become "valuable" as an oddity some day, once you break the factory seal on the box, it has no "collectible" value. Many years ago people were saving Bowman baseball card sets in sealed boxes or...
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    color for ho scale hot metal car

    go to the Peach Creek Shops web site. Look at some of the steel mill tabs and in the archives you will find hot metal cars and all the other things associated with steel mills. The peach creek 4x8 module was featured in recent magazines (RMC or MR or both).
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    Why I Like HO Track for On30

    I agree with you that the look and feel can be more important than the true scale or size. Your layout looks great, and that is the main thing - along with how well it works. Your prototype photos show rail with ties spaced quite close together, which some other narrow gauge railroads opted...
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    CSX...Please 'splain....

    Momentum matters. Back in the days of steam an engineer and fireman who shall remain nameless (freinds of the family) fell asleep on a trip from Pennsylvania to Baltimore after midnight.When they woke up the train was in Baltimore, 40 miles from where they started with the fire completely out...
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    New Layout

    If you want easy access to your tunnels you can make the upper layers removable. After you have the bottom 4 inches in place, set the next layer on top and roughly cut it in place. get some #2 pencils, break them off about 4 inches and sharpen them on both sides, fit them into the bottom...
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    How are the Athearn Bombardier coaches?

    I know absolutely nothing about your modern day cars, I'm in the 50's. On your tight radius curves you may want to stick something like toothpicks in the coupler pockets to limit the range of motion of the couplers. The natural tendancy would be for the couplers to swing away from the center of...
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    American Made ?????

    I read someplace (probably Business Week or a newsweek or a railroad magazine) that it cost approximately $20.00 to ship an intermodal container from China to the east coast of the US. That keeps the dollar stores in business.
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    What are the look alikes of the Bachmann GP50(high hood)?

    When railroads mix the engines in a consist, they will designate the lowest powered engine as the lead engine so that they can pay the crew less money (more for the RR)
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    New Layout Under Construction (The NCRR)

    Hi, It looks to me like you need a separate block on the right hand side of the main so that trains can approach the passing sidings from both sides, and you want both sidings independent of the main so that you can park a train on either leg of the siding. (no DCC right?) Looks great.
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    Athearn blue box

    How much to the Blue Box kits go for when you can find them? I mean for Locos.
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    Any electronics geniuses here?

    It looks to me that they will do what you want, but my knowledge is from the dark ages. Each one of your throttles can be adjusted to whatever voltage you want. I assume you can look at your lights and tell from how bright they are if they are getting the proper voltage, then just make an...
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    Feedback for New Layout -CN & CBCNS

    Is the hidden staging area reachable, or is it used just to hold trains that disappear for a whilte then reappear the next day coming from a different direction? How much room is there between levels?
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