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    My Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac - planning

    That is a very valid point. I am actually going to work on the final design (sorta) so I can basically build the lower half and run trains and have it setup so I don't have to make a boat load of changes to it for multi level. Ben
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    My Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac - planning

    ok, I got some nice info from local guys on the RF&P to aid me in my design. I am working on potomac yard to get some size dimensions for it. I am hoping to do a double decker layout but I am not sure. My room is small and I would like to have the whole layout so I may need to do N scale. I am...
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    My Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac - planning

    I meant using it just to help it up the helix not as a prototypical thing. Ben
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    My Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac - planning

    WAAAAAY to early ;) I am looking around the 1978-1989 range. Ben
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    My Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac - planning

    those are very true points. I am actually going to design it to be taken apart easily. I will make the top in 4 -8 foot sections. That way I can get them through the doorway and take them when I move. I will bolt them to the supports and I will make the back leg about 1/8" shorter than the front...
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    My Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac - planning

    sorry for not outlining that. I planned on having a step up kind of thing that you could walk across. I like having the trains at eye level. Having that also means little kids can stand on it to see the lower level better. The upper level will only be 12" in some spots, more in the yard area. It...
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    My Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac - planning

    Ok, I have been spuraticly model railroading for a few years and I haven't really planned anything and I end up tearing up and replacing alot of track. So I finally decided on a plan after talking with my RF&P fan neighboor. Its a nice small railroad with 2 good yards for switching and a few...
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    trains acting up

    I've had the same problem before. Clean the wheels and check all the wire hookups. I had one that I ran all the time and somehow the power pack was left on slow so it just sat and hummed. Well, I ended up going through it and found a wire had desoldered all but one strand on the wire. Just give...
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    double decker module

    wow, I forgot about this thread. I am not really ure what i was talking about when I said all that now sign1 :rolleyes: I am still thinking about a double decker layout. The thing I am looking at now is what happens when I move out. I AM NOT going to be that nice to my dad and leave a...
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    trains acting up

    I didn't think of that! My dad and I had that happen to use a while back with his old transformer. This was after he got mad and threw the $30 N scale loco across the room wall1 Ben
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    trains acting up

    Do you have another loco. If so try that. If they both act up then it might be the transformer. Ben
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    help with UP bailey yard.

    thanks! I haven't been railroading ptotypical enough to notice that site. Ben
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    help with UP bailey yard.

    How did you find out I was Bill Gates?? :curse: :mrgreen: j/k I have looked at maps and I would like to make one of the hump calssification yards and add in the shops and facilities. That is what I want ground pics. I have a good idea from google earth. But I want a little more detail so I...
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    help with UP bailey yard.

    Hey guys. I really like Bailey yard and wanted to know if anyone had an pictures of some of the shops on the outside and the setup of the fueling etc. I really like trains but I am limited with space and money (only 15) so I have decided to model little parts of bailey yard with the intent of...
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    freight containers

    sorry for digging this up but I think I have those saved somewhere. I will fire up my old Win 98 (used for old pics and info hasn't ran in about 2 months :p ) I remeber making some for UP, K line, Evergreen, etc. I put the logo on it and spent a few hours getting it to look right. I saved you...
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    double decker module

    I haven't been on this forum in a month and I am finally back. (Don't know why I stopped :confused: ) and I was thinking about the design I came up with and I was thinking that I could make it so the upper deck "flipped" backwards so its wider(or deeper depends on how you look at it) but not as...
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    double decker module

    I haven't been on the forum in a while and I am currently MRR disabled :( i am doing model rocketry untill i can get some more money/space I do need to find a club with A: room B: ambition C: UP FANS!!:D :D thanx, Ben
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    Union Pacific's Bailey Yard

    I was doing some research and this thing has 8 miles of track.:eek: To do this in HO scale would be a massive undertaking:) UI was thinking about doing it in Z scale ;) :rolleyes: I don't know why but I have wantdt to do Z scael and have never gottin' the oppertunity to do it so what the...
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    Union Pacific's Bailey Yard

    I was going to get some of this stuf on Ebay and I think it would be cool to do in HO but maybe if I tried it on Z or N first and used that as my "model" thanx, Ben
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    Low revolution motors

    I have an article in MR that tells you how to animate a water tower. I will E-mail you the article. It utilizes the use of a tortoise switch machine. thanx, Ben
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