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    Construction is finally underway.

    So I have been in the planning stage for over a year and a half. I have finally said to heck with the planning and started building. I have a good solid basic plan, and I plan to just go with it and make changes as I go. You can only pan for so long before you loose interest or go nuts. I was...
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    What a MESS

    Is there any way to change the back ground color???? It is killing my eyes.... That is really the only complaint I have about the new forum.
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    Moving To Montana

    Just remember, you can buy a new couch when you get there. Show me a store where you can buy an assembled 4x8 layout that you put time and effort into. Good luck with the new job, and the move.
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    My layout progress

    That is a very nice track plan. I already had my heart set on building my new layout ike yours, with the 3 peninsulas, but without conecting the furthest 2 peninsulas together. So I would end up with a W shaped layout. But now that I have seen your layout, I think I want to connect the 2...
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    Spam... I Cant Stand Spam

    And even that is a big stretch of the truth.
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    I need some feed back on this concept.

    This spam stuff is getting out of hand. It is pretty bad that the last 10 responses I have gotten to this post have been SPAM posts. It is so bad I have to unsubscribe to my own thread. You know there is a way to stop this. Only give new members post privilages to the general section untill...
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    Code 80 Flex bulk discount??

    Great, thank you. That is the kind of discount I am talking about. I will be placing an order through them. That is a great price. Thanks again.
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    Code 80 Flex bulk discount??

    Does anyone have any recomendations for an online supplier that sells code 80 flex at a discount when you buy alot of it? I was looking, and most everyone just sels it at a per section price, regardless of quantity. I just figured if I was buying a whole box, and they don't have to open it and...
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    I need some feed back on this concept.

    OK, it is late, so I will make this quick. I incorporated the new ideas provided by everyone. Let me know what you think. I am really happy with it. The lower staging is alot more usable. I might have to build the staging level last, due to budget constraints. That is alot of extra track and...
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    I need some feed back on this concept.

    Thank you everyone for your input, and thoughts. As far as Pitchwife, and Engineshop's ideas, they are BRILIANT. Thank you guys for spending time on my layout design. These are the kind of ideas I needed. I sometimes find my self thinking in straight paralel lines. The diagonal intermodal...
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    I need some feed back on this concept.

    I have discovered 2 things in the past few weeks. I like XtrkCad better then Atlas RTS 7, and I know what I want, but can't seem to design a layout to save my life. I designed this with Xtrkcad, and I am fairly happy with it. I know it is not very prototypical, and there are some operational...
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    First Attempt.....

    Looks great. What is the overall size of your layout? And how wide is each section?
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    RTS 7.0 Is it really accurate ?!

    I designed my entire new layout using RTS7, and it came out ok. I just wasn't happy with the compromises I had to make to get everything to fit. The entire time I was building it, I just kept feeling like a hell of alot more track should fit into the area I was working in. I tried Xtrkcad a...
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    Don't laugh too hard...It's my first attempt!

    That is a very nice looking portal. You did a great job on it. I am going to have to pick a few of those up and try to duplicate your results.
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    Athearn N scale Challenger DCC w/ sound

    That is a very nice loco. And it is a very impresive performer. This past Sunday I went to the Great Train Expo, and the local N-track club was there. They were running one of these and it was pulling everything they could throw at it. When I saw it running, it was pulling 40+ cars, mostly...
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    Arizonia Caves

    How about a link please. I am sure some of us would be interested in it too.
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    posted pic...

    Very nice. I can't wait to see some progress pics. And as mentioned, add a passing track or 2. You will really see how usefull they are once you strat running trains if you don't add them now.
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    Containers

    I have been having great luck making these my self. I print them with my ink jet on card stock. I use a straight edge and an X-acto to cut them out along the egdes. Then using the straigh edge and X-acto I lightly score where the bends will be. I glue them together with a glue stick. I get...
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    New Layout - Updated 6/4/06

    I vote for the second set. The first set looks too big.
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    New plan - opinions?

    I think it looks great at first glance. I am having a hard time following all the tracks. What program did you use to draw that? Can you send me the file so I can zoom in on it and make more sense of it? At this point I think it will be a fun layout, but you really do need to increase those...
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