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    Hmmmmm.....

    Seems a huge shame that some of the best moderators, not to mention senior members of THE Gauge are all leaving at the same time....thanks for nothing Crowdgatherers, or should I shay Crowddispersers????
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    Now What??

    OK, I pull up "My Favorites" click on The Gauge as usual, I have to log in again, and get sent to the whole enchilada of Zealot. Can't find my way back to where I get only the newest posts from all the sub-forums of The Gauge. No offense, but I have no desire to see all the stuff from every...
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    Finally, Scubadude's Layout Plans, or ....

    ....should I say "hope" instead of plan???? :confused: After almost 2 years of experimenting, I think I am getting close to an actual layout plan. I have started and quit at least 2 plans...I keep reading and seeing excellent projects on THE Gauge and keep changing my mind, so it's all y'alls...
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    I Was Just Wondering....

    As I was thumbing through old MRRs last night scouring for ideas, it came to me that many of THE Gaugers' work is certainly more than worthy to grace the covers and pages of not only MRR, but any of the industry magazines. Many names come to mind....Dr. Wayne, CNNutbar, Deano, Brakie, Ralph...
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    The Great Train Expo TX

    The Great Train Expo will be at the Ft. Worth Covention Center in Ft. Worth Texas this weekend , Mar 1-2. If any of you Gaugers from the North Texas area will be there, let me know, maybe we can meet. I'll be the one scouring the used boxes for Cotton Belt cars :mrgreen:. More info: Great Train...
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    How Many of You Will Be Watching....

    :driver1:....the Daytona 500 while working on your model RR?? I will be firmly planted on the workbench by 10am to see pre-race hype AND work on my current project - the Interstate Fuel and Oil complex...to be super-detailed and bashed for my diesel maintenance facility....Got a few chilly...
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    Stop the madness......

    ....of instant email notification! I have tried unsuccessfully to stop the instant email notifications on threads I have replied or subscribed to...I have gone to the User CP and chosen the option of "no instant email notification", they still keep coming wall1...I have tried to unsubcribe, they...
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    Feb. 8 Weekly Photo Fun.....

    Hey, it's 830 on Friday night and nobody's posted yet :confused: Oh well, I didn't intend on my first try at Photo Fun to be the FIRST pic, well, I ain't skeered :eek:....This is a pic of my FA1/FB1 and GP40....see, I really DO have a layout sign1...
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    Flea Market Loco

    I picked up this steam loco from a flea market for $5....the box is marked Atlas BR 10 DB Steam Loco made in April of 1971.....I have researched and found the prototype is a German steam passenger loco, either built in 1957 or was in service until then, not sure. I was hoping some of our...
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    Kudos to Blair Line Models

    I just purchased the Dari-King n-scale model kit from Blair Line at my LHS yesterday. You know the story - got home, opened it up and found quite a few missing pieces :curse:. To make matters worse, I started painting the rest of the thing before I noticed :cry:. I was prepared for the worst...
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    TrainNut, Brakie, Peter...Any Mod Will Do!!

    I was looking at Brakie's EXCELLENT :thumb: thread A Short Look At Yards and really NEED to see the pics. :eek: Could someone pretty please fix the picture links in that thread??? Huh, pretty pleeeeese???? ps - maybe you could catch the rest of Brakie's stuff - I need all the help I can get...
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    Structure "Do-over"

    I just picked up a couple of buildings from a swap meet that someone had already built. I really like the buildings, but the quality of construction is not very good. I would like to tear them apart and rebuild them for my layout. Any advice on how to pull off this "do-over" project...
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    Texas & Carolina

    Ok boys and girls, after over a year of researching and planning I think I finally have reached a decision for my N scale trackplan. It is basically a plan I found on one of the old threads called the Riverway, I think originally in an old MRR issue. After multiple attempts at designing my own...
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    Scubadude's First Contest - Kitbuild '07

    My entry into the Kitbuild '07 Challenge will be the DPM Kitt Transfer Building, from the Woodland Scenics Town and Factory Building Set. Wish me luck, I am a kitbulding virgin, so judges, please be gentle!:rolleyes:
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    Underwater Railfanning Trip

    Good morning all. Judging by my screen name, you may have figured out I scuba dive for a living. I have noticed over the last few months there are a couple other divers on The Gauge, (Old Tanker and others). Have any of you dived the Bonne Terre Mines in Missouri?? It is an old abandoned...
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    It's A Banner Day!!!

    Hello all, I have been quietly watching you all for the last couple of months and am proud to say my wife has given me permission to move my layout from the garage into it's own room!!!! I now have no excuses for not completing my N scale layout. A banner day indeed!!!! You all will be hearing...
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