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    Railroad name help needed

    Hello all! Over the years, I've come to realize that I am lacking a bit in the imagination department. I'm great at technical things, but I'm no "artiste". Heh. For about a year now, I've been struggling to come up with a suitable name for a small layout I've just started constructing. To...
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    RailFair30 - Part Four

    The following pics are from the HO-Trak modular layout... Hope you liked the pics! Regards, ...jim
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    RailFair30 - Part Three

    The next few pics are from the N-Trak modular layout. Continued...
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    RailFair30 - Part Two

    A very neat little Gn15 scale layout. Large detail in a very small space... A small N scale layout. The young ones were fascinated... This gentleman was acting as the brakeman on an HO scale switching layout which the public could operate. The kids loved it! Here...
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    RailFair30 - Part One

    Hi All! Today I went to the 30th annual RailFair here in Ottawa, Ontario. I enjoyed myself for about four hours having a look at everything. In that time, I managed to take about 90 pictures. Here are a few of them. (In consideration of those on dialup, I'm posting the pictures in several...
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    Building a display track

    So, since the RC flying season is not quite here yet, and I'm not yet ready to start my new layout, I thought I'd build a display track. A little something to use for photos and such. I figure something about four feet long would do nice. Today I dropped in to the local lumber store and had a...
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    Starting small

    Hello fellow track planners. :wave: I'm not exactly sure where to start, so I'll just dive right in. I haven't settled on my Givens and Druthers yet, but that is not a problem. Why? Because I will not be starting on "the big one" for a few years yet. Most likely after I retire in five...
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    Greetings!

    After lurking here at The Gauge since last October, I've decided that it is high time I de-lurked and introduced myself. :wave: My name is what it says just to the left (I've been online since 1985 (the old FidoNet days) and have never seen the need for a "handle." No disrespect intended to...
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