Recent content by hoppercarmaker

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    Brass locos

    Thanks for the reply,I found a site that has a buyers guide. It appears that I need to learn a lot more before buying any brass.
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    Brass locos

    Wich brass locos are good? I see them on ebay alot and seems to be good prices. But I realy dont know anything about them.
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    Is this forum dead?

    The CPR workedsign1
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    Is this forum dead?

    I have been gone so long I did not know of any problems.
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    Is this forum dead?

    I have a ten by ten room with a two 24 inch shelves all the way around and a (no-lix) around the walls.I foolishly put 28 inches between my decks. A single athearn genesis f3 will pull 24 Walthers ore cars up it but it takes forever. I am thinking about droping the upper 10 inches. That will...
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    Is this forum dead?

    For a while I felt like I was in a big empty roomsign1 Now how about a little Q&A? How much space is between your layout decks?
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    Is this forum dead?

    Lets try CPRsign1
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    Is this forum dead?

    I have been into other things for a while,where did everyone go?
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    proto alco pa ?

    Thanks to all for the replies,walthers has the up alco's on sale.
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    proto alco pa ?

    I have not been in the train room in several months. But now that the weather is cold it's time to put away the bike and get back to the impotant things :rolleyes: Is there room in the proto pa for a sound system?
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    Horrible trend starting

    My origanal rant went off ebay already, it's probly in the trash by now.
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    distance between levels

    I was wondering how far apart did you build your uper and lower decks? In your train room that is, not your back yard :rolleyes: And thanks to all that answer my newbie questions.
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    Horrible trend starting

    I am starting to see (weatherd) cars and buildings on Ebay. The sellers are just spray painting spots and putting what looks like dirty water on them and calling it weatherd. All their doing is ruining things that actual model railroaders might want. There is a (train shed) on right now that...
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    Freight car question

    Detailed freight cars are pretty expensive :eek: what are you doing to get good looking cars at resonable prices? Tyco and Bachmann are on Ebay dirt cheap but look like crap. I know everyone can't be popping out 20 bucks or more per car, that gets into thousands of dollars real quick.
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    A qestion about brass locos

    Thanks to all for your input. :thumb: