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    Steve Austin's On30 Elkhorn Iron & Timber Co.

    Fantastic details - wow! What a layout! :thumb::thumb::thumb: Thanks for the link! Ron
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    Season's Greetings!

    Hi to you all! My best wishes from snowy Switzerland! Ron
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    A qestion about brass locos

    Strange - can't post... (sorry) :confused: (Computer doesn't accept it???????) I'll try again later Ron
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    Flooring question

    In my train room I have a linoleum floor with a soft, felt-like underside installed. It is much easier and softer to walk on than on the bare concrete floor. (You realize it when you have problems with your back!:rolleyes:) The surface is easy to clean, small parts dropped are easy to find...
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    Yard Scenes

    Two questions and one picture Today, after a pause I reread some threads here on the Gauge, and therefore I browsed the actual contests going on. Now I am somewhat off the tracks (:mrgreen:), because I'm left with two questions for our moderators: - Is this thread a real contest - and when it...
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    Interview with Tony Koester (Part 1 of 3)

    Thanks Mike! I'll keep an eye on it... :thumb: Ron
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    Interview with Tony Koester (Part 1 of 3)

    Thanks Mike for transforming this interview into a MP3 file. I downloaded it (right-click on you link and "Save target as...") to my Comp, so I could listen to the interview. Since I am speaking German, it was also quite an exercise in English for me! :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:) Hey, this...
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    This is HOT!(?)

    It's fun to do some 'driving' on these picture-mapped streets. TrainNut - these pics were made from a travelling car. It drove in the rightmost lane, and not too slow. When you look towards South, you see a red car ahead of you in the middle lane. Now "follow" the car by repeatedly clicking on...
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    A very Merry Christmas to all

    From Switzerland my best wishes to all my friends at The Gauge and the other Zealot forums! Don and Mikey: You're right, all the Christmas stuff hasn't any calories. It's only the air which becomes so nutritive around those days... :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: Ron
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    Gil Finn Passed Away.......

    I am so sorry to hear this sad news. I'll surely miss his posts. My condolences to his family and friends. Ron
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    What season do you model?

    Like Rob, outside I like autumn most. But on a layout it is easy to overdo it with the gaudy orange and red trees. So I'll try to model late summer with a few trees starting to turn yellow/orange/red. But to be honest, at the moment I also should have clicked on a 'Plywood' button, if there was...
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    my N scale layout, gone!!!!! fire

    Oh, what a loss! This is really a strike of bad luck - but still you were lucky to be at home at the right time... I wish you luck that the insurance pays in full for the damage. Some companies are champions for finding lame excuses when it comes to paying a damage... BTW, I sort of keep an...
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    Structure "Do-over"

    Another possibility, when the brick structure on the outer walls has been smeared and crazed with glue - but the joints themselves are straight and hold together well: Often the worst areas are concentrated along a vertical jont, mostly on the building's corners. So why not add climbing vines...
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    Some basic truths I learned wiring feeders

    Of course you know where you just put down your soldering iron. But never pick up a hot iron without SHARPLY LOOKING AT IT! Invariably you will grab the iron at the wrong end! :eek::curse:... :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: Ron
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    Prototype information - Interested?

    This is a very interesting offer, Tom. I found that it is quite easy to get detailed information about historic RR technology (say steam engines, older diesels, mechnical signalling...) But I found it quite difficult to find information about details of recent technology. Thank you in advance...
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