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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    Surprise #7 A close-up of the box of little people...green army men...oh yea! and lastly...whew...a RXR crossing with moving arms, lights, and a dinging building I load this up and then he asks if I would be interested in a 4x8 sheet of plywood that has some N track attached to it? Yes...
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    Surprise #6 A couple of powerless trollies A pile of track Some rerailers and several left and right powered turn outs, and a couple of bridges. The bottom of the box holds a building, wooden trestle pieces, and a box of tiny people.
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    Surprise #5 Then the rolling stock started...well rolling out...
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    Surprise #4 Then there was the box of goodies. I started laughing when I looked inside. He kind of looked at me and asked "what"? I picked up one of the Grey bridge pillars and told him that I was looking for these in the hobby shop when we met. Fortunately they didn't have any because you are...
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    Surprise #3 I didn't find out until I got home but there were seven more cars hiding under the cover of the lid to this set.
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    Surprise #2 Try this again... and then he pulls this baby out... Understand these unit are all new...still in the box. Under this box was a complete train box that the unit above came out of. Seems the engine quit and Bachman sent him a new engine with another tender.
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    SCORE!!! Right Place At The Right Time... I was visiting our local discount hobbie store Saturday looking for some N scale bridge risers. A man walks behind me and is looking at the model cars. He turns and asks if I'm into model trains. I said I'm just starting thanks to my son-in-law. He...
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    My Great Northern Family Grows

    Where did you get the train in your signature from? I would like to have one of those. I can afford that. :thumb: Reid
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    My Great Northern Family Grows

    I'm really getting stoked about my Great Northern family. I was able to buy a few additions this weekend. My greatest joy was... picking this set up on E-Bay. I can't wait for them to arrive. I had a package waiting for me yesterday when I got home. It was my first three GN box cars... Now I...
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    Tekoa Washington Trestle

    My wife and I drove down to Tekoa (Tee Ko) yesterday to look at a house. Tekoa is located about 40 miles south of the Spokane Valley on Highway 27. You round the corner and this is what you see. This is the old Milwaukee Road trestle going into town. The towns website states that they used to...
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    4-21-07 Weekend Modeling Plans?

    Coffee Table Start-up I started a thread here... http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=27995 that answers your questions as to what I did this weekend...besides buying the GN Empire Builder set. In His Service,:) Reid
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    Coffee Table Lay-out In N and HO

    I want to invite the N scalers over to my thread in the HO area...it's okay...we won't tell. I had to post it somewhere and HO won the coin toss. I'm in the process of creating a coffee table lay-out with a western theme. I'm running an HO DeWitt on an oval around the edge and an N Prairie Flyer...
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    Picture Problem Why do you think I'm having a problem posting pictures? I'm not. I have them saved over at www.hunt101.com and link to them. This is how I post pictures on all of the forums. It seems to work just fine. :D Reid
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    Waiting So I sit and wait for you to tell me what to do next so I can continue with my lay-out. Just to refresh your memory...this is not my finished product. I'm going to use a sheet of 3/4" plywood for the base. I was just playing around this weekend to see what I need to do. Thanks for...
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    Now The Questions I bought a box of rail joiners... How do you join two tracks with them? Do you cut out a cross member or two to have enough room for them? The next problem I faced was joining track on a curve. The outside track is a lot shorter so I pushed the next track beam over to make...
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    First a picture of the DeWitt. I had to place my first engine on my first piece of laid track to spike the fire within....:D
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    The First Lay-Out I'm still trying to decide the lay-out size so I'm using a 4x8 sheet of wafer board to figure things out. My final base will be a sheet of 3/4" plywood. The table...which I forgot to get a picture of, measures 2'x5'. I printed-out the lay-out in the pictures to that size and...
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    The Trains I guess I will start off by introducing you to the rolling stock. The DeWitt And The Prairie Flyer In His Service, Reid
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    Coffee Table Ho and N Lay-out

    I guess I should start out by introducing myself...Hi :wave:...I'm Reid...I live in Spokane Valley, WA. My son-in-law is deep into railroads and needless to say the soot has worn off on me. The love affair started with the UP Big Boy. I made a large picture for him of the Big Boy. I will post it...
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    Fallen Bridges

    This is the old Milwaukee Road trestle going past the town of Tekoa WA, located 40 miles south of Spokane. The Tekoa (pronounced Tee Ko) website states... BUILDING THE MILWAUKEE RAILROAD TRESTLE This very large black trestle is still standing, and is a local landmark. You can see it in...
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