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    Toot your own horn

    That was cool.... I like The sound of the old steam whistles.
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    building and selling starter layouts

    You know Trainnut i think you had a great idea with the coffee table layouts. I just started to build me one. I think it is going to be a cool little layout. Doing N scale santa fe from around the 1960-1970 I hope to be done with it as soon as i get moved to the new house and get the time to...
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    Life Like locomotives

    Well i have two life like N scale loco and thay both are good ones but one is a lot better then the other. I have a lot of trouble with one of them and the other one is so smooth you cant hear it running, And it never gives trouble. So i am thinking like shaygetz if it is a good price get it.
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    Need Help with 2 engines

    Now this is true. A lot of the cheaper bachmann are just that chep bachmanns. Now the three i have are spectrum models and the frame will unbolt on them so you can get them motor out. but thay are a mess to get back togather. If you can let us know what you have are take some pic's of them and...
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    Need Help with 2 engines

    Most Bachmann dont have red and black wires thay get power through the frame. with wipers on the trucks. at least the ones i have ever seen do. But i am just talking on what i know about them.
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    Need Help with 2 engines

    Ok When you say you cleaned them what did you clean on them. If there is no power coming to the motor from the trucks then you mite need to check and make sure the wheel are clean and the pick up's on the trucks to the wheels are clean. then on most bachmanns there are wipes on the top of the...
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    LOTW 9/25...Fairbanks-Morse

    Now shaygetz I like that H16-44 trainmaster That is a nice looking loco i have one in the B&O road and love it.
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    Jim Currie

    Ho Scale is 1:87 most of the little trucks and stuff have a size on them it mite not say HO are N scale but the size is on there Most of the time i have seen some without it,
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    I Picked Trash Now I am in The Doghouse

    Ejen34 tell your wife there is not a thing wrong with getting stuff of the curb. it is there for the taking. and if i had come along and seen it i would have done the same thing.
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    water pumps

    Yea i was thiniking about going out buying a small table top water fall and taking the pump out of it. I dont need a lot of water as long as it will move the water to the top of a mountaion. And this is going on a N Scale so the mountion wont be that tall.
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    water pumps

    Hey guys i am looking for a place to buy a small water pump. I wont to add a water fall to my layout and need a pump to keep the water flowing
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    Testors plastic glue

    Yea CA dont hold plastic to well. I have found that Gorilla Glue works great on a lot of stuff it takes some time to dry but it is strong.
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    check this out.

    I thought you mite wont to check this site out it is cool. Has a lot of info on it and if you have info you would like to add just send it in and thay will add it. http://www.findtrains.com/ :D
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    Engine of the Week August 12-19

    Nice to see you guys have started a loco of the week here on the gauge. We have been doing this for the last 3 months and it is a lot of fun to see all the work of the others and what everyone has. Keep them coming
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    Small Apartment? No Problem!

    Cool i wont to do a G scale around the tree this year but i need the G scale to do this with. nice looking set up.
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    Finally broke 120

    Yea trainman come to Georgia it is 99 Deg and 100% humidity it is so dang hot you cant breath
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    speed

    I dont have anytrouble with it either. The gauge runs faster than a lot of the other website i go to.
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    New here and need some oppinions

    Hello Mrplow123 And welcome. Looks like you have everything in order. Just keep us up todate as you work on the layout. I dont see anthing wrong with the layout plains. I always say it is your layout and you have to look at it everyday so if you like it then it is find with me. And if you are...
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    Train trouble

    I would also have to say it is dirt build up on the wheels and track I have had this trouble before i went to nickel silver track. I have seen some of my loco run fine and others that would not run in some places on the track. So clean them up real good and try it again.
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    Newb needs help

    You will find that most model HO Scale. I also model HO To me it is the best scale. It is not so small i cant see it and it is not so big it has to be outside. But you need to make up your mine about this. As you are the one that has to be happy in the end.