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    awesome way to model trees

    really nice work , i will give it a try i have some space for trees and so on and i really dont want to pay out for PLASTIC if i dont have too thanks T
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    290 days later

    Hello ,here we have the start of my rail road ,after hea and haw this and that , I just went for it ,and most likely this will change umpteen times before the year is up . Tommy
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    NREX and CN in Homewood

    just a couple shots ,I was looking for some good steel mill shots and I found this too. Tommy
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    Hiding Atlas Switch Machines

    hello there ,I am going to try some of these I orderder 4 my check goes out on monday Main Tommy
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    Ac 6000 vs Sw 40 -2

    Thanks ,Jesso, I have noticed the couplers will have to be up graded ,why would the hobby shop owner say good luck ,he could have said yes 18 is good or 22 will be better ,HE could have said are your wheels in line on the sd 40 then i would have been happy and checked them ,I know this is a...
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    Ac 6000 vs Sw 40 -2

    I found a tool that checks the wheels ,now the 40-2 runs much better than before around the curve's ,now I feel better about the whole thing willl wait to see how sd-45 2 runs when that comes in ,then i will think about going to the ace , I dont think @24 it will fit were already on the edge .. T
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    Ac 6000 vs Sw 40 -2

    22 I will try a sd45 first then see what happens with it .I think my hobby shop will front one to me . they told me good luck with a 22 min radius thanks , Josh.
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    Ac 6000 vs Sw 40 -2

    I just saw a sale on the broadway limited ac 6000 cw . my question is ,will it run on my 4 foot wide layout . the sw 40 -2 is good but the extra length of the ACE could be too much. there both 6 axel so ..... what to do??? thanks Tommy
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    Hello from germany

    Martin , welcome to the madness ,This is a fun group ,if you have the time you can find what your looking for , order some one will post a link . then the fun really starts , enjoy your self have a nice day . prost! Tommy
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    Dirty track and YOU

    I voted ,well I was told to wait a year before i glue my track down ,it has been 9 mo. now and I have taken some good measures to get it the best I can ,for one it trim the curves ''just snip off a smidge'' on some of the out side rail . this seems to help .replacing rail joiners all the way...
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    UP's GP15-1's

    here is some thing that could be of intrest this is out in Crystal lake IL. T
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    Why don't you participate in our photo contests?

    My vote is for best in progress .time limit's could be a issue , ''for me any how'' a rookie contest- a mid level -and then the real deal . just a idea I think were having a think tank here. or brain storming is a good one too . time for my power nap .. T
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    the CP 2816

    will it come back to il. or is it finished it's run and on her way back home ?
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    what is A DODX

    That is exactly what I have been told around here . The train was not that long really about 17 cars so if they had a few guys in the engine and a few in the rear .Bingo ..also there were two engines pulling it . Tommy .
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    what is A DODX

    Oh those ,suburbans with the men that follow me and talk into their wrist all the time , no havent seen them . really . T
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    what is A DODX

    I was really happy the way it came out .only a bit of fudging on the contrast , it was really sunny that day . I did not want to enter onto rr property and those side ports kinda put me at a distance too. no one was waving as it went by .let it go . T
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    what is A DODX

    Dept of defense, Ok fancy antenna's and machinegun pot, sounds like it . good, Tommy
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    what is A DODX

    The other day I was out and had my camera lucky me ,Then there was a caboose never saw a DODX road name . any one with info on this jem . normal speed is about 20 mph threw this zone . this was creaping i was able to double back to get this shot . Tommy
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    Athearn SD40-2 [ jerky ]

    yes that is what they are . grunt suggestions ? welcome I really would like to get this going as smooth as can be. in the fall i want to lay foam foam and start the real fun please advise. Tommy
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    Crossing The Potomac (Graphic Intensive)

    Good shots Taylor, just a Idea on your pictures with the trees in them. see if you can focus on the bridge then move the camera over to get the trees into the field ov view that works nice, also see if the camera has a setting for A-DEP this keeps all things in focus as far as the eye can see...