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For a so called temporary that looks real good. Heal fast, I'm looking forward to to seeing the real thing. Loren

Thanks for all the replies. After due consideration ( and a lot of measuring and thinking ) I am going to wall off the back of the garage. That will give me a 24 'x 8' area that will be 7' high. And leave me some of the shop area to park the yard tractor and stuff. Now, if any of you are...

Hello John, and welcome to The Gauge:wave: Very nice layout. The rock work is great! A couple of places you can look besides here for track plans is Mike's Small Trackplans and here http://www.carendt.com Loren

Ok guys, this sounds better all the time!:thumb: Here's a couple of pics of what I have to work with. The area on the left is where the trains will need to be. There is a man door in the near left corner where that door is leaning up. I figure I can go 20' on the left wall, and out to that...

Thanks for the replies, guys. I have found out wood heat of any kind is out, it voids my insurance. I am not sure about propane heat, need to check into that more. Russ'es idea sounds the best, but there is no way I can afford to replace the garage door, so I need to do a lot of measuring and...

Hello all, I am planning on building my final layout in the garage and am in the process of insulating the garage now. I am wondering what you people with the colder winters use for heat for your garage based layouts? I live in Washington state and the temp can get down in the 20's with ice and...

Logging out is probably the wrong term. More like no activity. My bad. Loren

Steamhead, I do log out. I know we are automatically logged out after a half hour of inactivity, but it stems from the old days of bbs's when you logged out to make room for somebody else. Cidchase, if you go to user cp, then edit options, then exclude forums from getting new post, you can block...

Sometimes I don't log in, so I just look at the new posts on the welcome screen. If I login, I go to the new post button next to search. Loren

new garage layout Ok my old layout in the house is coming down today! I will be building a new layout in the garage that will be 20'x17'. The tentative trackplan is one done by Screwysquirrel. http://forum.zealot.com/t157911/ I have built the main part of the layout before and it is fun to...

Sorry to hear your having problems. Are you using code 100 track? Atlas snap track does not have roadbed, just the ties. But, somewhere along the way, you will still have to solder the track together, or solder feeder wires to every piece of track to maintain current flow. And, your limited to...

I have used wax paper for windows for years. Works great if you want a dirty, dusty look. And, if you scrape the wax before you install it, it looks like somebody tried to clean the windows and gave up. Also, if you light your buildings the light coming thru the windows is not as bright and...

Bob, if your interested in computer generated switching, look at this. Wayfreight Program on the Teton Short Line An HO Scale Model Railroad featuring do-it-yourself electronics, computers, DCC and operations It is a dos program, but I used it in vista. And it's free! (sort of). Loren

I saw that. And so did my wife. And quess what my wife said.:cry: Oh well, It's nice to dream. Loren

I have never used this myself, but I understand this is what most diy guys use to cut the ties. Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices Loren

I think we finally pissed off Mother Nature. Loren

Here in Washington State we had mid 80's and now we are back down in the mid 50's. We usually stay in the 70's this time of year. Loren

Anybody notice we have some new functions at the the start page and a different search? Looks pretty good to me. Thanks Peter! Loren

Outstanding!:inw::inw: Loren

Well..... I have been using Linux Ubuntu for 2 weeks now. Not once have I used windows. And I am impressed. I have not needed to restart or turn off the computer once. Using Windows I know that is not possible.There were a few problems to resolve ( nothing major ) that are taken care of now. The...