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Congratulations, Shamus! I've viewed your layout and it is beautiful! An inspiration!

Tyson, well, la de da! Take my foot off the throttle? Oh, puhhleezz! Like, I never would have thought of that! ;) You're right though, a scale 3 mph should be good enough. I'll just watch the top speed...

Thanks for the responses. I think my main problem is that I am expecting too much from the Porter. It was only $55. I'm comparing it to the Shay ($200), which has good throttle response from low- to high-end. Of course, I forgot to mention I did about 4 hours of break-in on the Porter, but not...

Not sure if this is the proper place to post this question, so I apologize in advance (Please don't boot me off the Guage! This is the best forum I've found). I purchased the Bachmann On30 2-truck Shay, and love its speed. I found a web-site that had a table showing what loco speeds are in...

Tak! Jeg kommer fra USA. Med venlig hilsen, DanishKnight

Errol, Try this: offer to massage your wife's feet tonight. If she likes that, keep it up for about a week, then while she's blissed out from a week of being pampered, kind of drop a hint that you saw this really beautiful painted brass locomotive and...(I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya'!)...

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For ShayGetz, You've probably already made your decision about the loco, whether to leave it unfinished brass, or have it painted...but I thought I would offer my two cents anyway. I've learned over the years that what matters most aren't the possessions we accumulate, but rather how gifts...

Brakie (Larry), I really enjoyed the story about the engineer and the yard master! Never worked for any RR, but I enjoy the stories the veterans pass back and forth. We lost more than the sound of steam and ringing bells from the good old days. Now a days there's too much "political...

Tony, Thanks for the Welcome. I'm not usually a joiner, being a life-long loner, but seeing the quality of the Posts here at The Gauge, I couldn't pass this opportunity up. The few layouts that I have "visited" on-line are truly remarkable examples of modeling expertise and artistic endeavor...

Switching Puzzle Just read the comment regarding a switching thread. I've recently gotten re-bit by the Model Raliroad bug, and found a web-site that rekindled my interest in a layout John Allen did back in the early 70s. I saw it when it was first published! A thread here on switching would be...