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    Beware Non-Model RR Auction posters on Ebay

    I have an old trollier autopulse momentum 2.5 I really like it and have been looking to upgrade to something a bit newer, it works but the speed light is burnt out now but woroks great considerign it is 25 years old stuart
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    Some Union Station / Via Track Side Photos.

    I have spent many days there at Union Station skywalk watching trains, and photographing them. The glassed in walk way even with its leaky roof made a great spot to watch trains in all sorts of weather and i could always walk outside to get the shots of trains that i found interesting there. i...
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    More Progress at Toronto's John Street Roundhouse

    i remember riding the hand car, back and forth on the siding there, i also remember the loco it was a CN switcher, not sure what happened to it. I was able to see the equipment for the last time when it was parked on asiding near Old Fort York in the late 80s 88, or 89, hobos were living in the...
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    More Progress at Toronto's John Street Roundhouse

    no it was not at the CNE grounds, i know that loco, seen it many times. there were at least 3 locomotives in the siding. it was in a factory area near the harbour front area. my grandfather was train nut was big into steam locomotives. he always said we would go back and take pictures...
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    More Progress at Toronto's John Street Roundhouse

    does anyone here remember the steam locomotives that use to sit in a siding between some buildings downtown Toronto, it would be in the mid 70s or early 80s I remember my grandfather and grandmother taking me to the harbour front flea market and i owuld hang out at the train museum there and...
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    Power Pack question

    go fior any of the tech 4 packs, i am also shopping for a new pack, my auto pluse is dying and a tech 4 will replace it, jsut waiting to check out the next train show to get one
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    Athearn Ready to Roll model questions

    just purchased a GP 38-2 athearn ready to roll model in CN paint #4713 SGT stripes paint here are my questions, 1) does ready to roll models not have directional lighting? my model has a light no matter what direction the cab lights up. 2) is this model close to a CN gp38-2 ? I run...
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    Atlas GP40, approximate age?

    i have one like that and is over 20 years old always liked the rio grande models
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    My Pictures

    there is always some real reason to be running an older car......the baby ruth car was being delivered to a museum or it was being hauled to be torched....scrap metal dealers love old cars. always some realistic reason i run what i like and how ilike...DD40 somes times does switching duties...
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    Curious Site From VIA Train Today

    some of those cars are parked in the ottawa central yard in Ottawa i saw them during the open house back in may along with old CPR rdc cars
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    how many is enough?

    so what you guys are saying is i should keep going even if the layout will be all locomotives in every siding lol
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    how many is enough?

    i have one of those small layouts 2 feet by 8 foot switcher yard. I have over 100 cars and over 70 locomotives how much is too much ???
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    Kaslo Shops M420R build.

    docotr wayne what you selling??? ebay or?
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    Kaslo Shops M420R build.

    painting it CN and sending it to me for a test run? great work
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    corner Gas tv show & trains

    it is agreat show the train shots just add to it
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    Question About Flex Track

    I have model power flex track i find it a little stiffer to work with, does not flex as nice as the atlas track, i think mine is the code 100 , it works well with the MP and atlas turn outs but I would not buy it again, next layout will have code 83 track.
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    Reminiscing-First Train Set

    my first set was a bachmann CN f unit I still have it. One of those pancake motors on the rear truck, rubber tires, came with 4 cars and a a caboose, cars long gone, just the locomotive left now. someday it will get a rebuild and athearn power plant installed. wonder how many sets are...
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    S-1 coupler conversion?

    what kind of couplers you converting to? kadee or? kadee suggests number 28 couplers should be a fairly easy to convert
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    bachman spectrum locomotives

    I have a ew spectrum locomotives, dash8-cw 3 units, GP-30, i know they are not perfect copies of the real things, but for the amount i spent i do not expect that. they all ran nice out of the box ( unlike my brand P2K unit broken axles right out of the box) they have enough detail to pass for...
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    Lengthening an Atlas Turntable?

    wye would work , takes up some space but works well