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    Lengthening an Atlas Turntable?

    more money for the right kidney.... how thick is the top ? when i lowered my turntable the first time it was in plywood, i traced the turntable out and used a jig saw to cut it out. ( 3/8 thick plywood) used the cut out piece to hold table in place with two boards screwed to hold it in...
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    Lengthening an Atlas Turntable?

    i have two of these tuirn tables one of the older ones and the newer model first thing i did was cut the base of my layout so the turn tables would sit level with the rest of the layout. there are various write ups in the model train magazines on how to modify the table to make it look more...
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    An Age-Old Railroaders Problem

    60 locos and maybe 60 to 70 cars but 10 cranes.....i can only use one loco and maybe 10 cars on the layout lol but large fleet f cranes just incase i have a huge wreck and need a big hook, have like 6 of those alone lol and i purchasd another dash8-40cw tonight off ebay.......
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    Bracket mounting ideas?

    i would look at a construction glue, here in canada it is called pl 300 looks like caulking not sure if it will take the weight
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    Bracket mounting ideas?

    use concrete screws to attach the 1x4 to the wall at the height you desire, attach the bracks with screws to the wood gives you the room to level up and down depending on the floor if your plan is to run along a shelf along the wall if you jsut want to use metal brackets, tap con screws ( blue...
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    first train with new digital camera

    i think it is some sort of leaser, CE something, i snapped the picture, i blew it up very large and could not tell the letters too clearly. sorry no help here
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    first train with new digital camera

    some other pics i like the camera have to practice more with it, use to trains standing still at Smiths Falls, not the high speed they travel at in Newtonville area
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    first train with new digital camera

    i just recently went digital with a nikon D60 18-55mm lense i went to NewtonvilleOntario area. hope you like first shots the camera taks up to 10.1 something mega pixels i shot theses at the highest res setting soi had to resize them for here so some things might be lost Newtonville is a great...
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    Gmd 1

    CANADIAN NATIONAL GMD1 HO scale brass - (eBay.ca item 160213805628 end time 07-Mar-08 14:59:16 EST) a brass one for your consideration it is a 6 whel truck frame
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    Building a Fence

    your choice in how to remove them
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    Bachmann diesels...good deal?

    KATO is the top of the pile but the added cost is not always good, fine deatils that break off, with the spectrum it is not as well detailed or refined but yo get what you pay for a model you do not mind using, runs well and is what i think of a 3 foot model, looks okay from 3 feet away...
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    Gmd 1

    http://cnlines.ca/CNcyclopedia/loco/gmd1/img_1141.jpg http://yardlimit.railfan.net/archive/db/cqpa1155b.jpg here are pics of 4 truck units
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    pictures of thee fleet

    most that my dd has ever pulled is 2 cars, makes a lousy road switcher
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    pictures of thee fleet

    i would hate to say i built them i picked them up a couple shows for like hate to say , the unit on the right was 15 and the one of the left was 12 dollars. i could of 3rd model at the show for another 12 bucks but instead i picked up the 2 sd 40-2 for 27 total i wish i had the skill to do a...
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    pictures of thee fleet

    so what model of the herc do you fly? ex canadian army here....the herc the truck of the sky
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    pictures of thee fleet

    rest of pictures here is almost everything i use on normal basis in the pictures
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    pictures of thee fleet

    pictures here are the pictures
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    pictures of thee fleet

    most of the locomotives are blue box athearn units some expections picture 1 P2K SW 1200 Athearns SW 1200 Picture 2 All Athearns Geep 7s or 9s Picture 3 Atlas kit bashed Gp 40-2L Picture 4 Clean SD 40-2 model maker unknown, made in Yugo, anyone able to help ID maker let me...
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    2x8 HO layout

    i know the dd makes for a lousy road switcher but just in case some company requires some extra power the dd is there for lease. I like my way of modelling i am Canadian National fan but that lets me run GT, IC, a few other shoertlines i have not purchased power for yet, but since i model...
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    2x8 HO layout

    here pics of my layout it is built on 2 inche thick foam 2feet by 8 feet i use mostly geeps or sw units for motive power and no more then 4 or 5 cars, lots of switching to be done to move from one track to another