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    2x8 HO layout

    my layout is the same size as yours....i went from over 200 feet of track and a yard bigger then this layout before my divorce and to be honest i am happier with the smaller size. took me a while to figure things out but i got what i like and works well, now just have to start detailing it. i...
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    Building a Fence

    and i guess make sure she is not wearing them before hand
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    Atlas MP15 WOE's........

    you can alywas say it is horsepower pay back for when the other railroad borrowed one of your road units for an extended period happens all the time
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    Building a Fence

    i built chainlink fences...but i used the fiberglass screen , less chance of little peices getting sucked up into the motors... visit your local hardware or glass place and see if they have a ripped piece you can have.............it is usually tossed
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    list of locos i own

    i have 2 but only one is a keeper it is Rivarossi NYC hudson......never used but looks good lol
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    Athearn U33-b

    last current model from BBD no buyers yet, this is the jet locomotive JetTrain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    list of locos i own

    Athearn - HO KIT GP50 Phase II, BNSF that is the one i have
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    Athearn U33-b

    Bombardier built all sort of locos, they built the Jet locomotive, currently no one using it LRC units all retired by VIA M420 used by CN just name a few see the web site for cureent models sold overseas Bombardier
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    list of locos i own

    yes DD 40 is the athearn model that is why itis listed with athearn models gp 50 is a pumpkin they all look the same to me, H1 or H2 or h? paint job is on it
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    list of locos i own

    it i a model of the HR 24-66 some kit bashing and hand painted and decaled. needs some motor work little noisy but looks good
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    list of locos i own

    i will have to post a pic of it some time soon, it is not sd , might be an alco
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    Need help with a Proto 2000 loco quick!

    i purchased one i traded away to a person here and I paid under 20 bucks for it used, it looked alot like that one , that model has better paint good luck in buying it
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    list of locos i own

    just what i have on display right now Athearn, all blue box specials right out of the box, no super details , just as is GT geep7 or 9 CN geep 7/9 in green and gold paint CN not sure of the model looks like aGP7 with 6 wheel trucks, ( bought at train show used price was ood and it was CN had...
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    CN Coaling Towers (Wood or Concrete)

    ther is a big coaling tower at the base of the CN Tower near the round house....i am sure there are pics on line here some where
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    layout pics

    well glen i hope to expand it by 3 feet at the roundhouse end, going in a L shape, jsut so i have room to park a train a short train but it will hold a train to look as if it going some where.
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    layout pics

    theshelf is not big enough for the athearn dd40 to fit on nice like..so it looks as if it is about to jump off... but better there thn in a box where i cannot see them
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    Athearn U33-b

    model no one but Up ever had dd40s i had to have one and no real reason to own it not exactly a Canadian visitor so it is from a leasing company
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    layout pics

    have to figure out a better angle or way to take the pics, but here is a glance. it is 2 feet wide by 8 feet long, mostly a switching a yard operation with a round house and turn table. my grandfather got me the atlas turn table years ago ( over 20 and last year i decided to buy the...
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    Athearn U33-b

    do i hear a leasing contractor bring the unit to Canada? some one must of leased it to a short line in your area. so any paint job will work, that is how my leasing company has a DD40 on its rooster list. Just a same no short line needs the horse power so it sits and waits for duty again
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    Trucklover's Engine Thread

    iuse to think people who had more then 3 locomotives were nuts, now I am the proud CEO of the largest rental fleet in the area, 60 units the fleet varies from NYC hundson, to plymouth switchers, to DD 40, sd70mac, gp 30,40,50, sd 40, f units. sw units, rs3 it gets crazy, if i put everything in...