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    Another who can tell me what this is

    Resizing downward will automatically reduce the file size. You just have to reduce the photo enough to get below all the forum maximums, which include height and width limitations, as well a pretty small file size requirement.
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    Another who can tell me what this is

    A picture would help, but from your description it sounds like a rather old signal maintainers portable telephone set, a railroad version of a telephone lineman's handset.
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    LCL Operations

    Alfa Romeo Syper (3) -- I didn't learn the first or second time. :oops: Lotus Europa S2-- Broke frequently, but never left me stranded. It was my only car for 40K miles. TVR 2500M -- Beauftiful, but the lights went out at dusk. :curse::curse::curse: Triumph TR7 -- Quite reliable, and the...
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    LCL Operations

    I'm not sure which is worse, maintaining British sports cars or maintaining Italian sports cars. Either one feels kind of like hamr
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    DC throttle control

    You need rheostats for what you want to do. A 25 ohm rheostat capable of handling one amp of current should work and have ample power handling capacity. You can find such a beast here. The part number is (RWA) RP102SD250KK. I would buy just one at first to see if it had the appropriate range...
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    Intimidator Express

    People will buy anything.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    No, I like my mother-in-law. My father-in-law, on the other hand........ :D
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    To many "stickies" here....

    There's an Announcement section? sign1
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    Railfanning around San Francisco?

    Nolatron was looking for suggestions for Sunday, so commuter traffic should not be an issue.
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    Looking to buy a digital camera

    What is the most important thing to look for? The quality of the lens, which is completely unevaluated and unreported by virtually every consumer so-called review that is done by self appointed experts, most of whom think that they are qualified to review a camera just because it has a...
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    Photograph critique needed

    There are fairly distinct handrail shadows on the loco, but I don't really see a solid engine shadow on the building, which seems odd. Shouldn't the engine's lights be on? It doesn't appear to be located in a spot where it might be shut down. Nice scene. My $.02 :)
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    Cement for plastic/styrene

    That would be DuPont Delrin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delrin
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    Show and tell Customs.

    jawdrop You mean that gorgeous GP-38 is actually tiNy scale???? :D:):D That is really nice work. :thumb:
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    My introduction to grits was mess hall #5 at Keesler AFB in Mississippi. During the year I was stationed there, I saw oatmeal exactly once. The rest of the year, it was grits and SOS, two things I came to loathe. And watching some guy kill a rat as it ran across the serving line didn't help my...
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    PayPal Protection and Complaint

    That sucks, big time. There is a lesson here regarding both PayPal and Capitol One, I think.
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    BUS connector?

    Thanks. It's nice to hear a post did someone some good. :)
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    PayPal Protection and Complaint

    I don't know about the store front, but if it was through PayPal, they will charge it back. Rudy, contact your credit card company and find out how to contest the charge. Make sure you note the time limits.
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    Modern Era Kits?

    Yeah, nothing but old stuff here. :rolleyes: http://www.sns.gov/aboutsns/index.shtml
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    BUS connector?

    You can get up to 24 pin Molex connectors from http://www.jameco.com. They can handle four or five amps per circuit, depending on which size you get. Jameco has all the shells and pins, and any tools you would need. They also have PDF spec sheets you can download. You may be able to get Molex...