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So, is it too late to point out that this poll has a bit of a problem? That is, you have overlapping years. Example: 1945 is covered both by 1940 - 1945 and 1945 - 1950. What's someone born in 1945 to do? Most, if not all the five year groupings seem to have this problem. I think we need to...

NYNH&H, a big part of getting your point across is a sense of proportion. It also helps not to alienate those who might be in your corner. The worst thing you can do is to come across as a take no prisoners, burn-'em-at-the-stake-if-they-disagree-with-you-in-any-way radical. When you come across...

Sifted, yes. Crushed, no. Tidy Cats brand, as an example, runs from about 12 scale inches down to about 2 scale inches, and it is already a nice grey color. As cheap as it is, crushing the larger stuff wouldn't be neccesary. Somewhere, I saw a thread that claimed some of the commercial ballast...

And not all the sixes are gas hogs. My wife's V6 4WD Ford Escape gets better than 20 MPG on the highway, actual, not EPA.

Kitty litter, before the cat gets to it, not after. sign1

It wouldn't suprise me if those are hand cart tracks. Labor was pretty cheap back then. Might be fun to model with narrow gauge traction, though. Or go with standard gauge, and show a connection to that rail spur at the bottom of the page.

It's a great page of links, well worth bookmarking. :thumb:

And I personally know a published author that recommended using brush cleaner as the ultimate hand cleaner. Last I heard, he isn't dead -- yet.

Nothing cheap is really square. Those angle brackets were probably out of square to start with. You would probably be better off cutting triangular corner braces out of stable lumber using a good table or miter saw, if you have access to one. As Steamhead suggests, measure from corner to...

All steam engines can reverse. Steam yard switchers worked backwards and forwards all day long, as just one example. If you think about it, it would be impossible to run almost any railroad, if its engines could not operate in reverse.

IrfanView, as already suggested, is a great free tool. You can use it to shrink the file size of a photo several ways: 1. Crop the photo. Remove outer detail that isn't needed. Cropping is one of the few things in IrfanView that isn't intuitive. To crop, move the mouse to the upper left...

If you are saying that an armed drunk driving down the Interstate with an attitude is scary, I have to agree. aussie

Sugar beet loading, if the era and locale are right. SP used to load beets on their nearby double track main when I was kid. If the SP can tie up one side of a main, I don't see what would be so unprototypical about using a passing track for a couple of hours.

Pooka2hot4u stated: "in fact im really confused as to why you can own assault rifles and drive trucks and trains in this country at 18 yet you gota be 21 to buy beer" Note the term 'assault rifle.' My point is that this is incorrect. If he really means assault weapon, then he is correct. The...

Beat me to it. Check out a kitchen supply store for a wide selection. Also, don't forget window screen material.

There is some confusion here. An assault weapon is not classified as such because it is capable of automatic fire. The classification is derived from the militaristic styling of the weapon and combinations of features such as pistol grip, flash suppressor, folding stock, etc. Assault weapon is...

A few years ago, the Narrow Gauge And Shortline Gazette ran an article about a guy that built his own railroad on his property, which IIRC was in MO. The railroad ran from his house/shop area back into the woods, where he logged a little timber. The logs were hauled back to a sawmill near the...

Here is one source: http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/catalogs/c253/P95.pdf This is stranded wire.

False hits can be brought down greatly by using the advanced search functions. False hits due to keyword spamming should be reported. Ebay provides a reporting mechanism, and my experience indicates they will pull the auction. If prices have been bid out of site, that's not your problem. It is...

None of these help? http://www.lundsten.dk/us_signaling/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_railway_signaling http://web.utanet.at/smiderkr/asr/ensiglinks.html http://www.answers.com/topic/north-american-railway-signaling Could those be train order signals? Semaphores were also...