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    need to fill alot of space

    thanks shamus that is the biggest thing i forgot it would be in n scale due to i have alot of locos and rolling stock
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    need to fill alot of space

    well guys i gave up my old layout for a good trade. i gave it up for a van for my dissabled son, the guy i traded it to always wanted a layout but with him in a wheelchair he couldn't do on his own we where talking and he came to see mine and we traded for his 2 year old wheelchair...
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    Ttrak/itrak

    cobblestone is one of the two here in holland cat that is the one i go to alot the other one is more in o and g scale
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    Ttrak/itrak

    catt i am with you i done my layout in module set up due to me renting this place till the house is done next year i built all of my layout in 8' long and 27"wide and 4 parts are 4' x 4' and on the workings of building a creat to hold the whole layout in when took down for the move "for...
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    RR Xing signals

    pitchwife look on the net for a electronic program tester. i have one from when i was in school and i can make electronics for all kinds of things and test them on the pc screen to see if it would work befor i go to the work bench. it saves me alot of time and money when doing it it is...
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    should i sell

    mcl_rdg sorry about the email adress i changed it i been having problems with the old one i had to chane it with all of my disabled sons dr's and they hate when i give them new info
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    RR Xing signals

    pitchwife here is one i did for my layout i use it to show where my trains are at and it can also be used to run a grade crossing and all the parts can be bought from radio shack
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    What's your favorite scale?

    i would have to say n scale i done ho and o also and with the space i have i wouldn't have a layout i have in n scale i could have done it in ho but that means digging out all of the ho stuff i have one colest in the house for just train stuff and i am getting it filled up with ho and g...
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    I have started construction

    have you looked on ebay i seen road bed on their from ws for 12.99 a caes i paid 14.99 from my local hobby shop. look on wahthers they have it their also the part number is 785-1462 36 pieces for 17.94 or 785-1475 for a 24' roll for 5.98 i have used it on my layouts and like how it came...
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    Bridge suggestion needed

    on my layout i have a couple of bridges that are on a curve. here is what i did to make mine. get some sheets of plasturct styren and draw the out line of the bottom of the bridge and then cut that out . then cut out you sides and put them aside for now. get ahold of some bread ties and...
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    brige elevation

    your welcome for that shot, as for that bridge i have removed it from the layout do to a 2nd track on the main line on that part. but it got a new home on the southern end of the layout as the branch line runs out of the mountans and joins the main line
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    should i sell

    i had pepole ask me how much i would want for the n scale model ride i have been working on i took it to the local hobby shop to show the owner what i have been working on and after telling him about it he asked me how much would i take for it and their was 4 other pepole asking me the...
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    Kirkland Hill V1

    on that liftout why don't you try putting a switch at each end of the bench work the lift out one on one rail and the orhet one the other at the other end i had a lift out on my layout but i took it out after i had it hit by bortherzila when i was at the hospital with the wife and my boy...
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    dealing with frustration!

    hey csx i been in your shoes and i have smashed a layout with a 20 pound sleg it was the last layout i did in ho it was 6 years of work and about 10 x 12 i had a bigger mess when i was done but that was not my last i did it to 2 n scale layouts befor i got to where i am now i riped out...
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    Can scenery be too realistic?

    well tyson you didn't have to worrie about somthing walking off did you do a head count on your pepole my brother had a snake when i was younger and it got out and in to my dads train room and ate some of his pepole like out of a movie i had a tree frog that was my son's that...
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    to with a helix or a non helix

    rns48 here is a drawing of the train room with the space i have the layout has all track done and old layout is completed and add on is at 50% done track laid and started on the detal i have put in where the 2nd level would go and where i have room for the helix or nolix in the drawing it...
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    to with a helix or a non helix

    i was looking at my train room last night after i got back from the hobby shop with 2 new cases of code 55 flex track that would be used to join my old layout with is 24 x 30 and the new addon with is 12 x 20 and a another level 27 inches above one side of the whole layout with a bigger yard...
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    the frist carnival ride at the fair (n scale )

    well guys here is the ride out of the paint shop with a primer coat on it
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    brain storm for g scale

    we are working that out in the gear box i want to keep things as small as i can becouse space is limted and i am working on electronics to run light and the fan and starter but if i don't work it in this loco it would be in the next one been thinking on getting my hands on a dummy and put...