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    How to strip decoder wires

    Klein for me I work in an electronics design firm and need t strip wires of various gauges (12-34) everyday. At our office we have found the best are Klein Tools. You can do most small gauge wires with the yellow handled ones i picture here. They have proven to be good quality and work very...
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    March 07 photo competition: trains aren't the only way to fly

    Here is a picture i took this past week of the last portion of my layout. It had to be taken down as we moved houses. It was my first layout with some experimenting and various attempts at scenery. The scene is a rural corner in central Saskatchewan where the CP and CN tracks pass eachother...
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    Opinions and your input please :)

    Russ The preverbial run around track at the top on the mainline i was plannning to use as a passing siding for a small train. i believe it should hold a train about 5.5 feet long. my plan is to motly have trains that are only 5-6 feet long. with the occasitional longer one on the mainline...
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    My new toy

    ride Ya i have outgrown the 600 and am looking at upgrading next year. You always want MORE POWER right ;) ? I will probably go with the GSXR-1000 in a yellow and black paint. I just love that new pentagon tail pipe they came out with in '05. Plus the Beamish Suzuki's were yellow and black...
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    My new toy

    nice toy Nice toys. Here are my two. '99 ZX-6R 2004- 49cc Pocket Rocket
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    Opinions and your input please :)

    Update Ok her's what i am thinking. town in the middle, manufacturing industry on left, elevator/grain industry on right, I through in some example buildings to get a feel for it. also i have a small dummy track on the left side that separates the industry from the oil tanks. i will...
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    Opinions and your input please :)

    Thanks Thanks for the input guys. I initially wanted to go with the helix and make it visible as if the train was snaking up the mountain. I have done some thinking and now agree with you guys. Loosing the helix and lower level. I will widen the upper shelf to a 30" x 11 foot shelf. I have...
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    Opinions and your input please :)

    I just finnished moving into a new house and am planning to rebuild my layout. This will be a work in progress that will grow over the years. Currently space is limited in some aspects to things i cant control so i will work around them. Please give me your input on my design. Beamish...
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    August 1944

    Cold -35*C or -31*F here plus the windchill. that makes it about -45*C. and we got 4 inches of snow last night. Yay for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. That is a great pic. i like the people in the background, it makes it look more realistic.