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Started in HO because I picked up a couple of sets cheap but after talking to the N scaler at the local club I made the switch to N for lack of room:thumb:

Is this what I am thinking of doing I want to put lights in on my track or more properly signals to let the enginere know if it is ok to proceed I have no idea how to wire these so when I have the train going one way its red for stop and go green for the right direction. Is this what the...

Where they ran and a portion of the News paper The Chicago Saint Paul Minneapolis and Omaha ran pretty much that rout from what I can find so far they were mergered by the Chicago Northwestern some time around the 1920 to 40's I want to say but dont quote me on that if you are intrested go to...

got somt things to update this Hey everybody been talking to the aunt that got most of the stuff after grandma passed and she has been sending me some info and pics. Found out grandpa worked the C.C.C. camps on a bridge and builder crew on the Alaska Railroad and for a time during the war.Then...

Wow this really helped I am going through the same thing right now and finding this was a God send I am gonna try to start on my converting here in the next few days. Thanks guys :thumb:

I took a look at the MT web site chart, I thought the Kadee conversion chart was in greek this one is going to take me a lil bit to decifer to I guess. :thumb: But I will as Larry the cable guy would say "get er done"

I use rapido couplers on all my equip. I am running Spectrum Dash 8-40cw's and the rolling stock after the locos always comes undone from slipping up out of the hold of the loco is there any way to fix this or is my best bet to convert to all magnamatic? At the same time is there a bunch of...

that pile up makes me think Can someone do a clean up on track Nine please?? :D

Now that is cute :thumb: sign1

Now there is a reason that I wont go hoboing if I ever heard of one I said it before you dont know who you might find laying in waight for you on the tracks. And another good reason for them to be picked up if they are found but in alll defence of the hobo's not all are bad people:cry: but as...

Our main yard in Iowa has rail service they might get a few things in as far as cars and what not but never been there so cant say for sure. I have seen pics come throught the office of a derailment where we have hauled the shear crane to the location and chopped to badly damaged cars on sight...

and more yet 1. up close for modeling a shear cancel that it wont let me do it ?? 2. got to have a mag crane or the L.B.P's try claim back probs. LOL 3.got to get a weight, the thing on the end there is a radation detector got to keep out the bad stuff

sorry forgot some pics 1. typical uncut pile 2. car crusher 3. the remnants of the crusher 4. future victims LOL 5.a shear crane to chop the iron down to size

MilesWestern had asked a while back about scrap yard pics and I finally got somthing good to post. The first and formost thing to rember if you want to model a scrap yard is there should be at least four piles, one for long heavy Iron like farm machines and the like, then one for the heavy iron...

I am thinking of making card stock buildings for my layout is there a web site to find patterns for buildings or is it kinda a measure the proto and scratch type thing?? I am intrested in trying it one way or the otherjust figured patterns would be easer to start with and and learn then work...

Hey thought everybody else might like to see this Here are the pics I got at hobby con. anything look familer?? and Ted told me to say hi and hope all is well:thumb: http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=20467

and the last few :thumb:here they are

and some more pics here they are

Its called the Hobby Connection in Rothschild Wis. great guy running the place and really nice ongoing layout at the club downstairs! Ted gave me free roam of the place to take pics so I pass these on to you. My thanks go out to the Hobby Connection for all the advice and just a all around good...

Get this I heard the local coming into town tonight so I ran down to the yard to watch who was coming in as I pulled up to the ONE gated crossing in town "drive down a block and you can go under the bridge" some freeking moron with fishing boat in tow mind you drove around the crossing gates...