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I'm a Hoosier too! Andersonian. There are at least a couple more Hoosiers around here as well.

Here is a thought for you, for what it is worth. I don't have the space to have a big layout. I can squeeze in something though that measures 18"X 43" and have it in place permanently. It will be based off of Tysons' as well. I was all set to start building it when he came out with this new...

I thought I was going to be busy Friday night but ended up able to do a little modeling. I got a grain elevator structure all cut out. Saturday afternoon and evening I managed to get the elevator sprayed (it is made out of cereal board) after scribbing all the boards in. I painted it, and then...

The trains in the yard near where I grew up move cars this way all the time. My 3 year old daughter loves to watch them work. We go to a piece of property that is right next to the right of way so we are about 6 feet from the track as they go gliding by. She loves trying to guess which track...

The version of this my friend has done does not show anything on top of the layout. The switch is located under the layout and a rod between the throwbar on the turnout and the push rod to the switch is soldered in place. What you get with some detailed work on soldering the throwbar assembly...

A friend of mine has done his layout this way. The spring was the first question I had. He invited me to operate one and observe as a heavy train rolled through. I could tell exactly when the switch was properly thrown and the points didn't budge. Obviously a key component is no snags or binds...

That is the way I intend to do my switches for exactly the reasons posted. I also like the thought of doing the manual switching. You use a cheap 1.50 switch attached to a metal rod. I will be using coat ahnger straightened totally out. You attach it to the throw bar and a small hole in the...

to write! WHO TO WRITE??? shouted everyone. We don't have time for that! Peter, Paul, and Mary have to get to the recording studio before the letter has time to even be delivered!!!! Mr. Hill sat down and thought again. You could smell the grease on his gears getting hot. Just when they all...

I finished the mockup of the grain elevator/feed, hardware,lumber,coal shop that I am making. I didn't get to lay any track like I had hoped, but with the mockup done I can start building the real structure.

I will be finishing the cardboard mockup of my layouts primary industry, a grain elevator/feed,hardware and lumber shop. After completing the mockup I will be placing it on the track plan and doing a final tweaking. Maybe, just maybe I will begin to lay rail.

I have inherited 9 BIG boxes of Marx and Lionel trains. While my father in law is still alive he wanted to make it clear they are mine. He has terminal cancer and is probably in the last 6 months of his life. In the next week or so I will be getting a box at a time and discovering all the trains...

Make Pickle Punch! Yes sir, pickle punch is a fine summer time treat! A load of yeast is dumped into the and let set for a couple hours in the warm sun. Then a little ice cream for the lactose intolerent and you have the finest punch available to man. Now that isn't to say that it tastes like...

grabbed a handful of snails, much to the suprise of the snails. Now these were not ordinary snails. No sir! These were tough snails to be crawling on the sand. They were big too! The snails were all placed in front of the car. Harold dashed inside the waiting car and emerged in leather chaps and...

The passenger car in the sand. The car had derailed and slid down to the beach. Mr. Hill said if we are to be on our way we are going to have to get this back where it belongs, and where it belongs is not an easy place to reach. He pulled out his watch and said we haven't much time, in order to...

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