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    BlueLine Locomotives

    ok..yesterday sat. 10/13/07 i purchased 2 sd40-2 in santa fe bluebonnett colors...here's my story 1. put 1st on test track @ local hobby store and all seemed well = DC mode 2. decided to purchase 2 units...did not test 2nd engine..thinking 1 wrked well,,second should too! 3. purchsed 2 NCE N14IP...
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    General HO questions...

    Hi Jeff...don't know how old you are nor how fast you want to get this layout up and going..so here is my thoughts...IF you are going to move fast I strongly suggest you look into KATO track system in HO scale....I started out with atlas,,then did not like it,,whent to Bachman and was ok..but...
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    Duckunders and lift outs

    Well My 2 cents worth...I now have a duckunder and my BACK & KNEES hate it lol..so we are expanding layout and building lift out which will be made to look like bridge...We will be installing a circuit which will break when bridge is out preventing trains from continueing onto floor ( ouch $$$...
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    Cement for plastic/styrene

    Hi all!..i've build plastic structures and have recently had a couply of structres Loose their walls because platic glue had "dried out" or something. My original glue was "testor's Plastic cement". I have since switched to PLASTRUCT Weld. platic solvent cement and so far no problems...BUT, the...
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    The Kato Kobo line

    I've spoken with my LHS and seems these items are not easy to get. I want the F-40ph for my amtrak...and i'm now 100% sound equiped...so i want one but may have to put my own soundtrax decoder in one if and when i can get one....Tom
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    Atlas Dash 8's *** Warning Lots of Photos!!***

    Box says KATO..why do you say Atlas? I have atlas dash-8 in dcc with sound and i love it, and Kato does make a nice engine.guess I'm just confused...Tom
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    Using Digitrax Block Detection on a Non-LocoNet DCC layout

    I also wanted to get some signals up on my road and i saw the "new" Atlas systems last yr ( 2006 ) at the big train show in Springfield Massachusetts. Well they finally arrived at LHS and I just had to have them. I have installed them on my layout and here is a couple of things you need to know...
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    Wal-Mart finds

    Hi all!..just to add to this thread...When I looked in Wallyworld for the cars...i stumbled upon "CAT" equipt..Bulldozer,frontend loader,"steamshovel",heavy earthmovers etc..priced @5.79 each...local hobby shop has them for $16.00-18.00.....thought i'd let ya know...Tom