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    What rules?

    I cant stand it anymore, I trust, and respect the decisions of all 8 (I think, I may have lost count) of you who have stepped down. Again, I appreciate the work and dedication you have all put in and I just HOPE the Guage will be able to remain what it is today. But with N guagers...
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    33 years ago....

    33 years ago today that the Edmund Fitzgerald sank taking with it all 29 crew memebers in a storm on the big lake. Im a big follower of the event, cant quite decide who I believe on why it happened though. Just read a book, several good points for all cases, but its hard to tell.
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    I hobby expo featured on.....

    Codys Office. I think you need to be a subscriber to watch Codys Office at modelrailroader.com, but if you are, Cody's Office last week was at the expo and its a two part series where they talked to several retailers, its kind of interesting if you can watch it. See some upcomming products.
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    runaway trains in yard

    My layout is not on level ground, and Ive done so much as to lift legs 6" to level it out, and its still not perfectly level. In the yard is the main spot. I pride myself in maintaining a good freight car fleet, which means they have a tendency to attemt to make the soutbound departure trip on...
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    Super trees

    I visited the LHS today and after talking with one of "the train guys" we decided to order a set of super trees to see what they look like, I think Ill be buying them when they come in to try them out for modeling birch trees. Does anybody have any pictures of them? Or anything to say about them...
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    Train show steals.

    I made it to a local show today, its always my favorite one of the year, (Ralph, you missed some nice deals). I was looking at a both with many DMIR custom cars that were a little high in price, but some nice stuff. I found a booth with Walthers Gold Line CNW covered hoppers, and some misc. cars...
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    making a dummy

    I want to scrap out the guts on one of my athearn blue box locos and make it a dummy loco. Can I just pullout the running gear or will I need to buy new trucks and stuff like that? How do I go about doing this?
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    Reverse loop issues

    I love having my reverse loop, because its amazing for operational purposes. I have a switch off my mainm that goes directly into a wye, where the loop ends meet. The loop itself is about 16' feet long, and powered by a Bachman reverse loop module. I moved to a MRC dcc system, and have finally...
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    Athearn bluebox+DCC= Unneeded wiring

    I putt DCC into an Athearn BB loco, and there are are many wires that go nowhere, can I simply cut them for ease of reassembly? The loco has no headlights, can I cut those wires out?
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    No more pics

    Over the weekend I had some freinds over, and while screwing around, I fell of our clothes pole, and later that night, upon turning it on, realized that I landed on my camera. :cry: It still takes pics, and can do eveything, but the digital screen is all white and black, so I have no idea what...
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    Cement truck -> Dump truck

    I am converting a concor mack ch cement truck into a dump truck. Here are some pics of it in progress. The truck with the mixer removed, but teh cab leans backwards, so I shimmed it up. I then added L shaped styreneto raise the frame above the level of the tire tops.
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    My revised scenery thread

    Well last night MilesWestern pointed out how my scenery looked to toylike and not Northern Minnesota-ish enough. He also posted some good pics for me to work off of, and some advice. I figured instead of taking over my Missabe Layout Progress thread, I could make another with the scenery...
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    Happy B-day to me!

    It was my birthday last Thursday, so I went to the LHS, Bought a decoder, some ground throws, a cement truck, and materials to make the cement truck into a dump truck! Heres a pic of the loot, I figured you guys might be interested. You usually are. As you can see the dump truck project has...
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    Codys Office anyone?

    Has anybody seen one of the episodes? If you dont know what Im talking about, its a weekly review/informative 5 or so min. long video for subscribers of MR on their website. Its hosted by associate editor Cody Grivno. Check it out if you havent under the MR Express section of MR's webiste.
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    MN Modelers

    The show at the fairgrounds will be here again in Sept. I cant remember the date, but Ill post it up later. I plan to go, as its usually a good show. Ive found some great deals at it. Just was wondering who might be going, as we could all go the same time and possibly meet. Might be nice to see...
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    MRC reverse loop

    I just bought a MRC express DCC system to replace my Bachman EZ DCC set. I have a reverse loop already wired with the Bachman module. Will this work on the MRC system since the only conections with the module are directly to the track?
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    Tonights haul!

    Tonight I stopped at the LHS and bought a MRC express system (Sorry iis612), but it was marked down. I also bought a bag of trees, and a Walthers classic kit, WC 100 ton hopper. Pics will come soon! But that was a fun trip!
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    First railfan video

    Incase the title isnt clear enough, this is my first real railfan video. Feel free to comment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbW6cfpJz5Q
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    Tree material in craft stores?

    Today I was near a micheals store and stopped in because I needed some white glue (my ballast Q's thread) and I remembered I wanted to look at the stuff I see in magazines where they tape a few branches together of real plants, paint, and cover with ground foam. I think its the same stuff in...
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    More ballasting Q's

    I tried to ballast a small portion of the layout. I got the ballast on just right, ad cleared it from the ties and rail sides. I put on a mist of water/detergent and then tried to drop on some scenic cement with a spray bottle, and the drops covered the ties with glue. I know it was a squirt...
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