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N Scale items for sale
I have posted a list of N scale items that I have for sale here:
 
Shameless (but non-commercial) Plug
If anyone is interested, I've been writing a blog for the newspaper I work for for more than an a year now. It's entitled "Along the Right of Way" and deals primarily with my interest in model...
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1965 photo of model and builder
I've added two new photos to my South Shore collection stating at These photos may contain images of a disturbing nature due to their content. Those of a nervous disposition may prefer to look...
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Peco & Tortoise
When installing a Peco turnout and a Tortoise switch machine, do you reduce the tension on the Peco spring or remove it all together. How do you reduce spring tension... squeeze it together? Carter...
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Steam Loco Running Boards
I'm doing a major G gauge kitbash - an LGB mogul chassis under a shortened Bachmann cab and smokebox with a 2" ID PVC pipe boiler. So far so good, but I'm now to the point of attaching the running...
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Antique trains on digital layouts
http://easyurl.net/DigitalLayouts
 
LGB RhB Items
Hi Does anyone know of any shops with stocks (Probably SH) with LGB items of: RhB especially 4/4 s, Furka Oberalp MOB Thanks Craig
 
HO Overland Parts
Gentlemen, Quick announcement to advise I have the Overland HO parts line in stock. Inquiries may be made to (bdavis148 at aol dot com ) Many Thanks,Bill Davis American O/HO Scale
 
Valuation for insurance purposes
I am looking into insurance. In order to determine how much my State Farm homeowners covers and whether I should buy additional insurance from the NMRA program, I need to value what I want insured....
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Book Reviews: "The Brass Train Guide Book" & "Price & Data Guide".
Found an online bookstore a couple of weeks ago that was selling the above mentioned tomes for a reasonable collective price and who also included shipping in the deal, so I sprang for the purchase...
 
HO Bayer Garrett Inquiry
I saw an add recently from a US firm announcing a limited run of HO Bayer Garretts with and without sound. I mentioned this to a friend today and he is interested in the information but I can not...
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web-site up-date passenger cars
I came up with an idea to make Athearn dinner cars represent sleeper/lounge cars for the Santa Fe Chief. See it at, Anderson
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More American models from UK based club
At our meeting on Wednesday 25 June our Chairman, Nick Whitmarsh-Everiss appears to have given way to his frustration at not being able to get his message across to the members! Here is a picture of...
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xtrkcad
I can't seem to define elevations. I've got the track down pat. Lets call it a figure 8, the train runs around finally. (lots of broken sections of track). But I want to make the tracks go over/under...
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Five Dollar Model Link?
Several years ago, one of the regulars here listed a web site where he was collecting submissions for "Five Dollar Models." It was a take-off of the old MODEL RAILROADER "Dollar Model" series that was...
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