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OT: FS Heart of the Rockies (book)

Anyone interested in this book? Paperback published by the Rio Grande Western in 1890, mostly text, but has a half doze...
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posted by wekirch
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Scratchbuilding notes

Post may be a bit long and rambling: kind of writing notes to myself here ... So I finished my urban building-front mod...
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posted by nobody
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Narrow Gauge Scale Questions

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I need to clarify the following: ON30 is the size of O but runs on HO track (requir...
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posted by traintime
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looking for size 0 nuts

In the process of switching over the couplers on an N scale passenger car (from rapido to micro-train), I lost the nut...
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posted by ray
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Loco driving wheels?

Hi all, who produces and supplies OO (and TT) driving wheels these days? Preferably RP25 profile, not P4. I found the R...
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posted by procter
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If You Listen Carefully . . .

. . . you can hear a whirring sound growing louder and louder. Know what it is? It's the sound of Dean Freytag spinning...
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posted by ray
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Dean Freytag

There are reports that Dean Freytag, MMR, passed away this morning. Re: http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/themes/trc/forums/thr...
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posted by mark
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Harold Minkwitz

Does anyone know what happened to Harold Minkwitz and his http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com web site. I am hoping to...
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posted by Traintime
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Orchard Supply Train Calendar

For those of us with access to Orchard Supply and Hardware stores, their annual free train calendar is available.
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posted by cfheinz57
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NASA Railroad

Found this on the NASA site. Check it out. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/railroad.html
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posted by jkanderson2
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Baldwin Shark air horn

I'm installing a sound system in an S scale D&H Baldwin shark but don't know what type of air horn was used. The Soundt...
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posted by bilfrazier
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Realistic Train layouts ?

I build plastic models and dioramas. Realism is something Istrive for. Am curious why layout designs I see often disreg...
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posted by cwestbrooke
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Scaling model drawings: progress

In our last episode I described a simple method of producing a scale drawing from a photograph. Well, I'm here to say i...
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posted by nobody
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fFor trade: Map of Erie-Lackawanna Railroad

The above mentioned is a blue-line print. 19"x11", in the usual; style: the railroad is shown in thick lines, the conne...
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posted by wekirch
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For trade: Book: The Tank Engines (New Zealand)

The Tank Engines, "Farewell to Steam Album Number one", no author, pub. The Lodestar Press, Henderson, New Zealand. 31...
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