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Athearn F7 w/sound

I would like to put sound into my Highliner F7B. Can anyone tell me if an Athearn Genisis F2, F3, F7, or F9 chassis with...
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posted by msowsun
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Help needed

Hello all.....Need a little help; I received 2 HO scale cars that I would like to know who made them as I cannot find a...
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posted by weewah
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by weewah

Railway Layout Table Hight (canada)

I was woundring what the current standard for a model railway layout table and I was looking at this size from the grou...
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posted by brbailey
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Waterfalls

Can someone point me to a web site that has tutorial info on using RTV to construct a waterfall? Jeff
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posted by jstanton
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FA: Miniature German beer trucks

For auction are four new-in-box mini German beer trucks with accessories. Would add a nice touch to an HO-scale train s...
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posted by AT_Tappman
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PFE under UP liscence?

Just reading the posts on the liscencing debate, and an interesting thought struck me. I only have one UP consist runni...
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posted by s4099865
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MP 4-4-0 (N-scale)

I just got one of these and I am very impressed by the appearance and detail. It runs smooth too... Unfortunately, it o...
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posted by fht
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Foamboard update...

O.K., I've been all over town (Home Depot, Lowes, OSH, and independent stores) and can only locate the white foamboard...
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posted by flyingdragon64
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Excessive current draw on N scale loco

I recently took current readings for all of my N scale locomotives, and was getting approx 0.15-0.2 Amps for each loco....
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posted by s4099865
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Talgo models - more information

Walthers has the Electrotren Talgo cars in Amtrak colors and they are on sale now. Item is/was imported by E-R Models....
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posted by ce68iii
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Height between layout levels

I'm planning a new layout and it will have a hidden yard and loop accessed by a helix. Trains will be made up on the up...
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posted by richard.foster1
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New to painting brass

Any ideas as to text that might bring me up to speed with you all?
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posted by peterinfelise
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New model RR community website

Greetings everyone. I'm in the process of building a new RR website. I've built it to reflect my two favorite RR hobbie...
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posted by jonnyspeed
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Making thin slices of plastic rod

To be definite, let's say we're working with 1/16" styrene rod. Usually I'll have drilled the end of the rod first with...
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posted by ndrez
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by ndrez