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Turntable tuneup

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to make the motorized Walthers 90' turntable#933-3171 run better? I just put...
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posted by jmdippel
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American Flyer Crossing Gates

Hello fellow railroaders, especially S-gaugers. Does anyone know the internal difference between the Gilbert #591 and #...
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posted by wood
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Update HP with 5 brass trolley models

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW TROLLEY - MODELS AMSTERDAM AND THE HAGUE è THE FIRST PICTURES ç In part 2 of the "maintenance-cars"...
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posted by dsoet
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? re: athearn genesis 2-8-2 mikado

Hi, I had to disassemble my Athearn genesis 2-8-2 mike in order to repair a wire that broke inside of the locomotive. G...
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posted by SPowell
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by SPowell

385E Engine "Chugger"

Can anyone describe the circuit and operation of the "Chugger" on a 385E engine and how to trouble-shoot an inoperative...
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posted by rickgould
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desert layout

where can i find a good pictures and track plan of some ho desert layout ? thanks!
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posted by 1
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Floodlights (like Tyco No. 107)

I'd like to find something like these Tyco No. 107 lights: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=602436001...
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posted by warnergt
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ho Scale trucks for sale

http://www.modelersswapmeet.com/searchshow.php?category=3
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posted by info
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New track plan online

Done another track plan for my layout. It's no a final draft, more of a "what I'd like to achieve" kind of track plan. I...
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posted by ImNot
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Frustrations with XTrkCad

What is it with this program that, when you select 2 pieces of track to join that are a fraction of an inch apart it wi...
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posted by ImNot
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by ImNot

Lionel "O" Series: Glacier Route: NEED HELP

I now have TWO sets of the Lionel Train Glacier Route that I can't get to work. It is an O track (Fastrack?) My daughte...
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posted by anita
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Even some model railroaders don't get it

It was about 10:30 at night on Christmas Eve as I took Ella Fitzgerald's "Wishing you a Swinging Christmas" off and put...
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posted by BleuRaeder
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trains and ship stories in today's Washington Post

The below article on toy trains appeared in the Washington Post, accompanied by 7 color photographs that aren't on the...
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posted by MarshallAbrams
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by MarshallAbrams