Model Railroad Forum

Moving Ideas?

Hi All, I am moving to a new home and I am looking for ideas on how to pack the trains and especially structures. Any he...

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posted by capn_ron4

6 comments posted 21yrs posted by capn_ron4

1920's set worth anything?

Hey guys, Recently my grandfather found his Lionel model train stuff from back when he was a boy in the 1920's. Some of...

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posted by ano316gamer

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A seummer project...

A summer project for everyone on rec.models.railroad? ... The entry for "model railroading" at Wikipedia has been ident...

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posted by mark

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more rail road listings

hey Folks, Modelersswapmeet is growing please stop by for a look http://www.modelersswapmeet.comthanks John

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posted by info

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F/S Märklin 'HO' trains and accessories

Most of the items are around 30-35 years old, in MINT (never used) condition (really) and in the original box. For a li...

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posted by hewlrw

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F/S Out-of-Print R.R. & Traction books

Selling 40+ year collection. Most of the books are in like-new condition with dust jackets. For a list with prices plea...

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posted by hewlrw

3 comments posted 21yrs posted by hewlrw

Railpage Forum continues to disappoint

Like this forum, Railpage continues to prove to be problematic, unresponsive and full of crap. Why should one bother?

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posted by behind

9 comments posted 21yrs posted by behind

Make your own graph paper

Here's a link I found on the scratch building group. Any of you who make scale drawings or track plans with paper and p...

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posted by bwftex

5 comments posted 21yrs posted by bwftex

Testor paints

Which dilution is best to use with Testor's PLA Enamel (the little square bottles) paints? How much air pressure should...

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posted by minni

2 comments posted 21yrs posted by minni

BLI SD40

Wolf, the distortion is not the speakers; the first thing I do when taking a BLI out of the box is to turn down the vol...

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posted by hrgreen

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Kato HO Locomotive Question

Does (Did) Kato make both the SD40 and SD40-2 which modeled the correct differences in length and porch dimensions? If y...

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posted by dontwantany

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Weathering a Shay

Can someone direct me to a website with photos of a well-weathered 3-truck Shay? Thanks/Carter

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posted by jmdippel

7 comments posted 21yrs posted by jmdippel

outside

I've been working on my collection of HOn3. Is there and reason I can't set up a layout outside? And would I be better...

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posted by tjcoyle1

5 comments posted 21yrs posted by tjcoyle1

Testor paints ?

Which dilution is best to use with Testor paints. How much air pressure should I use with my airbrush ? François Turcott...

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posted by minni

3 comments posted 21yrs posted by minni

ATSF Depot Colors

Anyone know the correct color that ATSF used for their standard wooden depots? It kind of a yellow/cream color from the...

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posted by jfitz

3 comments posted 21yrs posted by jfitz