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Hand laying spikes

My lifetime supply of Kemtron and Shinohara spikes, code 70, just ran out. Ordered some 3/8" through Walthers from Mico...
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posted by scrooge
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by scrooge

Train wrecks with DCC anyone?

I just put up a page about a possible train wreck that could happen using DCC. Come on you guy, fess up if you ever had...
14 comments posted 21yrs
posted by azrock
14 comments posted 21yrs posted by azrock

Detail parts

Anyone know a source for: added detail parts for the Bachmann large scale logging engines? custom dry transfer lettering...
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posted by westover
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by westover

Look what showed up on Andy Griffith Show

Guess what showed on the last episode of the Andy Griffith show? The story location was based on Mayberry NC (real life...
32 comments posted 21yrs
posted by atlow8
32 comments posted 21yrs posted by atlow8

Trix HO GG-1?

According to rumors flying through several german forums, Trix has announced an HO scale GG-1 for this year! If so, do...
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Michael-Kreiser
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by Michael-Kreiser

Three Weeks Until the W. Springfield Show!

Just a reminder that the Amherst Railway Society's Big Railroad Hobby Show in West Springfield, MA is just a few weeks...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ctyclsscs
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by ctyclsscs

Best price for Bachmann HO Climax?

Who is offering the best price for the new Bachmann HO scale Climax? I just checked Caboose Hobbies, and their price of...
11 comments posted 21yrs
posted by arailfan
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by arailfan

Help

Frustration is setting in. I don't know what has happened in my computer. I can't get to the NMRA home page. I wanted t...
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posted by snuffmuffin
16 comments posted 21yrs posted by snuffmuffin

Wanted..N gauge Go Train

Hi . I'm looking for some N or HO gauge " Go Train " passenger cars. If you have any for sale I would be grateful to hea...
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posted by va3tna
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by va3tna

web-site up-date

I finally got wires hooked up the my operating coal tipple tracks. Live coal loads of sixteen hopper cars is a challeng...
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posted by azrock
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by azrock

Atlas forum down?

Is the Atlas forum down, or am I the only one having problems connecting tonight?
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posted by harrym
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by harrym

NPR model train story

An interesting model train story aired on NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4249125
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posted by newscorrespondent
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by newscorrespondent

What is a saw-by?

My father-in-law was trying to explain to me about a saw-by maneuver but he could not quite remember how it was that the...
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posted by seware
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by seware

Electrical question: Proto 2000 E7

I just picked up an E7 with a working Mars light. It works great under DC, but won't light under DCC. Do I have to repl...
19 comments posted 21yrs
posted by unpublished
19 comments posted 21yrs posted by unpublished