Model Railroad Forum

Jack Burgess - too much of a good thing!

Jack Burgess' Yosemite Valley Railroad was mentioned on of all places - Slashdot. For those not familiar with it Slashd...

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posted by jeffsnyder

1 comments posted 22yrs posted by jeffsnyder

WTD: Primer on couplers for HO scale

Hello I'm a newbie as far as model railroading goes. Just have a Bachman HO scale train set and some track. I see a lar...

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posted by no_spam

4 comments posted 22yrs posted by no_spam

Thou shalt not disparage eBay

Is buying models on eBay an adjunct to the hobby, or a hobby in it's own right?

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posted by mark_newtonNOSPAM

17 comments posted 22yrs posted by mark_newtonNOSPAM

Model Railroader. Cost of getting it home.

For ages now, I have been paying $8.95 Au for my M.R. at the newsagents. The exchange rate at the time was about $1au t...

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posted by athebro

4 comments posted 22yrs posted by athebro

Re: Ebay feedback %

> Some here seem to think that a 95+ percentage makes the person a "good" > seller. What you need to do is READ the fee...

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posted by ronsopas

7 comments posted 22yrs posted by ronsopas

Tcl/Tk resistor calculator program

I've written a *cross-platform* resistor calculator program. Visit http://www.deepsoft.com/MRRSystem/Download.html to d...

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posted by heller

3 comments posted 22yrs posted by heller

FA: N-Scale: Micro-Trains etc. EBay

I have to thin out my collection...I have more rolling stock than track to put it on. I've started listing a bunch of M...

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posted by sjhhoskins

6 comments posted 22yrs posted by sjhhoskins

Captain Kangaroo has died

Of interest to the over 40 crowd in the USA. Captain Kangaroo has died at age 76 Details are here: http://news.google.c...

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posted by Froggy

125 comments posted 22yrs posted by Froggy

Re: Majestic Hardware

I BUILD N- SCALE, HAVE COMPLETED TWO OF THEIR KITS, GREAT ITEMS, INSTRUCTIONS LACKING- YOU WILL LOVE THE DETAIL JIM Dav...

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posted by jat347

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by jat347

Re: Quick Scale v1.20 - Scale Modeler's Software!

> Mike - > > Mike > > > Let me know what you think! > > I like it. As a software developer, I appreciate the clean and...

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posted by kitrik

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by kitrik

UP Profits are UP

Just a tidbit of info for all you UP lovers on this forum. Union Pacific earnings are UP for 2003 compared to 2002 by 4...

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posted by kujayhawker1965

55 comments posted 22yrs posted by kujayhawker1965

Re: PFE Orange?

Cool! Thanks for the help, guys! -Gerry

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posted by gerryleone

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by gerryleone

DCC-Ready

What does DCC-Ready imply regarding HO locos and sound? Does it mean the loco has a speaker and all that is needed is a...

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posted by cdg

16 comments posted 22yrs posted by cdg

Re: You Future Is In Your Hands!

This should interest Spanky-Wanky (Jerry's former nom de plonk).

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posted by stevecaple

9 comments posted 22yrs posted by stevecaple

Re: Help : Foam Insulation Source SF/Bay Area??

> > > > Any help?....my track laying is stalled! "Paul Newhouse" wrote > I've found the white extruded foam at Home Dep...

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posted by DONTknow

11 comments posted 22yrs posted by DONTknow