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Digitrax tripping

My club runs a Digitrax Super Chief system with a DCS100 command station and DB150 booster. Recently, the reversers att...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com

coal bunker and illuminated water crane

People like the links to my roundhouse so I thought I would post some links to the engine yard outside the roundhouses....
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wilsnack
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by wilsnack

HO Power pickup question

I have a caboose (HO) that I would like to light up. It has plastic wheels. I have been looking around for metal wheels...
24 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jaylevin...
24 comments posted 18yrs posted by jaylevin...

roundhouse detailing

Last fall I built two HO scale roundhouses and superdetailed the interiors...I thought folk here may like the results w...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wilsnack
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by wilsnack

Are there any practical backyard railroads ???

I have a large backyard and I do all the yard work myself. It is approximately 1.7 acres. There are many obstacles incl...
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posted by pon
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by pon

Driving the golden spike, er golden rail joiner

The main line of the Franconia branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad (HO gauge) is finished today. A car coasts clean a...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dstarrboston
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by dstarrboston

Loco light problem

After storing it for several weeks, I fired up by Broadway Limited EMD F7 today I found that the port side engine numbe...
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posted by jmdippel
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by jmdippel

web-site up-date last of gas station

Most of the scene for the gas station , Harvey Lunch Room and Santa Fe Depot is finished. See it at, http://www.rrscener...
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posted by azrock
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by azrock

blue foam sheets

I'm planning on building a N scale railroad on a sheet of 4x8 plywood. I keep reading about the blue foam sheets but do...
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posted by wat1
25 comments posted 18yrs posted by wat1

Telltale construction

I would like to build a few telltales as warnings at tunnel approaches on my layout. Now comes the (I hope not too dumb...
12 comments posted 18yrs
posted by valinis.1
12 comments posted 18yrs posted by valinis.1

Upside down model railroad

My son sent me this link. I think I've figured out how it's done. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/06/model-train-runs-...
14 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wolfkir
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by wolfkir

EL Capitan high level available in N gauge?

Hi Would appreciate it if someone could point me to the El Capitan high level train in N gauge - that is if it exists. I...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by gforestieri
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by gforestieri

Inexpensive people & trees

Has anyone bought any of the inexpensive people and / or trees that are almost always in the HO section of eBay? While...
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posted by danmerkel
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by danmerkel

Mamod cast track

Hi guys. Anyone know of a supplier for Mamod cast track for my G scale in Canada or the States. Thanks in advance. Stu
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by stuuder
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by stuuder