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An RPO catching the mail sack

For several years I've had a static display of a boiler room project of a mail crane and a couple RPO's with catcher ar...

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posted by azrock

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by azrock

Plans for Ceiling Train Set

I just created a new website that details plans on how to build a classy cieling display case for a running model train...

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posted by nospam

14 comments posted 18yrs posted by nospam

Minimum O31... the fine print

I just received a Stationsounds Diner advertised by Lionel as "Minimum Radius: O-31." In the manual is the Caution: Be...

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posted by u40954

5 comments posted 18yrs posted by u40954

Help with Lima train voltage, may i use it with a power supply for USA?

Hello, I am a newbie and i was given recently a Lima N scale TGV train set and I was told it was made in Europe. I need...

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posted by rinoldix

22 comments posted 18yrs posted by rinoldix

When all else fails...

Describe your item as being "adorable". THAT ought to attract the serious model railroaders......

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posted by nowayjose

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BNSF superbowl special

Here are some photos from the head end of office car special O- TOPELZ1-29, a Topeka, KS to El Mirage, AZ movement of 1...

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posted by BleuRaeder

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GG1 update

I have spare parts from an IHC model, and I noticed that the coupler openning is both wider and does not have that curv...

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posted by jabrams4

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catching mail on the fly

Everything is in position on the layout for catching a mail bag on the fly. The secret will be to make the bag come off...

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posted by azrock

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GG1 Coupler conversion

Has anyone successfully converted the AHM (Rivarrossi) GG1 to accept Kadee 37 couplers using the Kaydee instructions? I...

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posted by jabrams4

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Rail Ferry Aprons

Just acquired a railroad ferry (Artitec model 50.121, discontinued) that I plan to use as part of a small bookcase-top...

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posted by r.t.jones

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eBay: LGB G scale triple-level layout - world's largest?

http://snipr.com/LGBlayout

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posted by nobody

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N Scale McKinley Explorer

Does anyone know what kind of couplers are used on Bachmann's McKinley Explorer set? No one seems to give that informat...

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posted by Spender

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Need A Hobby?

A man needs a hobby. I guess I'm not well-rounded. I seldom take a vacation (never, come to think of it), and I don't s...

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posted by xikom01

43 comments posted 18yrs posted by xikom01

Winter issue of SER's The SouthErneR is online

The 2008 Winter Issue of the E-SouthErneR is now on-line at the SER's website at http://www.ser-nmra.org/sou.htm In thi...

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posted by paul-voelker

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Trix GG-1 1/87 (#22810)

Hello to all! My little son has just make pieces the info sheet of the Trix-GG1 H0 model. Is there any .pdf (or any copy...

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posted by dimitris.anagnostidis

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