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Scratch building some rural streetcars
Fir those of you who read my "gang car to steeple cab" forum may have noted I planned to undertake more trolleys using similar techniques. Well, this place is where I'll be writing that. Fir those interested in the steeple cab forum who haven't read it, here's the link: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/21641
Add ons for Trainz and MSTS
the auran add on website (search winter hill quarry for one of my own designs) http://www.auran.com/TRS2004/DLS.php
Other random ones
Some are foreign sorry
MSTS and Trainz
A really good train simulator I found is Trainz and MSTS (i think they are the same) they are both good for testing ideas and don't takke as much money from your pocket below are the two I have played VS. eachother so enjoy.
2004 vs. 2012
O Scale Questions
Being an HO modeler I was surprised to learn that common O Scale equipment runs on track that has a scale 5' width as opposed to the standard 4' 8.5". I'm assuming everything else is the correct proportion just the wheel gauge is a little (1/10" or so) wider.
1/10" isn't a big deal just surprising. Kind of wanted confirmation that every manufacturer (Atlas, MTH, Lionel, etc.) is making equipment that runs on 5' scale width track be it 2 or 3 rail.
Track work inches forwards
I have finally got around to working on my layout again. Here is the new segment of my layout's road bed. Also, I have solved the problem of my lionel cars that are equipped with electro couplers. Since I inherited these ones, I wanted to respect them and not modify the cads in any way. I also inherited their magazine and catalouge collection, in which was a vintage Great Model Railroads MR special.
Is your layout your happy place?
Just a thought here, don't get me wrong.
I have seen some stunning images on this website of the most realistic looking rolling stock, locomotives and scenery. I have seen snow scenes, graffiti strewn freight cars and bucolic farm scenes. They look awesome, they look real; they are amazing. But my question is this: Does your layout reflect your happy place?
Transfer Terminal Kitbash: The Foundation is Laid
Getting back to work on the Main Project. The foundation is glued down and painted, and the tracks laid. Holes in the baseboard are for the occupancy sensors on the internal tracks.
History of US Model Railroad Periodicals before World War 2
I am putting together a list of magazines regularly featuring Model Railroad topics before the start of WW2. I would ask you to review this list for completeness and accuracy. Since I was born after WW2, all this information was required second hand from primary resources, such as actual issues of these magazines.
3-D Printing - 1894 Style
From the distant future, we wait for the invention of the Star Trek Replicator. Today we have affordable 3-D printers. But in 1894, there was the Automatic Sculpturing Machine, the great granddaddy of part duplicators.
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