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    tooter's train collection...

    Tooter, Very Cool. I like your collection :). It's so well organized and almost symetrical in the picture. Kind of hard to tell by picture but what scale is your collection? All the best,
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    O Gauge Live Steam

    Thanks for posting the video. I enjoyed watching that thing go. Engines like that are the grandpas of the modern model railroads. I've never seen one in person so it was nice to at least watch a video of one. Seems like fewer people nowadays pay notice to those early model trains, tin plate O...
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    Your Other Hobbies

    As for the Uke in Rail-Uke Yeah I can play that song too. Probably not quite as good with his strum rythm but I do OK. I tend to play standards and tin pan tunes. I actually avoid that song as it has become what the Righteous Brothers version of "Unchained Melody" is to Karaoke...
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    Painting plastic trucks on Lionel RS-3

    Great! Thank you for that info. I will look into the paint. UP diesels just don't look like UP diesel without silver painted side frames. Best regards
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    The PVRR - some more pictures

    Just some other pictures of the PVRR with different angles. A more detailed description of the layout is in the post below.
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    The PVRR - lots more to do but showing some potential

    These photos of my layout were taken without any set up and only with a Canon Powershot 400. I think if I had a better camera and studied up on how to set up a good shot I could get some great photos. There is still much to be done to build up the layout but I hope it's coming along. My goal...
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    Your Other Hobbies

    I've had a number of hobbies over my life some get put on the back burner for a time and others as time goes by I realize I can't keep doing them. I won't bother to mention any of them because it doesn't matter. However through it all Model Railroading has always been with me in some way...
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    Various

    Hi Aaron, I may be able to help with some of your questions O-36 track is the minimum radius for an engine like this. One might be able to squeak by with O-31 but that's getting pretty tight. Minimum radius means exactly that.... minimum ie. you're pushing the limits of the engine and cars...
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    Painting plastic trucks on Lionel RS-3

    I have a 1989 Lionel ALCO RS-3 in Union Pacific Livery. The truck frames are shiny black plastic and I would like to paint them silver but the plastic doesn't take paint. I know Lionel has molded silver trucks on their new stuff now but I don't want to invest in the new parts and they may not...
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    KT's 2010 conventional Lionel set

    A nice little Christmas Railroad indeed. I built an "around the tree" set up a couple of years ago. I have little Percy from Thomas the Tank engine hauling his Christmas freight around a little village. You know who can't seem to keep their fingers off of it and who keeps touching it while it...
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    Firehouse

    Have you tried a word search? I don't know if you are looking for something realistic and detailed or something more Toy Train like. I have never looked into Fire Houses but just did a word search on them. http://twinwhistle.com/oscalekits.aspx...
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    Cleaning O gauge track?

    Ditto on the Scotch-Brite. I use it as well for regular track cleaning. It works great and keeps the rail tops very clean
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    Hogger from California

    Hi everyone, My name is Jim and I'm 45 years old. I've been a Model Railroader for 33 years. I started out in HO scale and modeled in that for 20 years and also got involved in N scale at the same time for 10 of those years. When my son was small we decided to get involved with Lionel...
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