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    Model Railroading in the 50s and 60s.

    +2 Mark. Really enjoying this. It's bit of a thrill when I check and see there's a new post on this thread.
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    April 2017 Model Railroader Articles.

    I've seen a couple of HO and a N scale layouts with booming sound systems. They didn't seem right to me. Sort of like hearing lions in a room full of cats. I like the sound traveling with the locomotive - Doppler effect an all.
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    The Olympic Games ...

    Here is a look at one team, 25 years on, and the carnage to their bodies. http://mmqb.si.com/2015/07/02/nfl-cincinnati-bengals-1986
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    Big Blue Rides Again!

    Thanks Bruette. I've driven under those tracks probably thosands of times. Thats a fresh new perspetive. Beautiful.
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    Tank Car Puzzle

    Doh, just realized you mentioned the difference with the Athearn valves.
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    Tank Car Puzzle

    I have a very similar tank car, with some differences. This one is an Athearn blue box I bought a few weeks ago. The box reads "01586 SD Tank Car Magnolia".
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    What would you do?

    Be direct. :) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-U1N0VOwXTc
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    Beautiful N Scale Layout My Friend Mike C

    Beautiful layout and room. Dang, I need to clean mine up!
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    Check out these stations.

    I'm glad the Union Terminal made the cut. It seems to be a "best kept secret" sort of place. Definitely worth a visit for those so inclined.
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    Favourite station/depot?

    From my home town, Cincinnati Union Terminal. Now the Cincinnati Museum Center. (Amtrack does run service there.)
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    Train songs

    The Pan American Hello, I've been lurking on and off here for a while now, and couldn't help chiming in on this. Quite by accident I recently heard this song on my car radio, during a commute to work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5PDZsMwVyM The announcer said The Pan American, sung by...
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