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    train history?

    i have just bought a tyco 2-8-0 royal blue off of ebay and am in need of info about the real one. i did find out that b&o ran it but i was trying to find when the 2-8-0 was used and i would also like to know what a mint tyco 2-8-0 from 1977 is worth
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    Favorite train and era ?

    as a kid and i dont know why i always like the chessie. i dont know if its the colors or what but it was always my favorite. this may be bad because i grew up in csx land
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    Modeling your local area

    the town im in only has about 1000 people. i do believe that is including the peoples pets to. it would only take a quarter of my layout to do the hole town. not to mention we only have a csx mainline that pretty much splits the buisness from housing and there is a small spure for a tanker fill...
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    a few new ideas

    last night i done some digging on a i phone for a drive in and i realized that they were way to high for what i want to do. but i found an 3.5 inch monitor for 23.00 on ebay that i could hook to a dvd player under the table only thing is i dont know how big that really is so im going to best buy...
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    a few new ideas

    rico yes it does it holds like 150 pics and changes every 30 secs to 1 min.
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    Lionel Trains at Walmart

    all the ones i saw at walmart today in ky was battery operated not electric train they were all lionel on the the display
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    a few new ideas

    i have been thinking of some new ideas for my layout and i came up with molding a 1/87 car out of alum foil i cut out the wheel arches and windows and painted it smashed the top down and wala a junk car for my scrap yard. i also went to kmart and found a picture keychain for like 12.00 and...
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    How Many Couplers?? ;)

    i would have only guessed about 150 it dont look there would be anymore than that so id a lost big time
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    Dcc or dc?

    I am currently thinking of going with dcc but all ive ever used was dc. I want to know will my dc engines work still. and is there a alteritive to not going dcc and still get sound for my locos. also what are the pros and cons of dcc what will i have to go through to switch because i found a...
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    need help with some detail

    thanks both of you helped out so much i never thought of walthers having those and i will check at ace for those little nails thanks again
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    tanker fill station

    I was up all night again making a tanker fill station that i saw out in warsaw ky the other day the problem was the pics i got of it was taken at night and there was not as detail as most of the ones i model off of so i thought i would share this new creation of junk as my wife calls it maybe...
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    need help with some detail

    i was walking the tracks here in falmouth ky, did i mention it was friggen cold, anyway i noticed everywhere was spikes and track plates now i would to have this detail along my tracks but havent found anythig to make it from. any ideas of where to buy or ways to make them? THIS WOULD BE FOR HO...
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    cheap 1:87 cars

    the pic in showing off section i have on at the gas station its a shelby cobra it blue the post is under my gas station i will try to take a better pic tonight but this will give ya an idea of what they are
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    some really neat pics

    I was in the middle of another scratch build and needed some detailed pics of some oils silos. so as i was searching i ran across this site www.urban-travel.org there are some really great pics of abandioned trains and buildings here tell me what ya think
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    What is your age?

    i is 27 but feel like im two years older than jesus but i still love the time i have with my choo choos
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    Weekly Photo Fun 12/4 - 12/10

    the o shed is great i wish i could do that good of work. i bet if you would sat that outside in the grass no one would of believed that was a model building i do have one question how did you make the shingles
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    my gas station

    I love the old gas stations that was full service but now they just are not around. so for my layout i had to have the old stations. i found a few but the price was just to hi. so the most logical thing was to build my own so last night I finished it and here it is what do ya think.
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    cheap 1:87 cars

    I was at kmart yesterday looking for the malibu cars that some people found at walmart recentally it was then i found some 1:87 scale classic muscal cars by winners circle for 2.00 so i bought the whole box of them
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    Under Construction - Birmingham UK

    although i think those engines are ugly i love the scene what did you make the power line out of
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    the scrap bailer

    thanks for the compliments I stayed up till 6am trying to figure out how to make the bails of junk coming out of this beast. i finally took my wifes alum. foil and made in to squares and it came out pretty good i just wanted to also show you its new home on the layout i still need to add a...




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