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    Creamer of choice…

    Well military time underway in engine rooms and then working Graveyard Shift (11PM-7:30AM) at the bus yard got me hooked. Luckily since retiring I am down to two cups a day.
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    Turntable & Roundhouse diorama

    Mighty fine work, very inspirational!
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    Creamer of choice…

    Just black. The thicker tar like bottom of the pot having been on the burner all night the better.
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    Poley's HO layout photos

    I like the curved trestle. I have been reading the MR book Bridges & Trestles lately and it seems I zoom in and focus on these when viewing other layouts. The elevated road behind the feed store is a nice touch also. Keeps the layout scenery interesting than just a flat piece of real estate.
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    Hutch's Conway Scenic Railroad Layout

    Not really. I have seen the Napa Valley Wine train use a smaller GE 44tonner. Tourist trains run what they can get their hands on. Possibly get a GP7 or 9 which have had successful life extending time on many tourist railroads. I second what Mike says about easements into the curves, really...
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    What's the deal on 4% risers?

    Southern Railroad had a 4% and greater grade. You tube Saluda Grade in HO to see how a modeler built a nice layout of this grade. His operation triples the hill with helpers. A previous layout I ran a string of eight 100T hoppers plus a caboose up 5% to a quarry with a single Athearn Blue Box...
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    Rail history

    On my many romps off the beaten path in Northern California I enjoy coming across old right-of-ways. When I get home some I can find on maps, some using google earth and others nothing. On the former Ocean Shore Railroad south of San Francisco I have traced most of the ROW. There are places...
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    Taking my Time & Exploring Layout Ideas while Playing w/ SCARM

    Looks good. On two walls, south & east, if you jimmy around the track plan a bit for the run arounds to be a little farther from the lift out you could then operate point to point when you don't feel like ducking under. Just a thought
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    Comment by 'boatwrench' in media 'Keeping 'em cold'

    Nice work.
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    Actual inches conversion to HO feet

    I am in Sonoma County.
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    AHM freight Cars

    I have a bunch. My brother is a realtor and as a side hustle clean out rental properties and those that have held estate sales were many things that didn't sell are left. I hang on to every bit of model railroad items much to my wife's chagrin. I figure I can practice stripping, painting or...
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    Actual inches conversion to HO feet

    Yes. There are several charts you can purchase but I use this calculator also
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    Hangable and portable 6x10ft g scale layout?

    I do not remember the source, MRR, YouTube, here on this forum, FB, but there was a layout built that used lighter than dimensional lumber gator board for the framing. Maybe worth looking into because even with a foam surface dimensional lumber in a 6x10 rectangle will be heavy.
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    Looting Containers in Los Angeles's Lincoln Heights
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    Are oval shaped train layouts automatically boring?

    Nice job on the parking structure
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    MRR Trains dot com site / subscription

    When I pull up the Model Railroader website to search for a back issue story a pop-up advertises a 30 FREE trial to this subscription service with loads of information. Has anyone here had some experience with that site? What is the cost? I already subscribe to the magazine but wondered if...
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    Train Names?

    I'm had a short line that served the California delta region with a long spur to an aggregate industry. The cars leave the main at a town called Wesley and head up to the cement plant. That train is called The Wesley Crusher. Now I am not a Star Trek fan and did not know until my son in law...
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    Are oval shaped train layouts automatically boring?

    Ovals do not necessarily need to be boring. A folded oval allows for either a crossing at grade level or an incline and using a bridge to cross over the lower tracks. The layout my SIL and I built for my grandson using his dad's old train sets had both a folded oval and a figure 8 in the...
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    Are larger train layouts less boring?

    Revisiting this thread and have some additional thoughts. I was cleaning track on a friend's layout, and we were discussing this topic. I have secured a bedroom inside the house that is 10x10 and could place a well-designed layout in this space. Earlier I mentioned a custom redesign of MRR...
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    Pratt Bridge

    Very nice work.




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