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    Tiny layout

    I went with HO. I just love those whisker couplers. I bought one atlas code 83 #5 hand switch, and some straight track and a caboose industry throw. I’m thinking I want a freight depot/team track. That way I can swap just about any type of car. I think I’d rather do one industry and detail it to...
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    Tiny layout

    I have a small bookcase shelf about 12” x 28” I want to have 1 turnout and a scrap yard. Will this even work? I need enough for one car before the frog and one car after. If I purchase a 40' gondola... I like N but oh I hate the couplers. I'm 57 and wear trifocals so I'll go that route if I...
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    Need Help Buying a Locomotive...

    I'm planning on building a small shelf layout, 8' on one wall and 16' on the other wall on a 1x6 I only want one loco, a switching loco but I don't want any DCC or sound in it. Can you buy anything like that anymore? It seems like they all come with dcc and sound. I'm looking for something low...
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    getting back into the hobby - a newbie again!

    I want to glue down my track and I don't want to use those ugly nail heads.. I was wondering what type of glue do you all use? goop or CA or artist mat medium or mat gel? I'm an abstract artist when I'm not playing trains and I could some of the medium gel I use to build texture on my...
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    talk to me about carfloat operations.

    thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for... That is really good news, I can have any industries/companies on my layout and bring in whatever I need via carfloat and keep it all very real.. - realistic ops is the main focus.
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    who makes the best steam locomotive?

    I'm tempted to go with steam.. I have a Bachman 44 toner and I really love that.. but I'm tempted to go with steam, but I need something really small..but I want to make sure it will run smooth as glass at slow speeds. thanks
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    talk to me about carfloat operations.

    I'm getting ready to build a 30" x 22' HO switching layout. I'm thinking cafloat ops. Wasn't there a book about what industries serve each other, etc? I'm looking for a list of industries that would service each other and one set of industries would be on my layout and the others off layout...
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    is N scale really for me?

    here is the problem.. I really want to do HO but I only have room for N. I tried N about 5 yrs ago and it was so fiddly it drove me nutty... Has it got better? I want to build a little shelf switching layout about 12" x 6 or 8' I know with HO I won't get hardly anything on there but N will...




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