The USGS website has changed some. Now you can download topographic maps, even old ones from the 1950s and before, as pdf files. For free!...
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I own all 4 of the Tomix Thomas trains. They run excellent. They'll also find any defects in your track.
I've seen Tropicana cars here from time to time. Never seem to have the camera with me though. Take a look using Google maps or bing maps. The...
Here's a fascinating video that shows the sequence, at least for Britain in the 1950's. It might help you. And everyone else gets to spend close...
I bought some and tried them. If you don't push the release far enough and push on the leg, they bend. Easily. Done it. If I did it to my brand...
I'll be there. I believe my group is set up next to yours. I have to work Saturday, but Sunday keep your eyes peeled and you may see a couple of...
Let us know if you do find something. I have one of those shells, and an F59PHI donor, and also found out it won't fit.
I've never seen the 20 footers, but I saw the Intermodal variation back in February. By coincidence, today I started decalling some Kato...
There is one of the old-style In-n-Out Burgers about a mile from where I used to live. No inside seating. I thought it would be great to model,...
You mean the PCC coffee grinders? Well, that's what mine sounded like, until it died. It was fascinating to watch it lurch down the track - I...
My order arrived. That curve is tight! And I got the second-smallest! The pictures just don't convey how really small those radii are. My little...
How old is your son? Unless he's a teenager, he's not going to enjoy laying track and ballasting and so on for days, weeks, possibly months before...
It's your layout. You can build a diorama if you want. Some people also build "switching layouts." They don't go anywhere, not even in a loop,...
Excellent! I nominate this thread to go into the How-to Forum. You should also write up how you made those roads, and put that there, too.
http://www.emperorofthenorth.com/ Well, the banner ad at the top of the page shows him periodically. All things being equal, I'd support a...
You could very easily get a variable resistor/potentiometer and hook it to something larger - a lantern battery or even a car battery - and run...
Twin Dad: That's pretty much what I had, except the valley was U-shaped, and the tunnel goes under it. It's complicated by using the alternate...
My Thomas trains are huge crowd-pleasers when my Ntrak club sets up at shows. Trouble is, they're 8" long and still require two blocks, same as...
I did a little googling, and it appears those are called MT-6 I searched MT-6 on Trainboard and didn't get much, a couple HO threads is all. You...
