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N Scale Pagosa & Southern Progress

Once I decided to expand my On30 Thunder Mesa layout, I was faced with the problem of what to do with the 30" x 60" N scale Pagosa & Southern that stood in the path of 1:48 scale progress. Moving it lock, stock and barrel to another location wasn't an option, so I concluded to redesign and rebuild the layout as a 12" x 72" switching operation on a shelf. This is one of the many times I've been glad that I used Kato Unitrack.

ATSF Hutchinson District

Like most people, I began an interest in trains at an early age. I received an AHM train set in Junior High, and played with it through high school, but I put it away when I went to college. Shortly after I got married, I picked a copy of the June 1981 MR, and read the article on 4 x 8 Track Planning. The Arkansas Southern was something I could build, so I did. Then I expanded it, then I converted my cars to KD couplers. Through graduate school and jobs I always had at least a 4x8 layout, with an emphasis on operating.

 

The State of the Layout Report

I've been working on the railroad, at odd hours of the day! 

To see progress on my little small layout adventure, check it out on my blog here: http://joshuadewolfe.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/the-state-of-the-layout-report/

There are lots of pictures (18 total) so if you have a slow or limited connection-you've  been warned.

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miniscule Meridian model (2005)

A brass model of a Welsh prototype, built from a Meridian Models kit (1:43.5 (7mm) scale, 14mm gauge)

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Quick and Easy N Scale Uncoupling Tool

I use modified bamboo skewers to uncouple cars on my On30 layout but they're just too big for N scale couplers. I don't want to use magnets on my new N scale switching layout so here's the quick and easy uncoupling tool I made:

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What New With Grande Pacific

Now have a Grande Pacific Railroad FB Page. The Page will be focused on the activities of the GP.

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/pages/Grande-Pacific-Railroad/234942163342899

There is a Grande Pacific Railroad FB Group also open to all to join and post. Continued..

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GREG STUBBINGS: UXBRIDGE & HALIBURTION SUBDIVISIONS CNR CIRCA OCT 1957

In this video sequence I visit with Greg Stubbings in Winchester Ontario.  He has built an HO Scale Railway depicting the Canadian National Railway during the steam days circa October 1957.  The operation centers on Lindsay station and yard as well as the subdivisions that eminate from this Division Point.  He describes the build, the history and passion for this exciting train era and conducts some of the operations his railroad offers.  Enjoy.
 

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