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The Essential City Yard: OP Session on a "concept" switching Layout

Tue, 2015-03-31 08:51 — Babbo_Enzo

Hi all, friends! Last Sunday my friend Marco Trespidi, a Santa Fe fan, calls me to join a short session on his little switching layout in Milan (Italy). When we met another friend joint us, Franco “Pik” Piccardo, an HO modeler from Turin.

I must say the layout itself is worth a few words as it implements a really “minimal” approach I think can be interesting for peoples who like to check his “OP” inclination without first spend much time on a layout.

A must see layout

Wed, 2015-03-25 13:43 — ron netti

I came across this today an incredible layout by Larry Smith www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYKChb5mJ6A

Watch and enjoy ron netti

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Ship It Software

Tue, 2015-02-24 15:22 — Lner1922

Does anybody have any experience of Ship It software and if so would you recommend it? I am really interested in the card and waybill system but would like some advice before buying it.

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Fast clock and timetable events schedule Free Program

Sat, 2015-02-21 23:17 — WEUSANDCORR

G'daye all,

like alot of people on here I have been trying to get my head around operations,time tables etc. Seaching around on the net I came upon a program that gives you a fast clock with 12/24hr operation with up to 12:1 fast hrs. It also has a time events list which you can run trains from

http://www.dotric.com.au/trains/FastClock.htm

Regards Les

Caboose Industries Ground Throws

Tue, 2015-02-17 07:30 — jarhead

I would like to know if the Caboose Industries ground throws in HO scale works to operate the O Scale Fastrack turnouts?

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Tow way radios

Tue, 2015-02-10 14:33 — atsfbob

Mike Confalone was using two-way radios in his op sessions - what type are they?

Bob Burke
Arizona

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Good service

Fri, 2015-02-06 07:27 — Mycroft

Got my Dremel tool back. Seems I burned it out a couple of weeks ago by too much dust intake. (This was the one I won as a doorprize). Turns out that it had a 2 year warranty, not 1 like I first thought. All cleaned up and returned in just a bit more than mail time each way.

Nice to see a company stand behindtheir products.

Milestones

Thu, 2015-01-29 10:03 — Mycroft

Well, it has been a series of milestones passed this week.

1. I sold my last 2 big DC power packs, leaving me with the small one for Merit Badge Academy's test track

2. I finished rewieghting the LAST of my rolling stock to NMRA or above weight standards (that may not sound like much, until you realize that I am talking about 223 units, and all weighting is hidden inside.)

3. All rolling stock has metal wheelsets, except a couple that can't due to power pick up issues. All units have Kadees or equivalent.