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Rio Grande Dan's picture

The HOBBY called Model Railroading and Rules of Conduct on the MRH Forums and Magazine

After reading the posts of a number of our forum members if appears they have the wrong Idea as to what a hobby is and what Hobby means.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines "Hobby"  as a favorite pursuit outside ones main work pursuit.

It doesn't say one word about it has to be Prototypical.

It doesn't say one word about it has to be Free lanced.

David Calhoun's picture

DCC Conversion

HELP! Someone posted a blog with a link to a shop in the midwest that does DCC Conversions (Tom's Trains?) and now I can't find it. Pease re-post or send me the link (gryhound1@verizon.net) as I need to send some info to them on my Bershire conversions.

Thanks.

 

Dave C.

SurvivorSean's picture

Making Your Club Commuter Friendly

In a changing world, one may find that what was once community is becoming more centralized.  You would think that as we continue to add people to our sprawling communities there would be more jobs.  You would think that more entertainment choices would be waiting for you so joining a club couldn't be easier because there would be so much diversification out there just waiting for you.

JRG1951's picture

Baldwin #6000 early Genset locomotive

While looking for Baldwin Centipede locomotive information on line, I discovered a interesting fact.

http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/CentipedeProject.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lightning72/3967547669/

MRH 120-day Challenge: I hope Tim Warris doesn't sue me for patent infringement....

A month after my first post, I finally get to laying track, starting with the double-track passenger station. I was planning to use Fast Tracks Sweep Sticks + Space Gages to straighten the track and control the spacing, however I discovered that for some reason I only ordered two of the straight Sweep Sticks (ie. 40" total, not enough to lay two parallel 6' tracks. Not really even enough to lay two 3' sections at a time). And here it is, Saturday of a long weekend -- what to do?

N Guage Electrification

Is there anyone out there who uses solely the catenary contact wire as a source of current collected by Pantograph? Both rails wired to same polarity and current pickup from all wheels?

I have pics of my installation attempts...

So far so good!

MonoMetro

LPS L1's picture

layout progress

Here is my little pet project I've been working on. it's a layout to just "tide me over " until the 20X30 space in the next room over gets cleared out. It is a pretty basic setup, with a quarry (brown hill area at far right in overall shot) and some sort of factory (far left rear track) plus an engine terminal (BL2 and SW9 in fron center) behind that is a lumber yard (front right).

Lincoln Funeral Train

I'm a history buff and especially interested in the American Civil War. Does any know if any manufacturer is planning the release of a Lincoln Funeral Train set? I would love to add this to my collection and I'm sure there are others with a similar interest.

I should add that my reason for asking, other than my interest in the Civil War, is that 2015 will mark the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination and I think that this would be a very collectable sets.


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