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Oddly Satisfying.
So here's what I want you to do...
Take a nice section of track on your layout. Did you find that one perfect section? Mostly straight, maybe a curve or two?
Now, find a nice smooth rolling car... a favorite boxcar maybe... or a caboose... nothing too long. That really well running stock car, with the metal wheels, where if you flick those wheels, they just keep spinning, and spinning... you know the type.

An Open Source Model Railroad Initiative (OS MRI) ??
The aim of this blog is to discuss the viability of an Open Source Model Railroad Initiative.
Re-Starting my layout design questions...
Howdy, again...
Ok, I started my own thread for this layout design. Here is the drawing. Now, All I need to do, is figure where I can add another loop, by adding an elevation on risers. I am open for ideas, and methods.
This may be the only layout I get for the rest of my life. @65 yrs old, I am well past my mid point in life...
Thank you all for helping this old man get something done, for once...
Many Blessings to all...
Taz...

Outdoor occupancy detector for 7 1/4 gauge?
Any ideas for an occupancy detector for an outdoor ride-on railroad?
We would like a trigger for the grade crossing of the club's 7 1/4 gauge RR
I don't know if an infrared motion detector would detect a train car backing up - that would be at ambient temperature.
Looking for opinions on color for power transmission towers
This is about traditional power transmission towers. I need some recommendations for what is an appropriate paint color/mix that would be prototypical. Grey primer is far too white. (AV) If I was using modern transmission "towers", I could paint them a rust color, among others, as that is what the ones near me in Arizona are. But then again, I'm modeling Kansas.
Thanks in advance.
Reducing the size of the Mission Bungalow
I placed the completed kit on its planned location on the club layout and it was over-sized for the setting. I needed to cut the house down some amount. This is what I did and how I did it.
Graduated Trestle Set
I have several of these "graduated trestle sets" from years ago and would like to incorporate one in my layout. Does anyone have examples of how you used and landscaped around these trestles?
Thanks,
Grampy

Renovating track in 1:1
I came across this video of travk being pulled up to be replaced. Its amazing how much more rigid our 'flextrack' is than the prototype!

IAIS's West End - Atlantic yard office - DONE
Atlantic, Iowa is the home of a very modest Iowa Interstate yard, and in my May 2005 era, that yard played host to an even more modest yard office. That little Starbilt pre-fab structure, one of many like it that served as replacement depots at a number of Rock Island stations in the 1970s, is the subject of my latest modeling project.
More details to follow in the first reply.

Longmont Sugar Mill...... base scenery almost done!
It has been awhile since i have posted anything but I thought I would share how the layout is going. The Longmont Great Western sugar mill is just about done with base scenery. I took the prototype and design and condensed model and my friend Sean build the model it has a hard under structure but the outside is all paper! this has cause me to learn some new methods for doing scenery as the paper can not get soaked in water while everything is drying (making the process much slower). Still some detail that need to be 3D printed some in the photo need to be painted yet to come. Here are some photos of the work.
Happy Modeling
Mike
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