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The C C Line or Cross Canyon Connection

Fri, 2021-06-11 07:23 — CKMBingham

First, we show some overhead views of the Copper King mine then we go to Bingham to see the C C Line or Cross Canyon Connection, show some great pictures of them planning, building, and using this line.

8 ver 21

Thu, 2021-06-10 22:08 — packnrat

i do not know why but looking at another couple power units, (like i need any more).  and they are only on sale as dcc ready, ?  might cost less to buy ready made dcc and sound,

but my question is the factory kato has only a 8 pin not the 21 pin. is this even worth it? or just wait till i find in dcc with sound?  what is the difference other than the number of pins?

brand is not that important, but a couple brands i will not even think about buying, no matter how good the deal might look.

Small 4' x 15' Layout that looks bigger than it really is.

Thu, 2021-06-10 14:35 — AzBaja

Just a little above what I would call small Not Sub Compact, but Compact,  but it does look bigger than it is and has what most people want here,  multiple trains orbiting around the entire layout

 

 

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LDE, Modules, and TOMA

Thu, 2021-06-10 11:31 — gsinos

I've read of confusion about the difference between Layout Design Elements, Modules, and TOMA in at least a couple of other topics.

To me, it's pretty simple.  Each refers to a different phase in the design and construction of your railroad.

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Any events coming up?

Thu, 2021-06-10 09:52 — jeffshultz

I'm putting together the Selected Events column for the June issue, and it seems that I haven't seen many posts about upcoming events. 

I realize that a lot of events were cancelled or postponed due to Covid, but as things are opening up I expected a flood of announcements of events being scheduled. 

I'm not really seeing it - am I not looking in the right places? 

If you know of an event coming up within the next year, hit me with it - especially if they have a website/Facebook page as well. 

Thanks!

Tubing bender

Thu, 2021-06-10 08:16 — JeffBulman

I recently read an article where a guy used 1/16 inch copper tubing to represent piping. Unfortunately he did not say what he used to bend the tubing, Amazon shows tubing benders down to 3/16 inch. Anyone here tried this?

 

Jeff

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Updated question regarding my previous inquiry about my staging tracks....

Thu, 2021-06-10 05:53 — Mark Alan

My original question was about routing and powering on/off tracks in my staging area.  The schematic is below.

 

As I noted yesterday, I received many very useful responses.  Again, thanks to all...

 

Since that posting....

Operations, Everything you need to know about staging from a professional model railroader

Thu, 2021-06-10 05:21 — AzBaja

Operations, Everything you need to know about staging from a professional model railroader.

1:87 Front end loader

Wed, 2021-06-09 23:38 — hobbes1310

Looking for advice

Wishing to add a few of these for my quarry scene

Has anybody every purchased said models? 

Which brand would you recommend? 

 

Helix track work

Mon, 2021-06-07 11:47 — hosejockey

Hi everyone, i need some advice on track work for my helix.  I decided to build a nice helix that will be 5 1/2 tiers to get trains from the lower level to the top level, it also provides a turn around at the bottom level.   My helix radius is 36 inches  I have everything figured out and several tiers build and completed with cork laid.  My tiers are built on a bench, where cork, wiring, track will be assembled and then taken into the layout room and will be put on one level at a time.  Everything is going great but i have one question about laying th


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