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Junction City - A Yard on the 8th Sub
Not much had been happening to finish the 8th Subdivison's yard at Junction City. I got some inspiration from a new kit and proceeded from there.
Blair Line Section House - can I use it for other purposes?
I have a Blair Line kit - ATSF 6-Room Section House.
LifeLike P2000 GP7
Recently I tried to put into service a Lifelike P2000 GP7 which I bought about 20 years ago. It did not run although the motor hummed. On youtube I found a very good 10 min video dealing with non working Lifelike GP7s I followed what the author had to say and the locomotive now runs. However, it does make a loud thumping sound. I have checked the axles and they are not split.
Can somebody point me in the right direction ?
Linoleum Industry
Hello Im going to be modeling the linoleum industry during the 70s.And Im looking for pictures or track plans of the Armstrong Linoleum/Cork in Lancaster Pa. Any information will be helpful.
Thank you
Mark Kingsbury
Project - Fertilizer Distributor Scratch Build
I needed a project and why not start on this small town rail served distributor for fertilizer.
I have never tried scratch building a complex structure and thought I would post my progress as a beginner over the next few months.
The plans are 1:1 scale and the model will be built in 1:48 scale. (It easier to let the software change the scale)
So let's see how it goes and if I finish it.
Scratchbuilding from plans with PDF part templates and assembly sketches
Scratchbuilding from plans with PDF part templates and assembly sketches
A Scratch sketch set is a collection of 3d drawings, step by step assembly sketches with directions and materials, some photos, and precise printable templates in N scale. These sets make it easy to do a scratch project of your choice. I have done 128 sketch sets and they are available to all for free.
These are almost kits, except that you must cut out parts. I use windows from various manufacturers including: Grandt Line, Tichy, and Rslaserkits.
The details are in the next post.
The annual layout video update 2017
Hi! :)
It´s time for that annual layout video update 2017, so here goes...
Freight Car data for mid-1980s
I Googled first 
, which lead me to here:
http://www.hosam.com/mod/rsdet.html
It appears that a newly painted car (new or rebuilt) would follow the 1982 COTS data (located in a consolidated stencil), no yellow dot (U-1 inspection) and no ACI label.
IHC Mountain Missing smokebox front
A friend is slowly liquidating his collection due to old age. He has an IHC mountain locomotive that is missing a smokebox front. Any slim chance anyone has one in thier junk box? Could someone suggest an alternative?
GregW66
Victorian Goldfields Railway - Rare Double Header parallel departure
I was lucky enough to see a rare parallel departure from Castlemaine Station with one train set as a double haeder. This pair was bought up to Castlemaine as the Victorian Goldfeilds Railway (VGR) needed more motive power for the tourist trains they run between Maldon and Castlemaine over approximately 20kms (approx 13 mile) of track in the southern Australian state of Victoria and approximately 2 hours north of the capitol city Melbourne.
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