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(Colorado) Great Western Operating Session
I invited five members of the Medford, Oregon “Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club” to attend an operating session on January 8, 2017. It was a very successful operation so I thought I would document it with photos of the action in the next comments. Sorry, no video.
Operations on the UPSF Joint Line
This is the HO layout I help work on every week at a friends house.
This layout has been under construction for over 8 years now. The owner often reminds us, that "it's the group's layout, he's just the lucky guy who lives there."
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Kato HO Unitrack
I have some HO Unitrack which I bought to evaluate whether or not to use that system for a new layout. Test results have been great. I would appreciate feedback on the current HO Unitrack range of products from people currently using the system, especially the new super-elevated curves. Do they pose any problems? Are there any other gremlins that I have not discovered yet? Thanks, Barry.
Locomotives that have not been produced in HO scale
Does anyone know of any locomotives never produced in ho scale
Frog Trivia
Joe Fugate's book on trackwork has much sage advice, and a focal point is frogs in chapter 10. The merit of dead and live frogs is discussed, along with the frog juicer. Frogs are often considered amphibious swamp creatures, so all this talk of turnout frogs got me wondering about the term's origin. Some wikipedia info:
Uploading multiple images
Is there a way to upload many images all at once? I've been doing it one at a time with the upload tab but that gets tedious with many images. Can I somehow use the file browser to select all the images (like <shift>click) and sit back while the computer does all the work?
I've tried search but I only find the method to do one at a time.
George Booth
Director of Everything, The New Great Western Railway
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2" vs 4" rigid insulation
Looking for some thoughts as always from this highly educated group. When it comes time to start building my modular layout,, using 18" by 48" sections, I was going to go with 4" of that pink Owens Corning rigid insulation, without any plywood substrate under that. Just laying it straight down on the cross members and laying track right on top of that.. But not being familiar with the stuff, as its hard to find down here in Florida, would 2" be just as good and solid, again without any sort of plywood substrate under it. Just glued right to the cross members.
70's and 80's ho scale automobiles
Looking for manufacture names etc that produce 1970 through 1980 ho scale vehicles.. if any one out there has any suggestions (other than 3d printing my own) advice or recommendations would be appreciated. .
Winter Break 2016-17 Progress
Well, with this year's winter break coming to a close, it's about time to share an update of the progress I've made on my layout. Granted, my layout has no physical existence quite yet. My depiction of the Long Island Rail Road in February of 2014 has yet to take on any benchwork or even a track plan, so there is only a handful of projects I can work on. Space is the issue here; I can work on pretty much anything that can be easily stored. So while I've been home from college, I've essentially been working on more weathering projects.
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