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Ugliest thing I’ve ever built for the layout

I’ve built some real Frankensteins but I think this one takes the cake. Yikes!

It’s pretty obvious what it is but a hearty digital handshake to the first one to recogognize what it is and pick out a couple of the key components used. 

Anybody else have a photo of an ugly but useful device they have built to be helpful in the layout room. I double dog dare you to post them!

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Expert's recomendation on beginner literature

Our club was at the Roundhouse show at the B&O railroad museum this past weekend and we had a gentleman stop by who was brand new to the hobby. We talked with him for a while and he asked, what would be a good overview of the different scales and the related aspects.

3D Printed Log Loader

I found the files for this on Thingiverse, though it was  listed as and included files for a steam shovel. It was also set up as 1:48, so I multipled it by .55 when I printed it to make it HO scale.  Printerbot Play printer.  The roof is styrene and tin foil.  

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A Trip to the Rock Mountain Train Show 2018 (3 March)

I went to the Rocky Mountain Train Show in Denver Today, March 3, 2018. They say it is the "Largest Train Show West of the Mississippi." I really have nothing to judge by. It is big and there are lots of kids. Took a bunch of pictures with my smart phone. Some good pictures, some not so good. Should have taken a better camera. Oh, well...

First picture Just after getting into the main hall:

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Anyone know what this is?

This seems to accompany most Western Pacific cabooses.

 

2slim

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Pride goeth before a fall.

I'm scratchbuilding a loading dock for my #NMRAContest entry. I have to admit, it turned out well. I was proud. I showed my wife who was suitably impressed (who do I want to impress?) There was a piece of wood that was oversized and I waiting for the glue to dry before I cut it off. While cutting it off, my hand slipped (WAY too much pressure on the blade) and my hand literally crushed the delicate structure. I can repair it. But that's not the point. I learned to be more humble and to take time and let the blade do the work and not my muscle. I needed 2 things. 1.

New Rapido B36-7

Rapido is launching an HO scale B36-7.  Details are on their website.

It looks very impressive.

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HOn3 rerailer

Hi all, I have had a problem with putting my HOn3 locomotives and cars on the track.
On my standard gauge I used a plastic rerailer ramp.
It's a bit of an overhang on the narrow gauge equipment, so you can't easily grab the trucks to rerail them...
I heard that there was a commercially made rerailer ramp available, but I haven't seen one in many years.
I then designed this:

Image Converter

I have a number of traffic reports for inbound and outbound freight by location in PDF format.  I only need some of the information so I did screen shots to PNG format....now I am trying to convert Excel format and not having luck.  Anyone know of a excellent converter that is free that will do png to excel?   Or should I try converting the original PDF to excel?   What works best?  Trying to save time from manually entering several hundred shipments.

Thanks

Michael

https://milwaukeeroadlynden.blogspot.com


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