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CSX train derails in Taunton; police investigate theft of railroad tracks. . .

Sat, 2011-06-04 09:23 — Sean Martin

Another interesting news story from the prototype world. . .

http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/business_news/x530602459/Police-investigate-theft-of-railroad-tracks-in-Taunton-today-train-derailed

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Baltimore Police Detain Hearing Impaired Man for Taking Photos at Rail Station

Thu, 2011-06-02 06:54 — Sean Martin

I found this story on TheBlaze.com Seems like an isolated incident but makes me wonder how our rail fanning activities will be curtailed in the future. . .

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/baltimore-police-detain-hearing-impaired-man-for-taking-photos-at-rail-station/

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PRR rolling stock drawings

Wed, 2011-06-01 03:25 — pipopak

PRR rolling stock drawings from prototype plans available at:

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/prr_%28the_penn...

Dealer recommendation wanted

Tue, 2011-05-31 17:57 — JeffStr

Modeling general discussion

Hello all!

I am looking for a recommendation of a MRH sponsor who is an Intermountain dealer.

I want to pick up an F series A-B-A shell set for my Stewart drives.

Thanks for any help!

Jeff

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Starting a new club

Tue, 2011-05-31 08:05 — Allan66

I'm not sure if I got this in the proper Forum so if not please feel free to either delete it or move it to the proper area of the forum.

Cripplebush Rubber Rocks: Your Experiences/Pics/Duration of?

Mon, 2011-05-30 14:36 — Capt. Grimek

I'm considering Cripplebush's rubber rocks for my mountain range. I need to decide soon whether to use plaster castings or not. If they look as realistic in real life as they do in pics I'm impressed with the product.

My main concern is that the laytex rubber will hold up to household heating, cooking moisture, etc. over many years without drying/cracking/powdering.

This area of the layout will be extremely possible to work on once the roundhouse and turntable are installed.

Prepare for another jump in prices....

Fri, 2011-05-27 09:16 — jeffshultz

Let me start by saying that I don't want to start a flame war here - but I thought that this topic, since it will likely affect us all, is worthy of discussion here as well.

http://www.businessinsider.com/societe-generale-on-the-dominos-teetering-in-china-that-will-lead-to-an-innevitable-increase-in-world-inflation-2011-5

Excerpt:

Rule books

Sun, 2011-05-22 16:16 — epumph

Hi gang,

first post for me so be gentle! I was wondering if anyone has a good comprehensive rule book for model train ops. I may be in over my head but I am curious. The best I could find was prototype info which is way too complicated for my small operation. Any help will be appreciated.

epumph