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Gorre and Daphetid Passenger Car

I received this car in my 8 boxes of donations from Caboose Hobbies we received this passenger car. If anyone knows if this is original/copy. If anyone can help I would appreciate it.

Time for a seismic shift? (Lego vs. ...)

This last week, I had some epiphanies regarding my model railroading that caused a minor crisis, and I thought that it might be interesting discussion fodder, especially given the new "imagineering" expansion that MRH has taken on. As the topic alludes to, it involves Lego, which I know has been discussed before, but hear me out...

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Model Citizens is in Post-Production

I have not seen it mentioned here yet, so here it is... The model Citizens project is in Post Production and Sara is running another kickstarter to fund the final phase of the project.

Here's the pitch from the Kickstarter page:

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Layout Animation Idea

This is a layout animation idea I came up that requires no motors and actually uses the trains momentum to power it. The idea I came up with uses a flat gear (rack) on the track and a gear sticking out from below the car. When the car passes over the rack gear it would move the animation. With varied rack length and teeth on the pinion (round gear) you could have almost limitless possibilities. I would try this myself but have two problems:

1. No available gears

2. I do not have a car to "butcher" and cut a hole in the bottom of.

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[GWMS] Awesome News

I did post this in our club topic but I couldn't help putting it here to. I will be receiving for me a NCE cup, hat and shirt along with for the club an NCE Power Cab System I can't wait to try this thing out. Also with that they sent 4 decoders which is a perfect start for our club.

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[GMWS] Cheap Water

Does anyone know of cheap water for model railroads since our club had little to no budget. If you know of a source or how to make some yourself please let me know. Thanks for your help and don't forget to check our club topic page- http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/22436

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Merit Badge Academy - Scouting Paychecks

In scouting, we typically get a few grumbles, and a few Scouts that say something nice, but today was a first for me.

In the mail today, I received a thank you card from a Scout for doing the Railroading Merit badge at Merit Badge Academy this past Saturday.  The scout got my address from the blue card, as he was the 1 scout from out of council in Saturday's classes.  (My classes typically fill up fast and the way the council structures sign-up, in council gets a week head start on out of council Scouts, so I don't see many out of council scouts).

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LED color question

Hi I am back with another question this one about the color you recommend for LED lighting. I will most likely get the rolls and am not sure what the best color is. If you could share your opinions below that would be great. Thanks again to all of you.

Trainlife website

Does anyone know if the Trainlife website is still being actively managed?  I tried to sign up some time ago and seem to have got myself stuck between "Account still requires admin approval" and "Account already exists", and there isn't an obvious email address to use.  I note the home page says "copyright 2015", so I suppose there's hope....

David


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