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Replacement Couplers for Rivorassi and AHM passenger cars

Where can I find replacement trucks and or couplers for old versions of these cars. They all have Horn-Hook couplers and I would like to give them Kadees. Any suggestions would be greatly appreicated.

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Has anyone had experience with the Walthers Street Sections

Has anyone had any experience with the Walthers Street sections? I am looking into them and was wondering if they are a good quality and easy to use/worth the money. 

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First kit build attempts..

Took home two Accurail Center flow hoppers to work on today from the club meeting. As usual I forgot to take pictures (getting 6th graders to sit down and stop being grabby is harder than herding cats) with all the chaos, but here at home I got some. Overall it is a good kit but getting the detail parts in was a pain and a screwdriver/drill is a useful tool for making them larger.

EDIT: Changed name since adding more cars.

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Old UTLX Prints

My Grandparents have some old items from their father who worked for UTLX. I am not sure if they will be worth anything but they are simillar to postcards though slightly larger and have different photos/printed paintings of UTLX tank cars. I believe they only were available to older staff as I can not find them anywhere online. If anyone has information on these I would greatly appreciate it (sorry not photos at this time)

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Museum Of Science and Industry Items Being Auctioned Off

I have some news that the Museum of Science and Industry here in Chicago has some items being auctioned off. I am actually quite disappointed at this as they have been there since they opened (I believe). Below are photos of the items and links to the websites. I am not sure what everyone else thinks about this though in my opinion i don't think it should happen. (not that I know what we could do)

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A visit to the Splitrock Mining Co.

This weekend, my wife and I made the trek to Minneapolis to visit Tom Gasior and his Splitrock Mining Co. layout. Tom and his wife were great hosts and it was a joy to get to know them a bit.

Of course, the highlight of the visit was operating on Toms splendid layout.

Check out the Splitrock online:  FACEBOOK   &   MRH BLOG

- Bill


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