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    Monitoring AC Track Voltage

    Just wondering what you are using for monitoring of AC Track Voltage. Also we have sections of track we need to setup to about 16 volts using a Cab-1. Has anyone succesfully used a light bulb or series of LED's to remotely monitor this voltage, if so what voltage lamp? Thanks, Dave
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    Need some Newbie help w/ Xtrkcad

    OK I got it, It's 4:30 am I must have done something wrong but now I see the light. Shift "L" click flips the track piece. Shift "R" give you a selection box of various degrees, plus you can enter your own degree. Now onto the next stumbling block. Thanks for your help... Dave
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    Need some Newbie help w/ Xtrkcad

    Loren. I found that if I choose a piece of curved sectional track, then shft Left click I can rotate it. So far so good. But then when I try to add the next piece it defaults to pointing in the origional direction and I get a nice "S" curve, not what I'm looking for. Thanks for your reply, again...
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    Need some Newbie help w/ Xtrkcad

    Yes I converted to inches. Got that part right. Dave
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    Need some Newbie help w/ Xtrkcad

    Hi, I'm trying to document our club layout w/ XtrkCad. I viewed the demos, printed the help pages, I'm having trouble getting past the beginning stages. I'm trying to use the "0" Gargraves track, no problem. But from my starting point all of the curved tracks point in the wrong direction. So...
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    New Club forming Frackville, PA area

    If this looks familiar, I posted a similar message about a year ago, but then the deal fell through. A friend and I are meeting with the owner of a layout currently comprised of both 2 and 3 rail "O" plus some "HO" for perspective. I don't know the exact dimenstions but it is made up of 30...
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    T-Trak group getting started in Reading, PA area

    announce1 Hi, I just joined this T-trak group, and I'm posting this for the founder, who is not a member of as many train forums as I am. If your interested, please contact Rich and check out the site. We have our first meeting next week, November 14th and hope to get the ball rolling from...
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    building and selling starter layouts

    Funny it was the same way in the Photo business. The only people who really made money were ones who were smart enough to buy the real estate the building was in. It was the only worthwhile thing to sell when you got out. Dave
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    building and selling starter layouts

    Well I'm lucky I guess in that I have a friend who owns a train shop. He will allow me to place it in there. Obviously he will get a cut, but more important he gets another customer who needs train things, so its a win win situation. Dave
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    building and selling starter layouts

    Coffee table layout sold for $2000 I read of one recently that the a guy built and he sold it for $2000, plus $500 to deliver it a few states away. I guess he got very lucky. When I find it again, I'll post the link. Heres the link: http://www.mikemoon.net/choochoo/index.html $2000 remark...
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    building and selling starter layouts

    Building layouts to sell ( Thomas the Tank) Quote: Originally Posted by KarlS If that event was any indication, anything you might want to build related to Thomas would sell like crazy! My wife and I owned a Photo studio for 15 years before I...
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    building and selling starter layouts

    I was at a greenberg show a month or two back. A dealer there had 2-3 small starter layouts. 2 in "N" and one in HO. They were pieced together with mismatched track and nothing I would put my name on, but he was selling them and got like $250 for scary looking HO layout maybe 4x5 tops. I figured...
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    looking for ideas to xpand LifeLike Mini-base

    My main layout is on hold until the basement is prepped. So when I saw this at a flea market for $10 last week I jumped on it. I even have the origional review of it in a 1969 MRC mag. It's made by Life Like, The MRC review said it sold for $15, but the carton says $9.95. I remember reading...
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    looking for another model RR person Reading, PA area

    I asked this before about 6 months ago, but I know people join and people leave, so I thought I'd give it another shot. I'm looking for another person locally to help and be helped. I could use a MRR buddy to push me along on some progress, and I too could help them with their layout. My area...
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