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    Drill Sizes

    I find this handy hanging over my work bench..... BillS
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    Finally back.....

    Well, I was gone from the latter part of April until the third week in May (flew to Washington DC and then drove a rental car across the country --- 3100 miles of fun bothering relatives). When I tried to get back on here, things were much changed, including that the site refused to recognize...
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    I'm not here --- also

    Leaving early tomorrow morning on a trip. Won't be back for two and a half or three weeks. You characters be good while I'm gone. BillS
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    Western Canadian stuff in RMC

    Please pardon the invasion by a Californian..... But I thought you (particularly western) Canadians who haven't seen it should know that the May 04 Railroad Model Craftsman has two excellent articles of interest to you: 1. Railcar barge and ferry servcice to Vancouver Island and 2...
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    Shamus in Railroad Model Craftsman

    Congrats, Shamus on an excellent tree-making article in the May RMC. Also, for all you On30 nuts, there is a good article on kit-bashing the Bachmann Shay. Another great issue from RMC --- if you don't read it regularly, you should. I consistantly find more of interest in it than in that...
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    Wickenburg Railroad Stuff

    I was wandering around Wickenburg, Arizona yesterday afternoon and came upon a nice sight..... A pretty little station, nicely restored, now used by the Chamber of Commerce. Plus a Santa Fe 2-8-0, with a 1900 Baldwin builders plate. In very nice condition (at least externally). Coupled to...
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    Model Railroading's Future is Almost Here!

    I often see or hear discussions about the future of model railroading, but these frequently center around what new models might become available. There’s a far more exiting prospect in the not-too-distant future that has the potential of eliminating one of the major PITA (Pains In The A**) of...
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    Canadian Thanksgiving

    Here's hoping all you terrific neighbors / friends / cousins / Gaugers from up north in Red Green country have a great Thanksgiving Day on Monday. Bill S
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    Appreciating Wildlife

    Okay..... It's TOTALLY off subject. But I just had to share this billboard from the vancouver, BC area. Love that Canadian sense of humor.
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    Mantua/Model Power --- Hmmmmm

    Model Power recently took over the Mantua line. For we who model old time HO, thats big news. I was interested in how they might be to deal with so I ordered some small parts from them (for the General 4-4-0) as a sort of test. I’m a little disappointed. Parts prices are quite high...
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    Cardboard modeling

    I was browsing through some old MRR mags last night (something I really enjoy doing -- after not seeing an article for a few years, it's almost like reading a new one -- and the old issues are far more "scratch friendly" than the present day magazines) I ran across a great article on modeling...
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    I'm back.....

    Well we managed to get back home. The Czech Republic was terrific --- everything we remembered and more. I DO NOT recommend the night train from Prague to Munich. Our sleeping compartment was three bunks stacked along one wall, with about a 6 foot x 2 foot floor space, and very little...
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    For you electric freaks...

    Hey Interurben and the rest of you guys who like wires hanging over your tracks: The March Railroad Model Craftsman just came and it has a great feature on an HO electric layout (including a cover picture) plus an article with pix and drawings of the new ALP-46 juice locos. Have fun...
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    European Members?

    I don't recall seeing any, but I'm wondering if there are Gaugers (or Gaugians? or Gaugists?) in or near Prague or Innsbruck. The Childbride and I will be wandering around those two towns in March. On the way, I'd pop into Merry-Olde England, to take Shamus a posie, but we're flying...
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    Neat Little Critter

    Here's a scratch-building challenge for you lovers of unusual little things on rails. I've seen rail cars before, but this one is a little different. I ran across the photograph in an old book on air travel, and thought I'd share it. I presume it's narrow gauge, but don't know for sure...
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    Big Mouth

    KEEE - RIMINEY I just realized that I have gone over 200 posts to The Gauge. Never knew I was such a mouth! Bill S
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    Cast Resin Parts

    I've not seen much discussion here about casting parts with resin in RTV molds. I'd really like to encourage you scratchers and bashers to try it if you haven't. The photo shows my first stab at it. I was amazed at how easy it was, how my first attempt came off without a hitch, and how...
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    AN 1880's LAYOUT

    I've long felt that a track plan in Kalmbach's "101 Track Plans" would just about suit my operation interests --- emphasis on a modrately large terminal in which to make up and break up trains. I can't find the book just now, and don't recall the plan number, but it was called "Frisco". The...
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    Bashed Mantua 4-4-0

    This old girl (the blue one) has been around for about 15 years, and as it's getting a little worn, and I'm not now happy with the detail level, she's about to go into the shop and get a rebuild. Thought I'd post a picture of her before that happens. This teakettle started life as a Mantua...
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    NMRA PSR Convention

    I spent Thursday and Friday at the NMRA PSR Convention in Oceanside, California, which prompts a few comments..... 1. Okay. I'm probably a bit of a nerd, but I've been in model railroad environments that made me, in comparison to the geeks around me, look like Cary Grant in his prime. But...
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