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We decidied to run up to ride a train on Saturday.... Went to Rusk TX to take a ride on the Texas State Railroad. I did this a few years ago and had no problems... went up, paid and hopped behind an old steam engine and off we went... It was not quite the same this time. First off, I didn't...

I am currently building this kit, and was just wondering if anyone had pics of how they painted/weathered it, and how they placed it on their layout. I wanted one of these the first time I saw one in operation at a train show, and I'll probably end up with quite a few more before I'm done...

This week marks a new beginning in my house- The room I lent my nephew after we moved in is being vacated (don't ask... long story). Anyway- I finally get my trainroom! Well, sorta. My wife wants a guest room also... I have negotiated the guest part down to a sleeper-sofa, so it's good news...

My company has an office in St. Rose, LA. Here's a bit of an e-mail that I got earlier from them: A Kansas City Southern train with two locomotives collided with a tractor trailer directly behind our office in St. Rose about 8:30 a.m. this morning causing both engines to derail. There were...

I have not been around for quite awhile... Life got real busy. But things are finally starting to slow down a bit. I moved in to a new house about 2 weeks ago and now have a dedicated train room. It is 11'6" x 10'6" and has a huge walkin closet(staging yard). Over the next couple of years I...

My job recently changed buildings, and I find myself just a few miles away from Mykawa & Beltway 8. I have noticed the tracks running along Mykawa, and I was wondering where a good place to go during lunch and take some pictures might be....

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I have not been on much lately, and probably won't be too much for awhile. I am house hunting... All plans for my new layout have been trashed... One of the things I have convinced my fiance is that the new place needs a train room. We are looking for at least 3 bedrooms and preferably a...

OK.... I've had an airbrush since last July, but haven't had the compressor to use it. For Christmas, I finally got a compressor.... Now- I just need to figure out what I am doing. I sat down today with it for awhile and figured out I am pretty clueless... Here's what I have and what...

Just thought I'd share with ya'll what Santa brought me for Christmas.... Now... Time to start building my new layout.

While at Garden Ridge the other day- I was searching through the clearance section (a usual habit of mine).... I found an HO train set (Bachmann) marked "Does not work" and priced at $8. So I bought it.... I don't model HO and had no clue what may be wrong, but figured I could salvage...

I am looking at building a modern residential area on my layout. I have added a poorly drawn picture of the type of area I am talking about. What I need are dimensions: How wide are typical roads like these? How wide are the medians? How about the turn lane? Sidewalks...

Has anyone made inside corners for an N-Trak layout? With the design I am going to try to build, I will need 2 3'x3' corners to complete a "U" shaped turn around. See drawing for idea of what I'm talking about: Has anyone made these? What kind of turn radius can I get doing this...

A friend at work discovered that I was into trains, so he started asking me about a set that he has at home...... It is an American Flyer set made by Gilbert. He says it is from 1954. I know next to nothing about older trains (esp when they pre-date me by almost 20 years). Anyone have...

Here is an idea I have to fill my 12' x 12' room that I have available. I would like to build most of this to NTrak standards. I would start with building the reverse modules on the extreme ends so that I could be running while building the rest. Other than the 2 2' x 4' modules in the...

Since everyone here is pretty much an amateur woodworker, I figured I might ask this here.... I am looking for plans to build a combo bread/potato/onion bin. I have the general idea in my head and can probably build it straight from there, but I wouldn't mind seeing something to roughly...

We were sitting around pondering what to do with the house over the weekend when my girlfriend commented that she wishes we could knock out the wall between what is now our office/crafts room and my train room and turn that into a bedroom and bathroom downstairs. So now I am really thinking...

Just thought I'd let you folks in on a way to get your significant other to buy that airbrush you've been wanting..... I have been taking my girlfriend to get her nails done and she usually gets them to do some kind of artwork on them.... Lately, she has been getting airbrush work done...

I have been given the go ahead to take over a 12' x 12' room for my new layout. I am exstatic.... well I was... I have no clue what to do with it. I am in N-scale. I want continuous running. I want a continer port/yard... I want a mountainous section that a seperate "museum line" will...

I just thought I'd share this pic of a loco I have been seeing a lot of latley. I posted this on another forum and have been learning a lot about it... SP 4864 Apparently, SP leased this unit from Helm Leasing. They ended up taking ownership of it, and never bothered to repaint it...