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I just read on another board that Paul Templar (aka "Shamus") lost his battle with cancer today. Thank you Shamus for endless hours of entertainment and for all of the friendly advice. I learned a lot from the best and still continue to enjoy all of the lessons I learn him from the masters...

Hey guys, I am new to DCC, and have a sizeable fleet of Athearn units that I have either custom painted and detailed or had custom painted and detailed. I was given the opportunity to meet a new friend and run on his GORGEOUS WP layout (very large mushroom style) this past weekend. He lives...

Occasionally I browse Ebay looking for an HO DD40AX to detail, repaint and add to my collection. Usually these got for $125-$150 for the Spectrum versions, sometimes even that much for the mediocre Bachmann standard HO versions with the crappy pancake motors. A couple weeks ago, I decided to...

There is a particular type of bush here in Northern California that yields some of the best tree armatures I have seen for model railroading. I have several around here and have been busy harvesting them for the layout. With some Woodland Scenics net foliage shredded into small bits, some...

The problem *I* see with sound is that the speakers are WAY too small to sound decent, especially if you're cramming them into a diesel hood in HO. I have heard a lot of HO sound equipped engines, but they're so "tinney" sounding that it's nothing more than a novelty to me. Then again, you...

Old Railroad gets new lease on life Date: Sunday, Decmber 2, 2007 Mood: ECSTATIC! Music: Pink Floyd "Echoes" Progress: Garage (Train room) work session No visible progress to layout *yet* Well, after about 7 years of being crated up in storage (part of it in my sisters garage where her pets...

I was just cleaning up my desk (I'll try and attach a photo of WHY) and the SESSPOOL of papers, books and other crap is starting to hamper my ability to work. This is my home office and it's a mess. A lot of it is locomotive and car technical manuals and other related industry stuff that I use...

I have had this old Tyco "Loew's Theather" kit for it seems like ever, and today, after I went to lunch with my fiance, I got bored. I had been staring at this kit in my closet every time I grab one of my work shirts, so, since I have been gone away from home for so long, I finally decided "what...

The Railfan Photographer Day special guest has been confirmed and it is UP Centennial 6936! The 6936 will join Portola’s own 6946 and GP30 849 to recreate a classic 1970’s UP motive power set as part of the RPD events. The day will be capped by a night photo session with the UP motive power...

Hey gang, I recently purchased a few HO steam locomotives from a fellow museum member at Railroad Days this year for $10 a piece. Since I was robbing the trains as a fundraiser for the museum during the festivities, I really felt like I had literally robbed the guy afterward when I got them...

A good friend of mine has a hobby of designing layouts. He doesn't model anymore, but enjoys designing layouts just the same. He sent another friend and I a layout last year that I really fell in love with. I LOVE switching, and this layout was perfect for it. Of course, after tweaking it to...

I miss her posts... :wave: Hope all is well, kinda strange not to see her here in a while. Same goes for Interurban. I haven't seen him in a while either. :wave:

My sister, who is expecting my new niece to arrive any day now, decided in one of her tornadic house cleaning moments here a couple of weeks ago, to finally put my infant nephews death several years ago behind her. She had these two cherrywood curio cabinets that she kept a lot of Peyton's...

Does anyone make working wig-wag signals in HO? I'm not so concerned about the target moving, just lighting up. Anyone?

Call me crazy (In fact, I don't even know if it'll work!), but my girlfriend and I are approaching my new layout a lot differently by building it in modules on 3" foam. We are in a 1 bedroom apartment right now and plan to rent a 3 bedroom house next year (likely next Spring, moving in the...

Last month the plan was to report on your WP equipment sightings that still ply the rails. Those reports were collated and sent to the Trainsheet editor for publication. Now, to make this next months contributions more interesting as the Boxcars are still pretty much everywhere, (I spotted one...

Portola Railroad Museum Needs Your Help! Preserving Rare Quincy/Southern Pacific Diesel Locomotive In 1950, EMD built their first demonstrator for a 'cow and calf' switcher set based on the 800 HP SW8. This model was designated TR-6. This EMD demo set, numbered 1600 and 1600B, was...