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I've been working on an NMRA module for about a year now and I thought I'd post a progress report. The first picture was taken in February after the track was down, ballasted and wired and the ground contours roughed out.

Here's a scene I finished about a year ago on our club layout. The mine tipple is scratch built using styrene walls and roof, Grandt Line windows and doors and it sits on wooden piers. The outhouses are Grandt Line and the gray stone building is an ERTL kit. The retaining walls and coke ovens...

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I thought someone might be interested in the process I used to make the mold that was used to cast this tunnel portal. The portal casting is HO. The casting needs a little more sanding then painting, and it will be ready to go.

A couple of years ago I bought QuickCAD for the purpose of designing structures. In the process of playing with it, I found it can be used to make terrific signs. All size letters are crisp and clear. In the picture, the letters, “CB&W” are 2.5” high (HO scale), or about 0.03” in real size...

I just bought a Roundhouse old time Mogul. The tender is sorta small, so I was wondering if anyone out there has put a sound system into one. By the way, Roundhouse has them on sale for $50, RTR (includes shipping). Go to: http://www.mdcroundhouse.com/ George

The Chesapeake Bay Railroaders are having their Fall Open House on Saturday, November 22nd from 10 till 4. Admission is free. For directions go to the club’s web site at: http://www.trainweb.org/cbw/ The club has a large two level HO layout with two large helixes to lift and lower trains...

I’m trying not to rehash the subject of track cleaning. I’m interested in cleaning wheels. I did a search on the word "wheels" and looked at everything posted for the last year and found only a casual mention of wheel cleaning. So, at the risk of raising an old issue, here goes. How do...