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    Has anyone tried using Cat5 cable to connect to digitrax componets?

    Hey guys:wave: , been a while since i was last here. I've got a question for the dcc nuts out there. I am thinking of buying a digitrax zephyr and using a computer to control the system, but i would like to put a wireless router in place so that i do not have to run cabling from the zephyr...
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    AutoCad

    Hey, All depends on what you would like to use it for. If you are using it for architectural reasons or mechanical makes a big difference. I have worked with AutoCad 2006, Inventor 10, Architectural Desktop, and i have seen AutoDesk Revit. For architectural you can use Architectual Desktop...
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    April 2005 contest

    A grain train passing a manifest on my layout. :D
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    Some more Railfan Pics

    This is so much fun! I took these photos today! i noticed the train leaving brandon yard on the spur that connects CPR to the manitoba hydro generating plant, simplot, and an interchange with CN
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    pics for Alco fans!

    today i took these pics of an alco S-3 stored in a city park in Brandon. The fence was put up about 8 years ago, but before they put up the fence i remember climbing all over it and having fun. But due to vandlism the city decided to enclose the S-3 and caboose with a fence. Hope you guys...
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    Rail fanning!!

    hey, everyone I fianlly had some spare time before my school major production started to take these photos! :) But i have a question regarding the first photo with the sd40-2 that has some of the housing missing and walkways all roped off? well anyways got 2 get going :wave:
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    Anyone used one of these before?

    Has anyone used an Sd40-2 overland model chassies before? If so wut did u like about them? how is the motors in them and the drive system?
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    Railway Station Prints

    I might be able to get my hands on several really nice prints of Manitobian stations (Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, and Great Northern) all signed by the artist, and i was thinking that i might be able to sell them on ebay. Has anyone else tried to do something similar on ebay?
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    Siderod in America, the story

    Swwwwweeeet!!! thanks for all the great pictures Siderod :thumb: i liked the pictures of all the CP motive Power :thumb: :thumb:
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    Tech II 2500

    thanxs for all the info. i am thinking that i might get the artiso-craft remote controler. sounds neat and fits my situation perfectly, because i am running on DC
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    UPDATE on layout...

    keep up the good work :thumb:
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    Tech II 2500

    has anyone made or adapted a handheld control for the Tech II powerpack series from MRC?
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    CP Rail Prairie Mainline

    hi everyone! i finally relaid most of my hidden yard!! i wuz so excited that i temporarily laid down some of my mainline so i could see some trains run :D There is also one pict of one of the elevators that i scratchbuilt an extension for. P.S. thanks for all the nice comments :thumb: i try 2...
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    Drawin i drew outside of class for my drafting class

    pdt: one thing that u have 2 remeber when u are drawin more complex parts, in AutoCad that u always have 2 be aware of which UCS u are drawin in! UCS is defaulted 2 the regular x, y, z planes (world), but when u get more complex shapes, the UCS can be changed so the x, y, z axis are shifted...
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    Drawin i drew outside of class for my drafting class

    pdt: nice buildings :thumb: ! what program did u use 2 draw them? Also i won't be able 2 continue on wit my drawin of the CNR SD50F because it is on the draftin server at school, and the CD burner in draftin wouldn't work on the last day of my classes :curse: oh well i might try 2 make...
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    Drawin i drew outside of class for my drafting class

    hi woodie, in inventor i can do animations where i can move the parts on my loco (something u cannot do in AutoCad, because autocad is not smart enough 2 do mechanical animations, it only does flyarounds) pdt: nice SD90 :thumb: :thumb: , did u have some drawings 2 draw it off of? or did u do...
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    Drawin i drew outside of class for my drafting class

    thanxs for the nice comments! ptd: i took autocad for 1 1/2 years at school, before my teacher introduced us inventor which is an autocad spin-off designed specailly for mechanical drafting, so it is alot easier 2 use and learn. Inventor is a smart program it can do all the dimesioning for...
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    The Only Problem is........

    nice locos :thumb: :thumb: with those new paint jobs i am surprised that the online companies haven't swamped ur railroad wanting ur business ;)
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    Greetings From the Belmar Valley!

    love the photo-realistic backdrop :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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    Rusty's Fantastic Water Tower

    awesome water tower scene:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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