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    Impressive loco sound

    Out of about 170 diesels and two steam, 6 are sound equiped including the two BLI steam engines 4-8-4 Santa Fe. Like Brakie indicated, they are nice, but during operating sessions, they be come a detriment to the session. My crew likes to hear and watch one go around the layout before the...
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    Frog on Peco turnouts

    I have a large number of the Peco large turnouts, I also operate with DCC, no problems. I use all metal wheels, no plastic. Bob
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    pro's & con's of ho gauge track mfgr's, atlas, peco, walthers

    Most of the trackage on my three deck Santa Fe has been down for several years. It is a "matured" railroad. I used a mix of code 100 and code 70 (code 83 not being that popular or easy to find then). Except for the sections that were handlaid, I used MicroEngineering and like it very much...
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    spike gun for HO track........

    Echo that. I have a pair of needle nose that I bought 30 years ago to spike track and still use them. They fit the hand just right and I really enjoy using those pliers. I don't drill holes, but I use the very smallest spikes available and have virtually no splits in all these years...
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    What Atlas said about their forum at the Seattle Show

    Okay Jon, back to sleep. The B23-7 thing on Atlas got to be comical after awhile. Finally Paul said when they did announce one, they would let me do it. Then they shut the forum down. Must be a message there somewhere. Bob
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    Trinity RD-4 Hoppers

    Hey Dean, take a look on TrainOrders forum if you can. Harry Wong has posted photos from the NMRA trainshow, and includes several shots of the Atlas SD26 in Santa Fe. Full detail including cab air, etc. These are the ones due in the winter with three versions, DC, DCC, DCC with sound. They...
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    What Atlas said about their forum at the Seattle Show

    Come on Dave, don't get me started on the B23-7 again. Bob
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    What Atlas said about their forum at the Seattle Show

    I still have problems with just shutting it down with no warning or explanation other than what they posted. Personally I miss the fast pace of Atlas forum, the rest seem pretty tame in comparison, but I don't know if I will bother to go back or not. I also wonder if they are going to...
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    Huge rumor: Athearn to release RTR SD45T-2's

    Hey Dean, I have two on pre-order already of the SD26. I have a couple of the SD24's already, and they get run often during op sessions, even though they never made it to 1989. I guess as we get older, we get more forgiving of those things, however, only had the BLI 3751 out during an op...
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    Huge rumor: Athearn to release RTR SD45T-2's

    Hey Dean, good to know the Emporia sub is alive and well. Bob Miller
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    Huge rumor: Athearn to release RTR SD45T-2's

    TrainOrders forum is carrying the list of roads names, etc. Seems Athearn is also doing an SD45-2 along with the SD45-2T, and the dash 2 will include Santa Fe. I am have to consider running an Athearn.
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    RTR Freight Car(s)

    Dash, like Dave Plummer I build them in mass quanitity, or did until I got my grain cars quota of 400 reached. Once you set up an assembly line technique, they go very quickly. Did the same with the IM kits when they first came out. After building one or two, had the assembly procedures...
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    Another Atlas veteran checks in

    Got that right, Dick. Nut and ATSF to boot. And if Jim gets Dean here, we have another. And Sprink, that is one of everything as long as it is ATCHISON TOPEKA AND SANTA FE. Bob
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    Another Atlas veteran checks in

    Dave: I think Fitch is around, but haven't heard boo from Albee Dean or Christian. Christian was posting less and less for whatever reason before Atlas "shrugged". Bob
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    Another Atlas veteran checks in

    Hi Dave, good to see you hanging around here. This is a much quieter, gentler board than we were used to at Atlas. But at least your old buddy isn't lurking around here. However, he is on one of the other forums, so be careful. Bob Miller
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    RTR Freight Car(s)

    You ole dawg, good to hear you bark again. The Gauge is certainly quiet after Atlas, but when Atlas is resurrected, if that happens, it may be a quieter, more friendly place due to new rules. the new kids are cute. As I have said before, my reluctance in buying Athearn comes in part...
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    RTR Freight Car(s)

    Might as well join in as a refugee from Atlas forum. My layout is fairly large, and does have over 1000 freight cars on the roster, about 60 percent are on the layout at any given time, the rest are stored on shelves near staging track areas to be swapped on and off between operating sessions...
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    I need a little help!

    The first one does look like Overland, which by the way is identified as OMI, which should answer another question you raised. The last one is Kato, I have the same engine at home. The Overland is a model of the SD60's built and leased by Oakway to the BN for coal train service back in the...
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    It's Monday, weekend modeling.

    Got a tower rebuilt for the garden railroad, cleaned up after a storm, worked on the HO layout, a scenery revision project, which I finished at 1 AM this morning while in the basement as severe storms rolled through the KC area. Bob
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    It's Friday, weekend modeling plans?

    Well, I have a wedding to perform (full scale) in the morning, then I have the rest of Saturday free before Sunday workday. I have a grave yard to install on the HO layout and a little ballasting to do on the garden railroad. That is if we don't have more rain. Bob
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