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I saw this from the CNJ Bronx Terminal Website and thought I'd share it here with you fine folks. From the webpage... http://images.google.com/hosted/life Tons of pictures of railroad stuff, under the "Culture" section. Should keep y'all busy for a couple of hours. :thumb:

So while I've been diligently working away at the small details on my layout, I've been contemplating something drastic. With the addition of a seven foot section in the works, the bench work completed and ready to be installed, I've been getting ideas. The idea would involve a major do over...

It's 9:10 and there is a show called Monster Moves. Two separate moving companies are doing jobs. One is moving an old train station and the other is moving a couple of locos. Both locos are UP. One is a modern loco called The Centennial. The other is a Big Boy. Check it out if you...

I found these on a friends Facebook profile gallery. He called it the "fail train" as he and a couple of comments seem to think that the train derailed. I say...if it had...then where is the CARNAGE??? In the above photo, one person called the small yellow rectangle bolted to the tracks...

Thought I'd share a few pics I'd taken downtown a few weeks ago. # 915 pulling her train heading east towards Union Station. And then a surprise in the middle... Of course I took pictures of the track work in the area. Some hoppers loaded with ballast. I then moved further west...

Hey folks, I'm having some trouble with a loco I just got running again. It was one of the Proto 2000 locos with the infamous cracked gear problem, however that issue has been corrected with new wheels which arrived yesterday. I replaced all of them. However, when I run it and begin to...

I can across this while I was searching for ideas for structures on my layout. I thought it was pretty cool and a very clever way to set it up. The mechanism is a CD ROM ejection motor and uses the rack and pinion parts to move the door up and down the channels on both sides of the door. If...

Enjoy! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x74wao_kiwi-crazy-train_creation

So I picked up a couple of these at work for free. They are power supply units for CCTV Cameras. Generally pretty low voltage stuff. I figured I could use them as power distribution points for some of my switch machines or split up my track main buss into four different electrical blocks...

Hi guys and gals. :wave: It's been awhile and I'm still enjoying the last few remaining days of summer before I gear up and start modeling again. Hope this message finds all my friends at The Gauge in good health! I know that there are a few people in my neck of the woods who have been...

Hey folks. It's been a while. I'm detailing my trackwork and was about to ballast some turnouts. I wonder if anyone can offer up some tricks to keep from glueing the points in place. I remember reading somewhere that a light application of oil prior to glueing is effective. Wonder if...

I'm posting this here since Gen Talk seems to get the most visits from folks on the forum. I was looking for a quick reference to help me calulate resistor values for scratch building small electronics and came across this webpage. Graphical Resistance Calculator I thought it was too damn...

Hey folks. Maybe you can help me with this. Sorry for the crappy MS Paint pic. The frogs are in black and I hope the gaps are clear enough (went back and marked them in orange). Green and Red are the colours that I chose for the track buss wiring. I am using Tortoise Machines to control...

This is not thread to bash said aforementioned standards. Rather, and although a new comer to the scene, I've noticed that despite the standards there seems to be some slight differences. I found it curious that the only cars that seemed to be "sketch" on my trackwork were the Athearn RTR...

In my quest to model prototype buildings for my fictional railraod, I came across a set of decent blueprints for a "CPR Standard Interlocking Tower". I found the plans on the Canadian Pacific Historical Society website located here. CPHA: Canadian Pacific Historical Association...

Hey guys. I'm looking for a resource where I can find and download building plans for RR facilities for when I start to scratch build structures. Preferably for free too. (I'd also like to do mock-ups in the meantime to give me a feel for how things will look.) Another option would be...

A curious thing happened a couple times this weekend. I've been busy sculpting roadbed contours and sanding wood ties. The subsequent dust left over has forced me to vaccum the layout several times. Oddly enough whenever I've run the vaccum over the areas of completed track work something...

Here's one that I looked for info on, however as awesome as Google is...you also have to know what it is you are looking for. I have a question (or two) with regards to dwarf signal lights or for any signal light for that matter. I was at the Scarborough Model Railroaders open house yesterday...

Hey folks. I read somewhere the other day that some one had (it might have been here) or rather is using an old DC power pack to supply power to his tortoise switch machines. The question I have is could I use this one... MRC - DC POWER Series - RAILPOWER 1370, Item: AA370, TRAIN...

I need some help. Either to stop me from doing something incredibly nuts or kick me in the backside and say, "DO IT!" So I have this double slip. I've been looking at my trackwork and after my last mod I want to change the location where my caboose track is. I know it seems really silly that...