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  1. Jac's Lines

    Architectural Plans for Houses

    There have been a couple of posts asking about plans for scratchbuilding in the last couple of weeks. The link below takes you to an electronic version of the 1917 Aladdin Home catalog. This was one of the bigger outfits that sold houses by rail/mail (but not as well known as Sears). The...
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    NASA Train Derails (5/2/2007)

    CNN has video coverage at Train carrying shuttle rockets derails - CNN.com The MSNBC site has a pretty good shot of the engines - they look like UP with the flag logo to me, but I don't know the engine type: Bridge collapses; NASA-bound train derailed - Space News - MSNBC.com
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    Jac's Lines Scratchbuilding Challenge

    Ok, I have done basically no model railroading since October -- busy job, lots going on, but also a general loss of motivation. I think, though, that a challenge might get me back in gear, so I'm going to throw my hat in the ring. This is a mill of some sort in LeRoy NY, on a spur off the...
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    Train Meets Wildfire in New Mexico

    I saw this video online this afternoon. There's a wildfire burning south of Albuquerque near one of the commuter rail lines, and they have pretty cool footage: http://www.krqe.com/video/expanded.asp?ID=6324 It may take a few minutes to load.
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    10/21 Derailment outside of Pittsburgh

    I haven't seen anyone post about this yet. Happened last night when an N-S train carrying ethanol tankers derailed. I feel really sorry for the families that have been evacuated indefinitely until it burns itself out. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06294/732004-100.stm
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    Question for subscribers to Railroad Model Craftsman

    Has anyone who subscribes received the Oct 2006 issue (with the RIT club on the cover). For some reason I seem to be missing delivery on RMC -- the September issue never arrived either -- and I wanted to make sure the Oct issue has been mailed out before I complain again. Alternately, if...
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    Coaling Tower

    I've been working on a coaling tower to go with the station I did for the last challenge. I think I'm going to do a small HO switching layout that is based on the interchange in Avon, NY. This was part of the Erie RR Rochester division, and Avon sat at the center of a fork in the line: coming...
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    Jac's Lines Challenge #1

    Ok, I don’t think that I’m going to finish this project by September 15th, but I’ll post updates anyway. This scratchbuild is based on an old Erie RR station in Avon, NY. Today it houses a bar. We just bought a house about ½ mile from this station and I thought it would be a cool model. I’ve...
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    Challenge?

    Would anybody be interested in starting up a new challenge? It's been about six months since the end of the Atlas Tower challenge, and I've been having a hankering to get started on a project... My proposal is for an open-ended "Depot challenge" with the following guidelines: The aim of the...
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    Jac's Lines Layout Party

    This is an HOn30 microlayout. Total dimensions are 14"X35". I used regular n scale track and the minimum radius is 6". This is meant to be a small tourist tram on a tropical island. A small gas-electric trolley will service a dock (upper left), a beach area with a few small restaurants (lower...
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    1930s Color Photos from Library of Congress

    This link is to a new online exhibit of rare color photographs made during the late 1930s: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/glory-home.html This was reported on CNN this morning and is a pretty interesting selection of "everyday life" pictures -- ordinary folk, businesses, main...
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    National Toy Hall of Fame Snubs Trains!

    Thought some of you would get a kick out of this article in the local paper this morning: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051111/LIVING/511110398 The Strong Museum is in Rochester, NY. So far, the panel of "experts" has inducted Alphabet Blocks, Barbie...
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    Jac's Lines - 2005 Challenge

    Been fooling around with the Atlas tower today. I've been building the Jordan fire pumpers, and I like the idea of a 1920s era firehouse. I am not sure about this particular configuration -- don't care for the big blank wall on the right, and will eventually need to expand the width of the...
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    Gauge Kitbashing Challenge?

    I've been following the poll thread on the Atlas depot with interest, and had a (crazy?) idea. Would anyone be interested in joining a kitbashing challenge based on the Atlas Signal Tower? The rules would be something like the following: -all participants start with the same kit (and the...
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    Union Mill No. 2 Scratchbuild

    These are some picks of a stamp/amalgamation mill scene that I've been working on for the past couple of weeks. I built the structure last year, but only recently got around to adding the roof and putting it into a base. Eventually, this base will find a place on my layout (turn of the century...
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    Green Goose

    Just some pics of something I've been working on for the last couple of days. This is inspired by the Galloping Goose, but freelanced in HOn30. The running mechanism is a n-scale Bachmann Brill trolley with one of the power trucks removed. The cab is from a Jordan Products 1934 Ford bus and...
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    What do you listen to when modeling/running trains?

    I was thinking about this today while driving my wife nuts singing along with Johnny Cash and doing some landscape work. :thumb: I often listen to a special mix CD I made up of Johnny Cash songs (all obtained legally, thank you) when I'm working on the layout, all of the songs are about...
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    HOn30 Trucks question

    Hi everyone. I'm at the point where I'd like to start building some HOn30 rolling stock for my late 19th century mining layout. I've got a question about trucks though and am hoping that I can get some opinions. I know that the Grandt Line HOn30 archbar trucks with NWSL wheels are the...
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    Introducing My Layout: The RQCRR

    I've been lurking on The Gauge for a couple of months and posting for the past couple of weeks, and finally decided to get around to publishing some pics of my layout. Some backstory and info on the layout first: Backstory [all of this is completely made up, although based in a vague way on a...
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