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  1. J

    sites for a road trip please!!

    We are driving from texas through arkansas on into east tenesee. on the way back we will drive through mississippi and louisiana (spelling?). this will take place mid june and will be sticking to the interstate highways except in mississippi we will take the natchez trace road. if you know of...
  2. J

    Here's what I want to do!!

    okay.... this is a basic design for our new layout. it will be up against a wall, 12' long X 4' at the widest, U shaped. I will be able to access the ends of the layout so no reach problems. the lines are 1 foot apart. I am using dc power with old locos so no elevation change please. i...
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    starting over!!

    alright, the layout is coming down to start over and go with my original plan which was a dogbone style layout along the wall. I will finally take this time to paint the interior of the garage and then work will begin on the benchwork in a couple of weeks. frustration has set in with not...
  4. J

    any train shows in central texas??

    does someone know of a schedule of shows on the web? I know there is one coming up around here in april me thinks. I will call LHS and post when and where it is.:)
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    few pics around austin

    these are at the local amtrak station right downtown. the station is old and not much at all to look at. the boys and I had time to kill so we watched the train come in from san antonio on the way to chicago.
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    progress pics

    our first thread with pics was http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=13191 now I am trying out ground cover and ballast for the first time. the ballast is a little lighter than I thought(went with light grey) and really looks white in the photos. Pardon the pile of mess, it is for an...
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    pics of layout.....

    are in my 'yet another newbie' thread.
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    yet another newbie

    :wave: my four year old boy and I have started a 4X8 in HO in the garage. I will post pics this weekend. We have two ovals each on its own dc power. the outer oval has 22" turns with long coaches and the inner oval has 18" turns for a freight train. There will be a couple of sidings for...