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The date/time stamping on posts isn't worth the sweat off my back....Posts that were made ages ago show up in the "New Posts" section, some showing a post date of a couple of days back, when in fact they were made MONTHS ago.....:curse: Maybe this is done on purpose to keep the new posts list...

This is what the birthday fairy brought me the other day.....Awesome & jaw-dropping..!! They're Precision Craft Models F3A & B....with stainless steel sides..!! Really gorgeous..!! Now I got to install a decoder in them...will probably go with sound as well. I got a question here...Since the...

I just heard on the news that gold traded at a bit over $900.00 per ounce.....This can only fuel the ever-growing price rise trend in the more sophisticated electronics we all use everyday...including our trains....All those little gidgets and gadgets we take for granted (from computers to cell...

How in @##@@!! tarnations do you take the engine shell off the frame/motor assembly..?? I've looked everywhere where there might be a screw/tab or something holding the 2 together but can find nothing...and the %##@@!! thing won't even budge....wall1wall1 I've already taken off the wheels/drive...

Hi guys...Take a look at this site....An incredibly gorgeous layout....!!! If you register you'll get updates via email... http://www.tallpine.net/ P.D. The link to the "Links" thread is broken....:cry:

bounce7balloon6bounce7 Nazgul...One of the best modelers to roam these pages reached his first milestone... !!!...1000 POSTS...!!! With any luck...He'll get his second wind and treat us to many more... ....CONGRATULATIONS...and THANKS.....

Hi...I have a 12v. computer power supply which I want to use as a power source for a DC controller. Can anybody out there come up with the "rating" for the potentiometer I need to use to get good current response over a wide range of the pot "travel"..? I have one, but I get response only over...

No...not Parton....The hurricane...!!! Just some pics of what it did to South Padre Island.....:eek: http://www.wwdphotography.com/-/wwdphotography/gallery.asp?cat=93049&pID=1&row=15&photoID=6644893&searchTerm=

Its' just that I've been out of circulation for the last 3 days....Had a run-in with one "Dolly".....the hurricane, that is....:mrgreen: Power's been out at home since early Wednesday AM, and of course...No Gauge....:cry: Hopefully all will be restored by tomorrow...Need to get cracking on...

I've seen suggested here several times that computer power supplies work great for some applications in model RR'ing....But... I have a couple of supplies which I want to use for lighting the structures in my layout, but to my surprise I find that the packs don't turn on when they're not...

What kind of a load would be appropriate to use to test 1.2v, 2300mAh NiCad rechargeable batteries to determine their "usefulness"..?? I'm currently using a 6v light bulb, but gauging brightness is not really a good indicator, except when the bulb doesn't light..I know the battery is dead....I...

How do you browse The Gauge..?? I've noticed that I generally stick to the recent posts and rarely go to a specific sub-forum. I've missed a few good threads since new posts can disappear from the recent posts listing in a matter of hours...and not find their way back....

Hi....Does any one know if this "gazette" is still being published..?? I'm looking to get some older copies....The issues from the May/June 1987 to July/August 1988. These issues have a description of older copper smelters, which I'm hoping to model on my layout. Any info would surely be...

Okay….Here’s what I’ve been working on for the last several months…..It’s the yard at Portales – one of the two main yards that will handle traffic to and from the layout to staging, and to several customers both here and in Las Cruces (yet to be built). This is what I started with, which was...

I've been reading lately (as if I didn't have a layout to work on...wall1) about different steam locomotives in different RR's...All have one thing in common: they all have a "Class" designation. There are R-1', S-2's, Y2a's, H-8's...the list goes on and on....I see no rhyme or reason as to how...

how it is that RR's can move 1 ton of freight over 423 miles on one gallon of fuel....:cry:

I was googling some reference to a Suydam kit on sale at eBay, and I ran across this..... It's got something for everyone...!!! :eek: index

I'm about to go through my second power tool....Oh...the two power tools are fine...Its the batteries that are toast (on the first one) and about to go on the second one. Of course...replacing the batteries (if you can get them...) will cost more than what I paid for the tools AND batteries in...

I have had problems logging on to the Forum all day long....This is the first time I've been able to log on today... I was beginning to get the shakes.....:eek: Anybody else having problems..???

I'm planning on putting a siding coming off a track that's on a grade. Is this advisable..? Would it make any difference if the turnout is facing into the grade (up), or away from it (down)...? Any input would be most appreciated...:thumb: