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    Visiting the USA (GA and SC) in December!

    Hi, My wife and I are going to visit Georgia and South Carolina in late December/early January:wave:. (Got a cheap flight from Germanysign1!) Thought it would be a good idea to ask the folks on The-Gauge for travel tips, must see's and more important railfaning locations etc..:D Any people from...
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    Cargo Tram

    Hi traction modellers, I like trolleys (Muni's F line is my favourit) though not modelling them. Here are two photos I took in Dresden. There is a VW plant right in the middle of the city, they're manufacturing luxury cars there (the Phaeton and parts for Bentleys). To keep the trucks out, they...
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    German Narrow Gauge Steam

    Hi, just photos from a German narrow gauge line. It's a 750mm line near Dresden in the south-east of Germany. Some information can be found here: http://cgi.bvo.de/werbeflyer/Werbeflyer-Loessnitzgrundbahn-englisch.pdf
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    Cheap Palm Trees

    Hi, I was in need for a few palm trees. Only a few commercial produced are available and those are announce1EXPENSIVE! I found only Heart of the South Models, Woodland Sceenics and Preiser making palms. Preisers palms are the cheapest of all three (in Germany), you get 4 for 10€ as kit. But if...
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    Trip to Minaturwunderland in Hamburg

    Hi folks, I'm just back from a 15 hours trip to Hamburg, only to visit Hamburgs main attraction to model railroaders, the Miniaturwunderland. It is believed to be the biggest modelrailroad layout of the world and it is still growing. I took some 280 pictures and I'll post some of them here on...
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    caliban - challenge #1

    A lot of work for the summer... ..., more to come.sign1 Tobias :wave:
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    Inspiration for all scales

    Hi everybody, I thought it would be interessting to start a thread in track planningsign1. The idea is to post the "rail history" of my home town and may be it is inspiring for you. Now to the facts: - 1 electrified 2-track main line (opened in 1854) - 1 highspeed 2-track main line (opened in...
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    Kaslo Shops Products????

    Kaslo Shops Products F59PH Metrolink Hi everybody, was thinking about buying a shell kit from Kaslo Shops. I bought a F59PH Shell kit, exclusively ditributed by George's Trains of Toronto. I'm more a passenger guy and wanted to build a F59PH in Metrolink colours. It's different to the Go...
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    Sound for Trainmaster?

    Hi, I've got an ATLAS TRAINMASTER in SP's bloody nose livery as birthday present from my wife today. It's a silverline model and just great, now I'm going to get some matching Gallery Cars. But this Trainmaster is so silent, what will be the best way to give him a voice. I really love this huge...
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    European Union to Levy Punitive Measures on Select US Goods

    If you ask yourself what this topic has to do with model railroading, the selected goods include model railroad stuff! For everything imported from the US to the EU punitive customs duties t a flat rate of 14% will be established. :curse: Why model railroad or other hobby stuff? The two links...