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Hi Gaugers, :wave: It's been a few months since I've posted here. I've been away at college and away from my little trains. :( I visited a couple weeks ago and got something of a rude shock when I saw how drastically the forum had changed! :confused: :shock: :eek: I also found it...

http://www.heartlandrails.com/photos/pbu.asp?Update=2/16/2007 :eek: This is the train that runs through my hometown of Stoughton, on the ex-Milwaukee Road line between Janesville and Madison. The good news is no one was injured, and no hazardous materials were involved.

This train ran from Middleton-Mazomanie, Wisconsin in June 2001 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbuL4gkW_k

HO scale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NK7Jwbp_9E S scale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dbK34DUeJc G scale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cry8bk6P6B8 More to come.

Fairly elementary question, but I don't know it because we've only ever used one track code and I don't remember what it was when we first purchased it. What's the difference between the different track "codes", 70, 83, 100 etc? I know it's in the size of the rail but which way do they go, from...

I emailed these to Mike last week, and he put them up yesterday! http://www.rxrsignals.net/Wisconsin/Green_Bay/ The main site: http://www.rxrsignals.net/ What is one of the most frequent places to watch trains? Grade crossings of course! Mike's Railroad Crossing Website is a photographic...

Got a couple more of my train videos on YouTube today. WSOR freight from March of 2002: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-d1mHDY6nM The 2' gauge Rock River Cannon Ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUJx6W47DyE

Ok I admit it, I've secretly always thought it would be fun to do this. What personality traits would your locomotives have if they could talk and think, like the characters in The Railway Series/Thomas the Tank Engine? You can give yours names if you want, although I haven't. Diesel engines...

I've been hearing train horns from campus with no idea where exactly they're coming from for the last 2 school years, so I decided to spend a free Sunday afternoon on what will probably be one of the last nice days of the season to take a walk and locate the railroad tracks. I found them...

Set these up awhile back. Based on this photo although A.J. Russell I am not. It would probably help if the layout had Utah scenery, but hey I got the right engines so why not? I didn't have the proper tender for the Central Pacific engine at the time so I had to borrow the one from my AT&SF...

Fun thing to do... Funny yet kind of frustrating how many RTR locomotives are not exact matches of a particular prototype; problem is worse for steam engines but it's there for diesels as well. Guess it's a boon for those who like to do a lot of extra painting and detailing, but I don't...

A couple pictures my mother took of me videotaping an eastbound freight train at Junction City, Wisconsin on October 11, 2003. One of these days I'll get the video online. WC #6550 is an SD45. All told there were four locomotives and almost 100 cars.

I'm just curious, of those of you that have grade crossings on your layouts; how many are protected by electric signals of some type, and what brand/design are they? How did you modify them to motorize the gate/wigwag arm and automatically activate upon train approach, if necessary? Back when...

This Milwaukee Road F-M H10-44 switcher is on display with a Milwaukee Road bay window caboose outside the depot (now historical society & museum) in Brodhead, Wisconsin. It was just repainted, as decades of exposure to the sun had turned it "pink" as described by the curator. It is open for the...

Quick, does Life-Like sell replacement horns for their locomotives? P1K F-M Erie Built #6001-A was involved in a collision several days ago that broke the horn off the top. It fell to the floor, disappeared into the carpet and I can't for the life of me find the durn thing. :curse: Not only does...

Here is 2' gauge 0-4-0 #3, built as a switcher tank locomotive by Henshel Locomotive Works in Germany. After retirement it was brought to the United States (specifically Edgerton, Wisconsin) and through the diligent work of Walter Durst and the other founders of the Rock River Thresheree, it was...

Went to the Rock River Thresheree near Edgerton today, and at the flea market bought out somebody's entire collection of HO scale trains for $35. This included Atlas snap-track and a power pack which was really superfluous, but what the heck. The Grovemont Branch Roster...

Visited the Mid-Continent Railroad Museum the weekend before last. Posted a sort of "photographic tour" up on my blog: http://ayaredubya.blogspot.com/2006/08/saturday-august-19-in-sauk-county.html

Hello The Gauge, :wave: I apologize for barging in and making posts without properly introducing myself and my layout. I am a 20-year old south-central Wisconsin resident. When I was about 3 years old, I received a Bachmann HO scale train set called "The Diesel Hustler". It included a circle...