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    Extra space for freight vs passenger

    Jim, What about use of a pedestrian bridge up and over the tracks. You could have all 3 tracks on one side of the Station and run the freights through on the middle track with a platform on the far side. This is common in England although the middle track is for the express trains. I know...
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    Proper Grain Hauling Cars

    Thanks for the both your responses. I figured someone would know something on the subject. At least availability of proper rolling stock will not be a problem. I just discovered a local Historical Society Museum has a huge archive of railroad photos available. With luck there will be some...
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    Proper Grain Hauling Cars

    Living in the corn belt I see grain being moved all the time. It is also my understanding that in the past it was moved by boxcar. When modeling a given era such as the 1930's to 1940's, or any other time frame would there be any specifics about the boxcars being used other than of the correct...
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    Lurkers:

    I must admit I am frequently one of those lurkers. Any time I get on the compuer I always swing by and look at today's post. And I do not like being automatically logged onto a site when I visit. Goudy
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    Introduction and question

    Wouldn't it be realistic to model in HO scale, but use N scale equipment that is modified to carry passengers for the Zoo train.
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    New Member

    I wish to thank you all for the many welcomes. Now if I can just figure out the apropriate forum for my many varied questions.
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    New Member

    I just wanted to say Hello! I have been lurking in the background reading the new posts on a daily basis for quite some time. I have been away from the hobby for nearly thirty years. My daughter who is seven, has quite a fasination for model trains. She loves to run the throttle (We set up a...
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    1950's Grain Elevator?

    I recently came across a picture of a new soybean processing plant dated 1954 if memory serves me. It was constructed of multiple concrete silos. It is still being used in Gibson City, Illinois. Also, in my neck of the woods there are lots of wooden elevators still standing. Some of these...
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