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    North American RR's coming back big time

    RR's on the North American continent are booming these days. They are adding more track, locos and freight cars, cleaning out tunnels and getting ready for the increase in business that they have started to see. It's due to the high cost of diesel for trucks and the dearth of drivers. Coal...
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    I was able to run my trains today

    After nearly 4 months laid up in the hospital, in rehab and at home, after a fall from a ladder while tree trimming, (broken pelvis and right wrist) I was able to hobble into my train room, with cane, for the first time today. Everything looked so good and neat and organized. I wasn't able to...
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    Having it both ways

    As promised earlier, I've altered my layout to run trains in both directions at the same time on the same or different tracks. No problem with Marklin digital. No crashes yet either. :eek: In the pic, notice that the small logging train has just escaped the high speed Chief whizzing by on the...
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    The Big, the small and the tiny

    I couldn't resist sending this picture when I saw the lineup on my layout. The Big Boy, the Mike and the Heisler. From the very large to the very small. The Big Boy and Mikado are by Marklin and the 3 truck Heisler is a Marklin converted Riverossi model. All are digital and the first 2 have...
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    Are your trains an escape?

    Are your trains an escape? In my case, YES. Escape from the real world, from everything else I need to do or think about. Some may want to get away from mothers, wives, husbands, others, kids, school work, etc. Have you ever stayed home from work to work on or with your setup. Mine is the...
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    More Pics of Equity Junction, NV

    Some more recent pics of Equity Junction are included here. One has prisoners pounding rocks with their guard looking from above or maybe he's just a railroad worker and they're likewise. :oops: Another bucolic scene is of horses and cows in a corral. Then there is a train yard with the usual...
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    Where did your trains come from?

    Where was the manufacturing point for your trains? What country did they come from? Are you satisfied with the quality or has it gone downhill somewhat. As a Marklin user, my trains came from many different places. All of the older stock, before 1995, came from Germany and was made of metal, and...
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    More pics of Equity Junction & Marklin HO

    Here are 6 more pics of Equity Junction. One shows the motel where train crews spend their off time. The next has the yard and part of the town. Then there is the train station followed by the train yard again. Then there is a mike standing near a mill with deer eating up on the hill. The last...
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    Pics of Equity Junction, NV and area

    Here are several pics of the Equity Junction area. It shows a debarking mill with a Heisler log train waiting and a Mike on hold. Another has a UP Big Boy waiting for a fillup at the tower. A third has a heisler log train going onto a siding while a UP PA-1 is waiting. A fourth is of an oil...
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    Marklin HO and Z

    There is serious need of a CURRENT Marklin thread for this forum. There may be others but I haven't been able to find them. Sure, there are other Marklin forums on the web, but it's time for one here on The Gauge. Afterall, Marklin are the people who really have given us our hobby. Marklin's...
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