This is a video I shot today of my 3 year old grandson , Gavin , running his northbound BNSF train and railing 3 micro-trains auto racks.
How do you think he does?


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Thanks , Mike

PS he railed both locos and all of the other

I want to give hand laying turnouts a try and was wondering where I could find templates for them. Also are PC board ties available or do I have to cut them my self? I have never tried this before so I'm new at it.

While I was In the back yard the other day covering up the A.C. compressor when I found this bug. It was just standing on the foundation wall, watching me do some yard work when I noticed it. I have never come across one like it before and was wondering if any one else knows what it is.    

I am a new modeler and it's the first time I've been to this site. I need help navigating. I'm beginning with a Ashland Blast Furnace.
Can someone direct me to a construction thread to assist me in the assembly?
Thanks

Recently I traveled down south and during that time I visited the Savannah RR Museum. Here are a few photos from the museum!

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Bachmann has a brand new 30" gauge 2-6-6-2 in On30. Saw it running at Ihobby. It's a beaut!!!!!! It is a model of a Baldwin, built for South America.

The Ihobby Expo is on at the Stephens convention center in Rosemont Il., open to the public Saturday 10/24/09 and Sunday 10/25/09, 10:00 AM- 5:00 PM.
I'll be at the GCLaser booth ( 1835 ) both days.

Hi Folks!

Just a short question: had the C&O Budd RDC's on their roster? If yes, in which years?

Greetings from Bavaria!

Marco

My new computer came loaded with the Vista software, but also offered a free up grade to Windows 7 when it came out. I went to the web site that Fry's gave me and ordered the up grade and faxed in my proof of purchase. I have received an email from the vendor saying that I am fully qualified to receive the free up grade and that they will send out a disc with the soft ware. I'm just not sure if I want to up grade right away or sit on it for a while to see what sort of bugs Microsoft left in Windows 7 and if they are worse than the bugs in Vista. I'm sorry but my experience with Microsoft is that they are incapable of coming out with bug free software. You may notice some of my posts seem to have letters missing from words until I catch them and edit. I wanted a wireless keyboard and mouse, but the store only had a Microsoft version in stock, no Logitech's left. I bought the Microsoft, but when my wife got her new computer, we got her a Logitech. I wish I had waited. The problem with the Microsoft compared to Logitech is that when you hit a key on Logitech, an over center spring seems to cause it to type the letter or character immediately. The Microsoft requires me to hit the keys so hard it feels like I'm literally pounding the key board to get it to produce a letter. I guess it is like the difference between playing an electronic keyboard or and organ, compared to an acoustic piano.

have any of you who build your own turnouts ever tackled a lap turnout ? one would work out for a industral siding of mine , but don't know it would be feasable in HO. any thoughts ?

jim