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The 16 emoticons that will post here.

The following are the 16 emoticons that will post in the eBay groups automatically. (For those of you who asked a while back.) I will type them with spaces between the parts, but leave the spaces out when actually using them. (Just a reminder.) happy...

A video web site

Here's a link to my web site that has several clips of my trains. The quality is not really good, don't know why, but you guys can also start your own web site with the link in this one. I am using the free one right now which limits the amount of vi...

What happened to our picture albums?

Anybody else notice that the albums are all blank? Is eBay "updating" again? It's still slow in all the groups. I love computers...........not. Pete

need some VIA photos

I am painting a couple of VIA rail locos and can't find any decent photos, does anyone know of a good site to check, I have been googling for about 3 hours and still can't find any photos, HELP! Barry....lost in the net ]:)

Sound in N Scale

There are now several manufacturers offering sound for N scale diesel engines, some come sound equipped. The standard seems to be set on the QSI Sound System. This has been around for several years in O, On30 and HO scale engines, both diesel and ste...

another derailment

Another CSX derailment near here with several explosions around 7:00am est.. Here is a link. http://www.news10now.com/content/all_news/?ArID=98126&SecID=83 Gene

Steamtown

Dot, or anyone who has been there, can you tell me how long the steam train rides are and do they run rain or shine? I've booked the Radisson Lackawanna Station for a date in July. I know there are excursions but I am interested in just the every Wed...

Meters for Model Railroading

Does anyone use volt and/or amp meters on their control panel to monitor the trains that are running? CoDccFadda

Grass for the layout

I went to a train show that a local club puts on every year and on one of the layouts I noticed a type of grass material I hadn't seen before. I asked a club member and he said it was called silflor and a vendor downstairs had sold it to the club. It...

Removing Excess Paint

I've been attempting to upgrade/improve (?) the look of some of my steam locos by adding number boards to the front of the boiler as well as painting a white edge along the walkways along the side of the boiler. I usually end up with some white paint...

Track

I am going with code 80 and want to know a couple of things. 1: Do you put track directly on the wood or use a road bed? If you use road bed how to you line up your buildings.IE: round house, stations Etc. 2: What is the best way to clean old track? ...

A New Beginning?

I have been debating tearing down my dysfunctional, ill-conceived monstrosity and starting anew. See, I really do not have much experience and I think I jumped in WAY over my head both in size and "complexity" without any plan at all. I'm thinking ab...

A take-off on the emoticons

Well, how about some "ASSICONS?" Here goes: (_!_) a regular ass (__!__) a fat ass (!) a tight ass (_*_) a sore ass {_!_} a swishy ass (_o_) an ass that's been around (_x_) kiss my ass (_X_) leave my ass alone (_zzz_) a tired ass (_E=mc2_) a smart ass...

Soldering tips

Anybody have any good tips on soldering? I have no problem putting a few wires together but am thinking of a brass kit that would require soldering. Any tricks to it??? Mike

Building With WS Foam Risers

As I mentioned in the other group, I am going to build my new layout with Woodland Scenic foam risers. You can see in the pictures that I have posted that the open grid bench work, which you can't see, is covered with acoustic ceiling tiles. This giv...