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    Smiths Falls Ontario Pictures

    i do not recall those guys from the over night fanning days should try and plan another ovder nighter there
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    Smiths Falls Ontario Pictures

    i did not see the gp9s, i should of gone over to the other side of he yard but it was busy on the station side... i noticed a few fans there to watch the toronto bound and the ottawa express meet. seems most railfans there were only there for the VIA trains. when i was younger there use to be...
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    UA Turbo, That's the one I want!

    blake could you repost your pic, it is not working, i have been always curious about this train
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    Smiths Falls Ontario Pictures

    check them out now before my flicker account dies... i am not sure it worth renewing or the money they charge Flickr: Photos from Stuart_chowchows stuart
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    Minimum Distance?

    i find if you raise it a 1/4 inch per running foot it is a nice smooth grade, but you could go 1/2 per running foot .....it is anot as smooth but it works
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    coupler question

    mc henry makes a coupler that suits these models, they have short and long shank couplers. i have them on my pass cars.
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    new aquisition: P2K Sd-9

    i got the traded units today and am very happy send pics when your sd 9 is complete.
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    new aquisition: P2K Sd-9

    i told you the repaint was lousy, at least i can honestly say i had nothing to do with the paint job, had it been a GN paint and left alone i would of kept it and run it with my athearn gp 7 i like that old paint job. glad you got in one piece and happy
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    Upgrading couplers

    Kadees or nothing...nothing seems to work better but be preapred for work installing them on bachmann cars if they a re the older models., take one car to the store with you to get the correct coupler
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    Lighted Cabooses

    there use to be some amde by some the toy model scale trains companies but they were not very good models. you could try adding metal axles, and metal wheels to the trucks and putting in your lights to the cars and then using pickup arms to power the lights much like the toy cabooses were wired
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    new aquisition: P2K Sd-9

    i wish the previous owner had left it as it was out of the box. i am sure i would liked it better that way. i paid 10 bucks for it used as is at a show. so i thought maybe i could deal with it. I thought about stripping it down and painting it a grey prime and leaving it as that. when i...
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    new aquisition: P2K Sd-9

    want to repaint mine? i will take it done over in CN anything paint, not much of a model painter.
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    new aquisition: P2K Sd-9

    i have an sd-9 by P2K nad been trying to get rid of it, but no one wants it, i got it at a show and it was badly painted bnsf green, it wasa good deal when i purchased it just no real use for. i thought about painting it to something Canadian but no such beasts ran north into Canada, Iknow Cn...
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    Saying farwell

    i hope your life wasa good run and you made good use of your time here. best wishes for your family
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    What to see between Smith Falls & Delson??

    I personalluy cannot wiat for thetrain fest in smiths falls, if the gf does not want to go I am going to grab the train out off ottawa and take via to it, how else should one travel to a train show lol i hear the chocolate is good too lol, been to all those sites in the falls a few times and i...
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    Shorting out?

    check to see if some how you crossed the tracks with something metal that is causing the short, see if the block control is faulty? replace the block control with another one to see if the problem, last check to see if the lead was wired to the correct rail and not crossed . i have done that...
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    atlas round house

    anyone know any other turntable that will fit the atlas roundhouse 15 degree off sets? i have to buy a new turn table to replace my older atlas one with one that matches the newer roundhouse design. so before i buy the new design of the turntable i was checking out other models any one know of...
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    pre 1920 autos

    would those days not be the horse and buggy days??? it is hard to justify the type of money they want for any models they produce these days for something that will never move on the layout.
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    small track plan needed

    i need some help need to make a ho scale plan or maybe some one has somethign that will do it has to fit on top of my display case i am building to house my collection, i do not have room at the moment for a full layout. so i want to build a layout to cover the top of the display case 8 feet...
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    Oops

    you can get replacement screws at a local hardware store, they not anything special, take the switch machine into the store and get replacement screws a few cents a piece is my guess