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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    Does Anyone know of any shows coming up in OHIO? I missed the two I usually go to each year. 1. Being Vermilion's(my hometown) Lorain County MRRA Show and Swap. 2. The BIG SHOW in Kirtland at the LCC. Any info would be great!
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    Current Layout

    Actually your info just helped me with my yard im building onto my 5 x 10. I have larger engines but they will be out mainly pulling so they rarely will make it to the yard. Knowing what switches to get is great b/c i run the e-z track right now, since im just learning the whole modeling thing...
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    layout progress & engine pics

    This picture is like a dream come true for my layout. I have a lot of NS, CR, and CSX but i love the foreign power that comes on the roads out here..This pic is what i imagine my layout being at some point soon! Those roads working together pullin on one of my two mainlines. This definately...
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    The best priced place to go is Avon Heritage Train and Hobby. Ive shopped around and he has the best prices of them all. They carry everything from Z-O, plus models, model rockets and r/c cars, trucks and planes. The cool thing is he is inside an old NKP Depot and has an old B&0 caboose outside...
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    layout progress & engine pics

    I love your layout UP SD40-2. I always thought my 5' by 10' was small and I couldnt do much with it, but you've inspired me with new ideas for my own layout. It doesnt matter about size as long as operations and scenery, run and look great and you enjoy it! Cant wait to see more of your pics...
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    Well i tried to find this Wings place but spend way too long in a city i dont care much for without any luck..though going by a street, i noticed tracks and the second unit was an UP marked Southern Pacific diesel. Didnt get a good enough look at it other than that notorious red and grey paint...
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    I did a slight 40 min railfanning trip up the street today after my dogs vet appt. Sadly only one train came through. It was Two NS Dash 9's. One in the horsehead scheme and one in the original black and white scheme. It was a TripleCrown train but it wasnt going too fast so it must have stopped...
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    Lionel, do you know the time that wings is open till? Ill try finding it, but you seem quite knowledgable of the place.
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    How is wings? Ive been wanting to go there? Is there a lot of Modern RR stuff and in the HO SCALE??
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    Oh, I didnt know there was a pedestrian bridge over the lakefront line. Usually the hobby shops I go to have things posted of good places to look. My hobby shops are Avon Heritage Train and Hobby and The Corner Store Model Trains and Hobby of Lorain. What hobby shops do you go to? I used to love...
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    sorry bout the triple post. Comp went nuts!
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    Ah yes, Fairlane. I went by it last night. I knew it wasnt called the Avon Lake Yard. I never knew the Berea Tower location before now. Ill have to swing by. I used to go up to watch the NS and Conrail go through Elyria on the NY-Chicago line in Elyria at the Amtrak station. Lots of good photo...
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    Ah yes, Fairlane. I went by it last night. I knew it wasnt called the Avon Lake Yard. I never knew the Berea Tower location before now. Ill have to swing by. I used to go up to watch the NS and Conrail go through Elyria on the NY-Chicago line in Elyria at the Amtrak station. Lots of good photo...
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    Ah yes, Fairlane. I went by it last night. I knew it wasnt called the Avon Lake Yard. I never knew the Berea Tower location before now. Ill have to swing by. I used to go up to watch the NS and Conrail go through Elyria on the NY-Chicago line in Elyria at the Amtrak station. Lots of good photo...
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    Oh yes, I go to Parma about once a month Lionel.I enjoy the drive on 480 across the csx main and near the airport with the NS yard. Btw what is that yard called?? I have a couple yards in the area. One being Avon Lake( Ford Plant) Yard and the other one i know of is Sheffield (steel mill)Yard...
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    Fellow Ohioans on this forum

    Just curious to see who all is from Ohio on here. Im new. Im a fellow Buckeye from northern Ohio..30 miles west of cleveland and about the same east of sandusky. Represent OHIO!!
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    fantasy football

    Hey Im game on this fantasy football.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Thanks for the welcome guys! Yeah, I lived in a city(Vermilion), where the NS crossed underneath the Conrail mainlain by our river in which id go fishing at. Even seen an engine on fire once! Then I moved to Lorain and lived 500 ft from the NS main from the Avon Lake to Lorain ford plants(and...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

    Greetings From North Central Ohio! New to this forum as of today! Im inbetween Sandusky and Cleveland in a small town called Amherst. As of right now, I can hear the whistles of Norfolk Southern freight! Its nice area located inbetween two sets of tracks. I have all around me. The north on...