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Just the opposite. If The Gauge shows as a hit on a Yahoo search, it was found (generally) by a slurp spider. All a spider does is travel the internet looking for new (or changed) pages and reports those pages back to Yahoo (or Google or any other search engine). If a spider is found on a...

A Yahoo slurp spider is simply a 'bot (short for robot) which travels the internet indexing pages for Yahoo's search engine. Not harmful but can use server resources. There are instructions on the Yahoo web site on how to restrict them. Tom

How many of you will be sneaking away from family and friends today to check in on the forums(s) of choice to see what's going on? I won't be back until at least this evening as we have to go out of town for the day. If I were home,I would be checking in every so often for the latest updates...

I put in a three track yard. Then I put some buildings on the layout and laid track to them. Then I put in the mainline and passing siding through town. Then I build another town using the same method as above. Then I put in the rest of the mainline to connect the two towns. In other words...

I worked in a pet food plant and we shipped out as many as 10 railcars per day. Also received the occasional tank car of ingredients inbound. Tom

A quick search reveals the source: http://www.gatewaynmra.org/frt-yard2.htm Tom

As in overnight? Still doesn't help. I'm beginning to think I got a bad bottle of paint. I may splurge and buy another bottle. At those prices, I hope it doesn't break the bank.:cry::thumb: Tom

I use that and other brands of acrylic paint and am right now experiencing the same difficulty. I put 5 coats on and could still see some of the gray primer beneath it. Then it dawned on me. When the second coat is painted on, it is actually softening the first coat since it's a water base...

This is the reason I have wires strung all over my house. I know security can be enabled on wireless routers but this way, I don't have to worry. A good firewall, a NAT enabled router, anti-spyware, and antivirus are an absoulte must in today's conneceted world. Tom

Well said! Tom

The only way to do what you want (motor running at 6-8v while track is at 12v) is to use a resistor to reduce the voltage to the motor. I don't have the electrical knowldege to tell you what size. Perhaps some of our more knowledgeable members could jump in here. Tom

ALWAYS wear long pants when soldering under the table! Tom

I use a postal scale my wife found on ebay for less than $20 NIB including shipping. Tom

Here's my P1K F3 Tom

The flatbed on the right started out life looking like the one on the left. I still need to add tail lights and a little road grime. Tom

We're looking forward to pictures when this is all done! Tom

Nice work so far, Jim! :thumb: The furrows in the field across the street from the industry in the third picture look good. What building is that? I've been looking for something similar for my layout? BTW, welcome to the forum. You're off to an outsandig start! Tom

They come through here in the midwest about once a year. I have also picked up a few "treasures" for the shop. As you mentioned, the quality may not be the highest but the prices are right. Plan on taking some time to look around. I could never find a ryhme or reason as to how they are...

Here's more or less what mine looks like. I haven't done much over the summer so there are no projects scattered aobut. I probably won't be doing much in there for another couple of weeks. About the only change is a new drill press to replace the 20 year old drill press stand on the left. Tom

I subscribe to MR and Model Railroad News. In the summer time, I generally keep caught up on reading them but when winter hits, I'm usually too busy working on my trains to read aobut what others are doing. Just renewed my subsription to MR but am questioning the MRN. They do have a lot of...