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My favorite locos are my atlas csx gp38 and my atlas csx b23-7. Both look great on my shortline and they are smooth, quiet, and great runners. I'd still love to have a pair of the kato 90mac's, but my partner says that it i'snt in the rail budget at this time. Especially since there is no...

My wheels were clean, track was clean, and i had heard that pulse can be bad for some motors, but ive got a tech 2 that allows me to turn off the pulse, still they spurt, jerk, sputter, and stop. the only thing i didnt check for was to see if anyting had got stuck between the teeth of the...

LL gp38's are ...how should i say this, WORTHLESS!! I bought two of those pieces of junk from my LHS 2 years ago, at that time they were down to $19.98. Oh sure they run fine on the test track, but get them home and run them for more than 3 or 4 hours, and they claim up. My track was clean, i...

Those Windows Robin, I have a question, I've seen many modelers do this also, why do u paint some of the blocks of your industrial windows? Is it to represent dirt and grime? The scene looks great by the way, tall, and consuming like a city. thanks for your time, Ed Eatst14@yahoo.com

Thanks everyone for your help, I took a look on Monday, at what you guys thought was a good price, right before i had someone come over and look at the layout. Anyway, i only had about 5 min, so i didnt get a chance to reply, so again i wanted to take the time and say thanks. Anyway, I may...

Catt, I love it, it looks really good! do u think youll change ur paint scheme, so that u could have two schemes at once? Ed

WM-N-fan Yes, please do include the industries in your estimate, but no rolling stock Anyway, what does everyone think of my new layout diagram?

Looking Great Rory! Please keep those pictures comming. Were the SD80 hitting the switch machines both direction or just one? I dont own any 80's but for other equipment i found adding a piece of 1 inch straight sectional track helps. Ed

Ok it took me awhile to get the picture small enough to fit, but i did it. Well this is (most of ) my diagram. The setting is modern, Greensburg, Pa. The yard in teh upper right corner represents Youngwood, not all of the yard is shown by teh picture, but it is stub ended, and will have...

Ok heres an attempt to get my diagram posted i hope it works, if so ill follow with text.

Mrgooch To be honest i think that this is the simplest way to make trees especially on a mountain. Use Lichen, preferably something with realistic green colors like woodland scenics, i used lifelike at first, for the mine area and i dont really liek it, anyway glue teh lichen down where u...

WOW, im really touched. Well id like to say thanks to everyone who took a look at my pics, Im glad you liked them, and im very happy to get such great response. Sorry I havent posted since last week, but finals are here, and i dont think ill be posting for a short time....Well ok im posting...

This is a shot of the mainline/interchange next to the Connelsville type mine. At one point i was going to have a tunnel go through the mountain and out the other side to access the Industrial area. But i didnt think it seamed realistic, and the only reason i wanted to do that was to seperate...

I know i have more pictures...somewhere...i just wish i could remember where. Ok i found these on another disk of mine, im going to have to learn to be more organized. Ok this is the mine on the other side of the mountain that i mentioned...It wa originally going to be gravel/sand and not...

well, right now im using all dieasel, why? because steam ius too expensive for me. Well, also cause i wanted to do something modern. ultra-modern 90's and early 2000's ok, im mostly running gps. I have a gp 7, 9tt, 35, 38, 40-2 I use these mostly for locals, and switching. I also...

Looks great Greg, any chance we can get a layout diagram? What kind of turnouts did u use, atlas/peco?

Since everyone was posting layout pics, I thought that I would do the same. Well, this is my Huntingdon Valley RR. Its a fictious branch of an existing branch line: the Southwestern Pennsylvania RR. The SWP runs for about 35mi South from Greensburg, Pa to Uniontown, Pa and was a major...

Ive used this before and it works well If u find u dont have enough clearance in an area where a raised portion of the track runs over a lower section to use foam, try using thick cardboard or balsa wood just for that section. Works extremly well for hidden areas or where u dont plan to use...

I was looking at the pics, nice start so far. Maybe i missed it earlier, but how large is the layout?