The Wandering Spruce Railroad
The Wandering Spruce Railroad
Yesterday I visited this On30 railroad in Claremont, CA, at the home of Sean Williams. It is a joint project of Sean and Kevin Spady.
This 5-foot by 10-foot layout
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Bob Chaparro
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Ryan Di Fede’s Railroad
Ryan Di Fede’s Railroad
Yesterday I visited Ryan Di Fede’s N-scale railroad in San Diego. It was the featured layout on the San Diego Division/PSR/NMRA layout tour.
Ryan established the Southern
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Bob Chaparro
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Show Your Railroad - Pacific Coast Region/NMRA Convention
Show Your Railroad - Pacific Coast Region/NMRA Convention
Hello -
The Pacific Coast Region/NMRA will hold its annual convention in San Luis Obispo, CA, next year on March 27-30 (Thursday-Sunday). A
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Bob Chaparro
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Now: Monthly Reminder - Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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*Monthly Reminder*
*When:*
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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*Description:*
Discussion of the design and construction of
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Preview: Central Coast RR Festival Layout Tour – Ron Hamley’s Cuesta & Pacific Railroad (N-Scale)
Preview: Central Coast RR Festival Layout Tour – Ron Hamley’s Cuesta & Pacific Railroad (N-Scale)
The Central Coast Railroad Festival returns this year to San Luis Obispo and northern San Barbara
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Bob Chaparro
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Preview: Central Coast RR Festival Layout Tour – Anthony Harris’ Multiscale Railroads
Preview: Central Coast RR Festival Layout Tour – Anthony Harris’ Multiscale Railroads
The Central Coast Railroad Festival returns this year to San Luis Obispo and northern San Barbara Counties on
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Bob Chaparro
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Re: Adapting a module
Where there is a will there is a way!
Best part is you are having fun.
Bill Uffelman?
Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer
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William Uffelman
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Adapting a module
When we moved to Kauai, Hawaii in 2019, I took one module from the NorCal
Nn3 modular layout with me. I subsequently discovered a small informal group
on the island with a common interest in model
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Thomas Knapp
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Now: Monthly Reminder - Sunday, September 1, 2024
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*Monthly Reminder*
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Sunday, September 1, 2024
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Discussion of the design and construction of
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Now: Monthly Reminder - Thursday, August 1, 2024
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*Monthly Reminder*
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Thursday, August 1, 2024
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Re: Air Simulation of gravity switching / shunting
New York Society of Model Engineers, Carlstadt, NJ has an operating hump yard with air blast retarders.
Video on Youtube and their facebook page. Search ModleEngineers and NYSME
Sorry, unable to add
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Andy Brusgard
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Air Simulation of gravity switching / shunting
What if you want to put an loco on the other side of a rake of cars?? Without a run around track?
Use compressed air to push the cars past the loco, which has ducked into another track!
49 years ago,
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Michael Nickerson
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Show Your Model Railroad – Central Coast Railroad Festival (October 4-6/San Luis Obispo Area, CA)
Small Layouts Welcome For This Event.
Show Your Model Railroad – Central Coast Railroad Festival (October 4-6/San Luis Obispo Area, CA)
The Central Coast Railroad Festival returns this year to San
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Bob Chaparro
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Re: When no Runaround (UK: loop) track: Gravity Switching
Switching (shunting in UK terminology) by gravity, and also using a cable to pull cars onto an adjoining siding, is common practice in Eastern Europe, notably in Romania on narrow gauge (760mm)
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rovingrom <rovingrom@...>
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Now: Monthly Reminder - Monday, July 1, 2024
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*Monthly Reminder*
*When:*
Monday, July 1, 2024
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Discussion of the design and construction of small
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When no Runaround (UK: loop) track: Gravity Switching
Two days ago, I saw an instance of prototype Gravity Switching.??https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULQNLXtBtMo?
They have a runaround track is too inconveniently away, and the main line has enough of
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Michael Nickerson
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Re: McKeens and More
A search at www.olimpia.com:8084/search
Has a number of McKeen cars listed. Most relevant to your question might be Railroad Model Craftsman February 1958 “Queen of the Narrow Gauge - McKeen Car”
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Charles Brumbelow
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McKeens and More
Are there drawings available to build one of these small McKeen Motor Cars in On30?
Thanks in Advance,? Bill McCourt Dover, DEL
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Dover Bill
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Re: Video: 2023 Mini Festa Fiesta/On30 Open House (and 2024!)
Here is the video of the 2024 Mini-Festa Fiesta held on June 1
2024 Mini Festa Fiesta! (youtube.com)<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeOz3gM9DU4&t=759s>
Greg
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greglorton
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Video: 2023 Mini Festa Fiesta/On30 Open House
Video: 2023 Mini Festa Fiesta/On30 Open House
Tip and link courtesy of Ron Grau:
h https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNfK18tcuw8 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNfK18tcuw8&t=72s
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Bob Chaparro
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