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May 15 |
Designing a Model Railroad Layout for Maximum Action In a Minimal Space
How to add interest and excitement to a small model railroad layout by adding an elevated second independent loop. |
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May 15 |
A New Approach to Creating Model Buildings
In the early days model railroaders and model trains fans built their buildings from scratch, there were no pre-made ready to go houses and buildings out there. |
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May 15 |
How To Make Mountains And Hills For Your Model Railroad
Once you've got a train layout set up on a flat table, you might want to make it more interesting by adding some mountains and hills. There are a couple of ways to do this, and they are both easy. |
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May 15 |
Model Railway Track Cleaning
Many folks that are true enthusiasts of model railroads know the importance of having it cleaned periodically. Model railroad track cleaning is essential in the upkeep and maintenance of any structure that you have in collection in order to keep it running smoothly and without error. |
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Apr 9 |
Detroit City Council votes to demolish Michigan Central Depot
The City Council today passed a resolution calling for the emergency demolition of the Michigan Central Depot and then going after billionaire owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun to recoup the costs. |
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Jun 27 |
Model Railroad Technology
The first model locomotive systems worked using parts from wind-up clocks, then by tiny steam engines. Typically, the material used in the locomotives and train-cars were cheap tin plate or light-weight wood that overall, did not hold up very well. |
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May 26 |
Helixes, Tunnels, Spirals, and Other Unique Trackage
Most of us know what a helix is. In fact, I would guess that many of us have seen one in a model railroad layout, sometimes hidden in a mountain. But how prototypical are they? Is there such a thing as a full size standard gauge helix? |
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May 26 |
How Sharp is that Curve
Model railroaders probably measures their curves by measuring the radius of that curve. This makes a lot of sense. It seems like a straight forward thing to do. |
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May 26 |
Kadee Couplers
Have you ever wondered which Kadee coupler was the "correct" one for your application? Are you confused by the many Kadee coupler model numbers? Well, let me try to help sort this out a little. |
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Apr 6 |
Why Join A Model Railway Forum?
Everyone I know who is interested in model railways and railroading are very passionate people who spend hours on hours perfecting there model. It's important that you realize that there is always someone who is better than you model railroading who can help and advise you on how you can develop your railway further. |