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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rvn20012000/albums/72157672127480577 Here's a link to some photos I took at the train show last weekend of my new western layout.
@ZOPTIONS - welcome!There's a good number of folks here who can help.One of the best resources it to come to chat at 9:00pm EDT almost any day
Greetings to all! Coming from Lionel O scale - "sizing down" if you will. Have a lot of trouble trying to determine the "best" products for constructing sidewalks AND structure bases? GM
You just need to sand the bottom of the plow a little.
Is anyone having problems with the new MTL SD-40S plow hanging up on switches ETC.?
Make sure you click on the image first so that you get the full size image. The image is properly 11105x450 and if printed at 300dpi will be the correct size.
who creates the container freight pics? It would be nice if they were created using an adobe file instead of a jpg rendering. The details are too far blurred to make a decent model
I'm thinking it should be more like 330 ohms which would make a direct short pass 2.7 milliamps and draw only 1/4 watt of power
The Z Maker SW1200 kit says the he used a 33Kohm resistor in series with the motor but that would make the current passed through the resistor at .02 milliamps if the resistor were directly shorted
does anyone know what value resistor is in the voltage reducer cable for rokuhan mini motors?
Okay I’m back in... thanx Stony everything all better now. Log in reset successful.
Good to see you back, Bruce.
Been out of the ZCS for quite a while, but coming back. Been running Z though. Hope to get reconnected with you all. Enjoyed showing in NTS 2018.
Here are my NTS photos. NTS Photos
I missed that....
You can see me walking behind Chad. I must have been working a wreck...
I enjoyed the video......but one mystery. You're seat was empty.....I thought you never left that spot all three days......
Still alive. After nts 17 I was a little in the dumps. Nice to see 18 a better showing.
Thanks for sharing the 2018NTS. I was watching model railroad 2018 video and they didn't show any of the Z scale. They even had Atlas there and not a word was said about the new flex track!
Here's a link to a video with our modules. Our modules appear at minute 25:12https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRASkyDmO3c
Just responding to an email that I haven't logged in for awhile.I'm still interested in Z scale model trains, so just checking in to say, don't cancel my membership!
Thanks for the great pictures of the NTS
Greetings from Switzerland and yes I'm still alive!
Why does the site load so slowly? Discourages visiting the site more often.
I will miss Johnathan very much too.
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| MICHRR | 1873-11-19 | The Detroit Transit Railway (East Side) is opened from a connection with the Detroit & Milwaukee Road near Riopelle and Orleans to a point 1.5 miles away using street running. The line followed Guion St. to Walker, across walker to Wight and up to the Detroit Stove Works. The company became the Detroit Manufacturers Railroad on January 30, 1902. It was leased to the MCRR on April 1, 1902, because the MCRR did the most business with the company. |
| ACRR | 1879-11-19 | Ocean City Association organized by three brother Methodist ministers, S. Wesley Lake, Ezra B. Lake and James E. Lake to establish a Christian family resort on Peck's Beach, south of Absecon Island, N.J.; to be patterned after Ocean Grove. (Lee) |
| RYSTN | 1891-11-19 | Granville T. Woods receives patent for a third rail to operate electrified railways. This black inventor from Columbus, Ohio dedicated his life to developing a variety of inventions relating to the railroad industry and held more than 60 patents. |
| ColinCRP | 1891-11-19 | The single track St. Clair tunnel under the St. Clair River is opened by the Grand Trunk Railway. Construction had commenced in 1888 upon this tunnel which connects Sarnia with Port Huron. |
| RYSTN | 1956-11-19 | Last regularly-scheduled passenger train on "The Old Road" through Coldwater, Hillsdale and Adrian to Toledo. |
| ColinCRP | 1957-11-19 | Canadian National opens its line from Bartibog to Heath Steele, NB. |
| RYSTN | 1981-11-19 | N&W Maumee River Bridge in Toledo, OH was strengthened to handle 6-axle locomotives. |
| RYSTN | 1986-11-19 | Last run for Chicago & North Western C628's. |
| ColinCRP | 1995-11-19 | Canadian National shares begin to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange. |
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