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• What tubular track turnouts/switches can accommodate Marx locomotives with fat wheels?

  7. Oktober, von invalid@example.com (The Railroading Phoenix), The Railroading Phoenix
  Hello, I recently acquired a prewar Marx 597 Commodore Vanderbilt, and it has a single-reduction "fat-wheeled" motor, and rather than replace the original motor unit with a later double-reduction unit that doesn't have fat wheels like I originally planned on doing, I've (…)

• The PIR-fect Valley Railway

  7. Oktober, von invalid@example.com (Smudge617), Smudge617
  Well, the 60/40 layout has vanished in the mists of time and a new layout begins. So far I've managed to turn this. Into this. I bought this second-hand, the previous owner was an N-scaler, as you can see. The original plan has changed dramatically from what I was intending, as the table is (…)

• Railroad Book Reviews

  7. Oktober, von invalid@example.com (DeaconKC), DeaconKC
  Okay, like many of us I regularly will buy railroad related books, so I figured I would start posting a semi-regular review of books that are in the library here. The first one I will do is from the Images of Rail series of books, they are easy to find on ebay and reasonably priced. This one is (…)

• CtcLibby Pix

  7. Oktober, von invalid@example.com (ctclibby), ctclibby
  Going back on the road next week, probably 3/21/2022 ( Monday ) and will take pix with me and post when I can from my laptop. Internet speed and availability will probably come into play. There are 7500 pix of which *most* are good enough for public consumption. This one is the Essex yard (…)

• The 5 Mile Railroad

  7. Oktober, von invalid@example.com (NWP Dave), NWP Dave
  Here is the beginning of my new layout. Since leaving CA and The Sonoma Mountain Railroad, I felt it was time that I start my own layout. 6' x 9' HOn3, Code 55, DCC or DC http://www.davestrainsandtrees.com/5mile1.html http://www.davestrainsandtrees.com/5mile1.html