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Hi everyone.

In an effort to have a more relaxed atmosphere I have decided to start my own forum.

There is not a lot of content at this time.

I hope you will all be willing to help out in that area and over time we may have a nice home here.

Please..... relax..... and have fun......but......please also use some restraint and know when to say when....if you know what I mean....do use some restraint.

I hope I can get everything up and running fairly fast.

This is a first for me and a learn as I go deal.

Wish me luck....have fun.

Hot

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 Hi Hotshot

Thanks for making this site available to one and all.

May I ask my first silly question.   What is a "MANA"

I would like to wish you great success with this new site and look forward to learning about model trains, and look forward to meeting new friends in this forum.

Paladin

 
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 LOL isn't Mana like bread in the old times:)
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 Hi Dave.  Both glad and sad to see this one appear.  But thanks for doing it.  Should be a lotta fun.  Do you suppose we'll all get the boot??!!
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 Hiya Val.
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 Val, thanks for stopping by...........ive missed ya!!

Now that schools over maybe i'll get to yack at you more often :)

You know me, i'm talking and i cant shut up :) hey, i do not look like an SS!!! ;)

(sorry guys, inside joke ;) )
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 Tileguy wrote: Val, thanks for stopping by...........ive missed ya!!

Now that schools over maybe i'll get to yack at you more often :)

You know me, i'm talking and i cant shut up :) hey, i do not look like an SS!!! ;)

(sorry guys, inside joke ;) )

LOL :D :D :D
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 WOW - Everyone I know is in this thread....  :shock::shock:

Uh...  Wait a minute...  I know everyone that's in this thread!  :D:D

Yeahhhhhhhhhh  That's it!!!!!    :cool::cool::cool::cool:

~~ Hi everybody!!  :)  Best of luck with the new board!  :)
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 G Gauger wrote: WOW - Everyone I know is in this thread....  :shock::shock:

Uh...  Wait a minute...  I know everyone that's in this thread!  :D:D

Yeahhhhhhhhhh  That's it!!!!!    :cool::cool::cool::cool:

~~ Hi everybody!!  :)  Best of luck with the new board!  :)

I think Mikey is loosing it. LOL. Just Kidding. :D :D :D
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 LiveSteamer wrote: G Gauger wrote: WOW - Everyone I know is in this thread....  :shock::shock:

Uh...  Wait a minute...  I know everyone that's in this thread!  :D:D

Yeahhhhhhhhhh  That's it!!!!!    :cool::cool::cool::cool:

~~ Hi everybody!!  :)  Best of luck with the new board!  :)

I think Mikey is loosing it. LOL. Just Kidding. :D :D :DLOL  I'd be the first to admit - "I'm losing it"  :D  :D  :D
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 G Gauger wrote: LiveSteamer wrote: G Gauger wrote: WOW - Everyone I know is in this thread....  :shock::shock:

Uh...  Wait a minute...  I know everyone that's in this thread!  :D:D

Yeahhhhhhhhhh  That's it!!!!!    :cool::cool::cool::cool:

~~ Hi everybody!!  :)  Best of luck with the new board!  :)

I think Mikey is loosing it. LOL. Just Kidding. :D :D :DLOL  I'd be the first to admit - "I'm losing it"  :D  :D  :D

LOL, yeah that is true.
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Really nice place.....:D
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 Thank you Glenn....Welcome.
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 :)I hope this forum will be able to offer new guys good info with out thinking everyone has the skills or abiaty as others as a disabled person my skills are limited dont make me any less of a person just that at present dont model  as good as some for past 2 years been looking for a real nice home to live and work with nice people seems this might just be that place most of you guys might know me and yes my post can be very hard work for you if thats the case  i try a little harder to make my question  better to understand only thing i might ask stop and think when you all first started how hard it was please wishing all member good health and fortune and fun.mike 
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 Welcome Mike!

Very nice to have you on board!
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Well done great looking forum, looking forward to participating in the exchange of  ideas, hints & tips and Chat.

cheers,

Damien. 
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 You go Dave just sprinle a bit of maGIC ON IT AN IT'LL GROW AND GROW :)
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 Welcome Don, Garf, Val, Mike, Matt, Glenn, Mike and Damien .... nice to see you all here.
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 Glad to see you here. You will like it here. Bunch of great guys here. :bg: :bg: :bg:
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 Hiya guys thought i might drop in and say hi some of you might know me from AMR but as dynamite25 and some not,but anyways site looks great been lurking around for abit,but finally joined up and said hi to you all now.

Not sure where i would post about my layout as i do OO Gauge and theres only HO forum but you guys might know where i would post it,anyways hope to start laying track tomorrow on my layout and get some trains running.

 

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Hi Steven and welcome.  :cb:

I apologize for the shortsightedness in not allowing

for our OO gauge counterparts from the UK. :X

I renamed the HO forum HO/OO.

Feel free to post them in there!

Again...Welcome! :wave:
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 Hi Steve, welcome aboard!!

Yep, i recognize the name LOL

Glad to see you found the place and am looking forward to seeing your progress.

Start a thread and tell us a little about what type of railroad you have planned

I love a good story, just wish i could write them :D

:mex:T
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 Welcome to Freerails Steven :)

I look forward to seeing how much progress you have made... :)
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 Hiya Steve, Welcome To Free Rails.:wave:
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 Welcome aboard Steve!!
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 Hi Dave, Hi eyeryone,

I think this is the right place for me to participate in the exchange of modelling (On30).

Now I have to read many topics.

Thank you Dave for installing this forum:apl:

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 HI Kalle!

Welcome!

I just sent you an e-mail lol!

Glad you made it !

You will not find a nicer bunch of guys on the web! :cool::cb::mex:
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 Welcome Aboard Kalle, the more the merrier :D

 

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 Hi Kalle

Another from the dark side

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 Kalle, I'm having trouble with your signature Link, Can you double check it to make sure its correct please ?

Thanks!! :)

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 Tileguy wrote: Kalle, I'm having trouble with your signature Link, Can you double check it to make sure its correct please ?

Thanks!! :)

:mex:T

Sorry,

I lost the last two letters.
http://www.ks-modelleisenbahnen.de

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 Welcome aboard to our new members this past week :)

charliez43

pebarry

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We hope you enjoy the forum and stick around to meet some new friends and share some of your modeling triumphs as well as your agonies of defeat.

We may be a small forum, but you wont get lost in the crowd. Thanks for stopping by and remember to wait an hour after eating before using the pool  :bg:

 
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 A little intro. Some of you I recognize and some I'll get to know. There appears to be more logging info here than I'll read tonight, so figured I will register, Thanks. Hope I can maybe add to this forum and I know I'll learn alot:)

 

 
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 Welcome Aboard Bob!!

Were only a month old at this site and there is a ton more logging information to come in the days ahead.

A few of us(actually quite a few) are model Loggers............Must be we like them cool flannel shirts! :moose:

Looking forward to seeing what you have going on in your model neighborhood!!

Stick around, the funs just gettin started!!!:D
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 Well, paint me plaid and call me Bucksaw.:moose: I'm a loggin', modelin', scratch-buildin' type clowny. You may have seen me around.:wave:

 

I guess I'll hang around here for a bit.

 

TrainClown ;)

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 Wellcome Trainclown, enjoy your stay here at freerail!

Mind though, no clowning around here, we are a VERY serious group of model railroaders. Just have a look at the bunch....
 :dude: :mex: :p2: :bg: :doh: :fro: :cb:  

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 Heya TC, good to see ya and nice to have another talented trackplanner and modeler on board.:thumb:

yep yep yep, i still remember the old gauge days ;)

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 Hello TC....and Welcome!:mex:
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 Congratulations, guys. Looks like your railroad forum is going to fly. I registered to help bolster your numbers, but you probably won't see much of me. I'm not into the hobby, and I waste too much time over at my own site. :D

Lots of luck.

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 Hiya John, thanks for stoppin by!!

Now that your semi retired, you might need to get a hobby...............and theres none better than this one my friend :thumb:

For those who dont know John, Mr John Bridge is a renomned Tilesetter and author of 2 bestselling DIY books on the subject.

He's also a personal friend and the site he mentioned is one I have been involved with for quite some time ( long enough to hit around 11,000 posts helpin DIY'ers and Professionals in the field)

He's kinda famous ( or is that infamous John?? ;) )

Thanks again for droppin by and say hi to Patti for me ( spelled it right that time didnt I ;) )
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 It's not fame. I think of it more as notoriety. :D

Believe me, I won't have time to take up new hobbies. I keep saying I'm retired, but Patti keeps coming up with things like, "Well, you're still going to be working, aren't you?" How can a guy truly retire with stuff like that going on?

Take care, folks. Lots of luck with the forum. Looks like a winner. ;)

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 Welcome aboard!!  :) I think I recognize a couple of those names too! :D  :D  :D
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 Welcome aboard to another new member  b gardner who hails from Ontario Canada.

(practically a neighbor to me) :thumb:

We hope you enjoy your visit and stop back often.:wave:

Feel free to jump in anytime.................its more fun when you get involved and a great chance to make some new friends:D
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Thanks for stopping in guys and we hope you get involved and have some fun with us.

We have several great features here.

! of these features is our chat room which see's use mornings generally between 6AM and 8AM central time and again around 7:30 -10:00 PM central time.

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Its a great way to meet new friends!! :)
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 This last week has seen 5 new members arrive!

A hearty welcome to.... ne1410s?.....denny....Lameduck......chucke...and dwg.


Nice to see you all aboard !!!!!
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 :wave: Hey all...............good to see ya'll.

Hope you enjoy the site and feel comfortable enough to just jump right in.

Stop into Chat sometime and say Hi.........:thumb:
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 Jim

Where is Mesa, Washington?  I am in Oregon and sometimes get up your way.  At least to Seattle/Tacoma.

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Thanks for stopping buy Harold!

Hope you have time fr a few posts.  :thumb:
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 Hi again,To all of You. To answer OregonOn30,Mesa,Wa. is 30 mi. north of Pasco where US 395 meets Washington 17. It's one of the little dots on the map,about 500 people. I commute to the Pasco BNSF yard each afternoon where I do in-bound inspections on the trains 'till 11:00 PM then commute home. :p2:
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 Welcome Jeff........I know that name...having trouble placing it.......

Now I remember...On30 conspiracy...welcome Jeff.  Please post some pics for the members......nice stuff!!

Nope that was not it ...Jeff is Mr. Fast tracks!

Welcome...thanks for stopping....hope you make it a habit.

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Guys this is Mark from Engine House Services in Green Bay Wi.

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Wish I could have had my camera along when he installed a  Tsunami sound decoser into Thomas for a customer.... :bg: :bg: :bg:  was too cool!!

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I was wondering where everyone went. I’m still plugging along (slowly) with my On30 layout. My HOn30 Center Line is in the May issue of Small Layout Scrapbook.


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WELCOME!

Nice to see you found us!

Thats Fantastic news about the CL!  Congratulations!!:rah:

Please settle in and post some pics if you could. :bg:

Would love to see some pics of both!  :thumb:

I have decided to redo my layout and the plan is a work ( actually a sketch) in progress.

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WELCOME!

Nice to see you found us!

Thats Fantastic news about the CL!  Congratulations!!:rah:

Please settle in and post some pics if you could. :bg:

Would love to see some pics of both!  :thumb:

I have decided to redo my layout and the plan is a work ( actually a sketch) in progress.

Darn good to see ya.:bow::pimp:

WOW! I don't get that kind of reception at home. I'm glad I found you. I see lots of familiar names. I'll be posting soon.  Bob
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Yes Paladin - not far from you in fact, out in the Yarra Valley not far from Warburton.

I picked up a link to this forum from the On30 Conspiracy list and have spent the last couple of hours browsing, it's a great forum with heaps of terrific content.  Since I prefer forums (fora?) to e.mail lists I look forward to participating.

I model narrow gauge in more scale/gauge combinations than is probably good for me (see http://gn15.ozforces.com.au) and have recently acquired a B/man OS framed 2-8-0 - what a lovely bit of gear that is - so it looks like a vaguely American inspired freelance logging line (or something)  is in the offing....

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Another Aussie......Sheesh!...We may have to start showing the Logo upside down soon!

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Noticed that your Avatar shows a loco  4-2-0 is there really such a beast, if so I for one would like to see it. It would definately be a little different.

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 Paladin wrote: Hi Andy.

Noticed that your Avatar shows a loco  4-2-0 is there really such a beast, if so I for one would like to see it. It would definately be a little different.

Paladin


LOL - can't even remember where I found it!  Google just turned up a real one though - scroll about half way down http://www.steamlocomotive.com/union/ to the 'Chicago Historical Society' heading...

 

Andy :)
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The picture shows it as been a fairly large loco. Its just the sort of thing that our esteemed leader would build

Thanks for the feedback

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Is this cool or what?




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Bet Dave is drooling about this, and its not even ugly.
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I'm a French modelrailroader and I like U.S trains. I practice modelrailroading in the On30 and N scale. I've discovery this great forum. i'will try to put some photos of my differents models that I've made in these scale.
Excuse my English a little bit approximative.....:?
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 Welcome Galloping Goose

Your English is fine, much better than my french.

I am looking forward to your posts and pictures ( We like pictures ). The forum has members in Germany, France and the UK who model in On30.

Hopefully you will enjoy the forum, should you have any questions feel free to ask

 
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I just signed on here!

I recognize a lot of folks over here!

It looks like you have a really nice site here!

Looking forward to joining in! :thumb:
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Long time dude!!! :cb:

Glad ya found us!!:rah:
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I think the name of the forum is what drew me to this place! It kind of sums up a lot of my modeling philosophy these days! :cool:

 

It’s great to see so many old friends, & new ones over here! :thumb:

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Welcome to the jungle Drew!!!:moose:

(nice start on your Mini.......Ilike rhe concept too!!:thumb:
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I practise US modelrailroading in N, HO and On30 scales. I already found some extremely interesting subjects on this forum. Long life has Freerails.

See you later.

PS : Salut les Français, je vois déjà quelques têtes connues... Heureux de vous retrouver ici :cb:
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So I will just say welcome to all of our newest members....enjoy!!
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 Sorry about being so slow on the up take here, I,m one of the computer challenged seniors eveyone knows is out there. Thanks for the welcome, been looking at On30 and decided to jump in with both feet. Purchased a few engines this past weekend at the show in Tampa, buoght some 44-tonners(the ones with two drives) to build a critter or two and am now trying to decide on a trackplan to fit upstairs in my garage(the room is 16' x 40'). I'm looking forward to picking up and sharing all the information I can get in all aspects of our great pastime.

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Great news...those little 44 tonners are great for powering stuff.

I have a little rail tractor I should get back to real soon.

Happy  to see you jumping in!:rah:
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LoggerOn30,

Maybe you could generate some MRR $$ with some of that snow as these folks from Aurora, CO.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Real-Preserved-Christmas-Snow_W0QQitemZ150076344543QQihZ005QQcategoryZ88433QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Nice to hear of another senior jumping in.

You make mention of your room 16 x 40 .  Thats not a room its a Nation.

Await seeing your progress.
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Good to see you...long time!

Welcome to FreeRails...Yet another Wisconsinite!  
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 Just a note to explain something.....you may notice a new member listed on the bottom of the main page, and then all of a sudden they are gone without a trace.

The reason is..We have been busy of late deleting new members who for one reason or another have decided, it is a good idea when they sign up, to have as their homepage link, a porn site or any other that really has no place in a model train forum such as drug suppliers legal or not.

Well...it is NOT a good idea as when this is seen, that new member is immediately deleted and banned .....no questions asked...no second chances.

Just in case you had noticed and were wondering.
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 Hotshot wrote: The reason is..We have been busy of late deleting new members who for one reason or another have decided, it is a good idea when they sign up, to have as their homepage link, a porn site or any other that really has no place in a model train forum such as drug suppliers legal or not.

Well...it is NOT a good idea as when this is seen, that new member is immediately deleted and banned .....no questions asked...no second chances.

Three cheers and a glass of cold suds for the General and his guards. I am glad to know that won't be put up with here. My nephew likes to look at this site with me. We are working on him, bringing him into the Brotherhood (and Sisterhood) of the rails. He doesn't need to see something like that while having fun here. Keep up the good work !!
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 Thanks BRR!

We shall do our best!

You may see referances about wearing a thong now and then.... but thats all in jest and about as bad as we let it get....never any lude pix or anything.

We want parents.....and the kids.... to feel assured that this will be a safe place to visit. :cb:
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 You guys up north spend way too much time indoors. :cool: I see I've fallen in among a band of ner-do-wells and lunatics!:thumb: Just my kind of people!(_!_)I hope all the new members enjoy this place as much as I do.:wave: 
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 I see I've fallen in among a band of ner-do-wells and lunatics! 
Just my kind of people

Don't forget the  Mischief-ites...a new word!!:bg:

That would be us!! :bg: ;)
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 Robn30 wrote: You guys up north spend way too much time indoors. 

 

I resemble that remark !!!!!

kinda hard to play with trains with 12" the white stuff outside.:yuck::yuck::yuck:

 
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 So that's why I can"t get anything done! :bang: We only have snow on the TV :P and I'm outside working in the garden:cb: in the middle on Janurary. The honey-do list just gets longer on the week-ends. :yuck: Well gotta go the postman just dropped off a new package fron BWM and I've got to dispose of the incriminating evidence before the warden gets up from her nap! :bg:
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 Robn30, maybe you should take your train out to the garden, that way you will get to work on it. :D
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 Let's see, how many gondolas do I need to carry 6 80# bags of manure out to the garden? :doh: Looks like I need to see the financial officer about an increase in the building budget and additional right-of-way surveys.:cb: Almost forgot, what kind of grade do I need to go from the upstairs of the garage down to the garden? :doh: The trip down may not be too bad, but the return will need a double-header! :thumb: Wait! That means I need more motive power! Oh-boy, back to the finance office.(Better put on more chapstick, :bg:  this could get expensive!)
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 Robn30 wrote: .:cb: Almost forgot, what kind of grade do I need to go from the upstairs of the garage down to the garden? :doh: The trip down may not be too bad, but the return will need a double-header! :thumb: Wait! That means I need more motive power!Why not use a gantry crane for that purpose??? Oh-boy, back to the finance office.(Better put on more chapstick, :bg:  this could get expensive!)    You might try dinner and a movie.

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 Couldn't use a gantry, the wind whipping through the mountains here in Florida would make it too dangerous for the crew. :cool: But I do like the idea of diner and a movie, any excuse to get to eat out. :thumb: 
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 Howdy Y'all. Guess I'm the new kid here. I've been snooping around your site and have gotten a bunch of entertainment and tips already.  I have a train room with some benchwork and have been looking for inspiration. I believe I'll find some here!

Say Hotshot, got a question for ya. Your layout looks mighty familiar to me. Were you at Trainfest the last couple years? I believe I talked to you about those dandy looking logs, and you told me they were ironwood.

Anyhoo, thanks for creating a site like this.

Doug
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You say you need inspiration, be assured you have come to the right place.

Tells us please what scale you are working with, and the era you modeling.

I assume the "WI" in your location is Wisconsin. If we get any more members in cow country they may form a break away group.

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 Yessir, Wisconsin is da place. I reckun I might should spell that out in my profile.

I have collected a bunch of HO scale stuff over the years and started a couple HO layouts. Logging seems to be my focus and early 20th century is my timeframe. I really enjoy the "un-mainstream" equipment, like the little climax on the corner of this page. It gives us the chance to kitbash just like the owners of the little backwoods logging operations did.

Then On30 began coming to the forefront. Sure do like the stuff that Bachmann and some of the independents are producing. So now I'm kinda sorta headed in that direction with a few locos and kits. I am actually toying with the concept of using both scales to create a forced perspective...but that's just thinking.

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 Hi Doug...and Welcome!

No that was not me.

But,I know of the guys you are talking about...I was disappointed that they were not at the last show...I wanted to see how they were coming along.

I have some photo's I took of their layout on a disc someplace.

Oh well...maybe they will be back next year.
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 Paladin wrote: I assume the "WI" in your location is Wisconsin. If we get any more members in cow country they may form a break away group.

I dont think you are going to have to worry about that. When it gets cold up here, not much to do but drink beer, stay warm, work on our layouts, and talk to our friends here at Freerails. :mex::dude::cb::fro::cool::p2:  Maybe you could send us some of that warm you have down under.
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 Hotshot,

The one I'm thinking of was there in November. He was about in the middle of the room as I recall. He had copys of a layout that was featured in NGSLG over a period of issues (I don't recall the name of the layout right off :bang:) that he was patterning his layout from. All handlaid ties and rail and turnouts.

At any rate, what did you use for your logs and stumps? I have been harvesting honeysuckle around the house, which has a decent bark but not as pronounced as your logs.
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 Crap!

Then I missed them.

I used Ironwood too.
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I'm George and I'm doing some work in On30. I shall start a thread somewhere to show you all how it's going...it's great fun :rah:

Seeya round,
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Welcome,

Pull up a stump near the fire and pass yer tin cup and well fill it with some grog and tell some tall tails! ;) :bg:
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welcome here in Freerails.

Have much fun

Kalle

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pull up a sack of coal and rest awhile
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We have many members working in On30, looking forward to your participation
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Hop on in and have some fun!!
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Enjoy Your Stay Here. You Will Find Alot Of Nice People Here.:rah:
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Hop on in and have some fun!!


Thank you. Don't mind me, I'm just going to lurk for a while as I learn more about this hobby. I was given a little Bachmann On30 diesel along with some track and a power pack recently which has sparked my interest in this hobby.:)

 
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Welcome to our world,
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I can see 500 by the 2nd aniversary........not too shabby :thumb:
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I can see 500 by the 2nd aniversary........not too shabby

Wouldn't that be something??  :glad::Dance:  :Woohoo:
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Welcome Arkmuda to Freerails.

Enjoy yourself and please don't hesitate to join in...good folks here!
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Welcome to kozyarede our 300th member.

No you don't get anything.... 


Except our welcome and a wish for you to enjoy the forum.  :bg:
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Great to see you stop by Steven.......I for 1 and I know many others would love to see some photo's of your new layout:thumb:
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I'll second what TG said...would love to see some pics.:thumb:
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Please feel free to have a look around

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 Good morning folks,
  I don't write often to the many On30 lists that I am on, since it tends to not only take me away from those things that I like to do but also gets me in trouble in short order.  As  I sometime tell new friends I am like warm sand on the beach for the first 20 seconds it is nice and warm after that I am an iritant.  I will write as I am moved to either debate, add to, or ask further comments or questions.
  As a short intro I am 60 years old, retired, and have been an On30 modeler for 30+ years.  I started a group years ago known as the Manchester Mini Bunch, so named after the town that I lived in, Manchester, Maryland.  I now reside on the Eastern shore of Maryland with my wife, dog and cat.  My railroad, the Deep Run RR, reflects a short line down here around the 50's time frame.  The railroad is 99% hand laid with two older sections that are PECO.  I like to scratch build most of my structures but have started to use Stoney Creek and Deerfield kits.  I am using the Lenz/Atlas DCC system and have a once a month operating group.
  I write a short On30 column for the Light Iron Digest and have had articles in 48 to the foot, Model Railroading, RMC, and Narrow Guage Downunder.  I believe I am the only American to be so lucky.  Well, I think by now you are bored enough so I will go back to lurking and will pop my head up as so moved.

Steve
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 Hi Steve. I grew up on the other side of the bay. I lived in Hampstead for a while. Now I'm in PA.
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 Hi,
  I am going to direct you to my best friends website and ask you to poke around in there, to see pictures of mine and a few other On30 modlers.  Please go to:  http://www.gcdesigngroup.com.  This is Garry Cerrones site a fine modeler and someone who produces items for the O scale crowd as well as On30, amongst other things.  Also, you will see items that are shot on my railroad in my LID column.  At the moment I do not have any good pictures of my current and final railroad but will in the future have something.

Steve
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 Hiya Stephen, I was just back in there the other day ( I must admit it had been awhile)

Loved the Disney Bashes...they turned out great..In fact, I was just discussing them with Hotshot yesterday LOL

Its a great little site and your hanging amongst some damn fine Modelers!!!:thumb:
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Nice to have another Auzzie onboard.

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Welcome Woz  !:wave:
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Not sure what an "Auzzie" is though. Although, perhaps it is the only way we can get out US type friends to pronounce "Aussie" proper like. :)
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Enjoy your stay and let us know what your up to and if anybody here can help in any way shape or form

Pretty easy going guys around here, They even let me post my Slot car track (imagine that, a slot track on a train forum LOL ):thumb:
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 Hello to All.

Some of you may know some may not.
For those who don't I'm Warren I live in New Zealand.
I have an 18 ft x 10 ft room for my layout which will be double decked and hand laid in code 55 also making my own turnouts.
I"ll post a trackplan soon.
Steam is my choice of loco. Early 1900 is era but very freelance.
I've been modelling for about 18 mths now I do some scratch build and some kits mainly laser cut.


Cheers Warren

PS forgot to mention I'm N scale.
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 Welcome to Freerails Warren, Lots of Great modelers come from down under, World Class Modelers!!!

You forgot to mention one thing....

You are a glutton for punishment -  :thumb:
hand laid in code 55 also making my own turnouts.

 

 

You has got to be 1/2  :Crazy: son!!! :):):)
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You forgot to mention one thing.... You are a glutton for punishment
We all are on some level!!!

LOL!
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 Welcome to Freerails Warren.  We all are a little :Crazy: here. It sounds like you have a good sized N scale setup. Come on in join the fun, there are some really talented people who come in here. You can learn alot in a short time.
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This would not be the first time my santity has been called into question, LMAO
Thamks for the welcome I'm sorting out my pics and will post some soon.

Cheers Warren
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Wait till you NNNNNNNNNN scale guys see what warren has been scratch building !!!

welcome.........warren

madmike3434..= zz4xtreme over at steamies
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He was linked to an online pharmacy as his homepage for a little free advert.

I don't mind it for trains..not for drugs..... legal or otherwise.

This is not the place.  C YA.... WOULDN'T WANNA B YA!:bg:
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Makes a guy wanna open a big ol can of Whoopass:)
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It does and I did!    LOL!
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Good job guarding the gates sir!!! :Salute::Salute::Salute:
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Pull up a barrel, tell a  few jokes and show of some of your whittling.....ah........or........ modeling work........... LOL

Make yourself at home and tell us ........WHAT UP!!!:thumb:
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If any of you ever get to Dallas and want to check out what Travis & I are up to, drop a line here and if the sun is shinin', the old Mogollon Railway will be up & runnin'.

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318-------318------318------318------318------:bow: 

So Many Things to Model.................So Little Time:bang:
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This forum is a lot smaller than what you may be used to.... but we try to make everyone feel at home.;)

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 Hello the friends model makers.
I present myself, I am French and I have made model making for 7 years.
I started with of Oe, with MagicTrain de Fleichmann, which I arranged much.
I arranged a little Zero too. Recently, I discovered your achievements, and that plait me much.
I will test On30. I have Davenport DCC and one Porter cd. I should have Shay soon. I start, then are lenient. Currently, not having ideas for a network, I manufacture buildings.
This forum is very interesting for your easy ways and achievements.
Thank you with you.
I am used for myself of an automatic translator to discuss with you.

Excuse the faults.

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 Salutations Cback et Bienvenue ! :wave:

Le traducteur fonctionne assez bien que les utilisateurs peuvent se comprendre assez bon car vous vous verrez quand lire ceci !

Vous apprécierez le Shay beaucoup que je crois !

Je suis dans l'attente pour voir ce que vous construisez pour lui. :bg:

À la votre,

Dave
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Greetings Cback and Welcome! :wave:

The translator works well enough for people to understand each other as you will see when you read this!

I believe you will enjoy the shay very much!

I can't wait to see what you build for it. :bg:

Cheers,

Dave
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 Accueillir à bord de Cback et merci pour arrêter par.

Regardant en avant à voir certains de votre travail modèle et voit ce que vous planifie a pour que Shay du vôtre, ils soient de beaux modèles et les beau regards même mieux avec un morceau de personnaliser.

Peut-être vous pouvez commencer un fil couvrant vos projets et nous montre quelques images. :thumb:

_________________________________________________________________

Welcome Aboard Cback and thank you for stopping by.

Looking forward to seeing some of your model work and see what plans you have for that Shay of yours, they are beautiful models and look even better with a bit of customizing.


Perhaps you can start a thread covering your projects and show us a few pictures.:thumb:
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 Hello To All:

My name is Mike Johnson and I'm from Sioux Falls, SD

I Model the BN from the start till the merger at home and this plus post merger at my club.

So it's safe to say I model the BN, Santa Fe, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and BNSF mainly.

I have a 14' x 12' freelance layout at home and am a member of the Sioux Valley Model Engineers Society here in Sioux Falls.
http://www.svmes.net

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Just put the truck in the parking bay, and have yourself a good look around.
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Relocation Engineer...I like that.:bg:
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Just joined, name is Gerry Bullock. Gnever modelled until 2002, from that intro you should guess that my passion is Gn15 - Large scale, small space.
I'll post details of the two finished Gn15 layouts in due course. One is mine the other my Club's Basildon MRC in Essex,UK.
Have a number of other layouts in progress including a Kid's layout (for Club) that is set at twilight and works through a sequence when a Start Button is pushed - again more later, 2008 I think.
Cheers GerryB.
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 Welcome aboard Gerry.............You'll fit right in amongst the narrow gaugers weve got here...Bunches of us LOL

Not alot of G gaugers here although I do know a few....Lots of On30 guys though along with woody doing 3/8" stuff (my 3/8" stuff is go fast zoom a zoom zoom kinda stuff (see My new 0-4-0 thread)

Trains are my first and lifelong passion but 1/32 digital slot cars on a permanent scenic'd layout are proving to be alot of fun also.(i learned to speak true english over at Slotforum international...Lots of guys from the UK over there)

Cant wait to see the layouts youve got...........G scale really lends itself to some fabulous detailing!!!

Dont forget to look around, weve a few artists floating around here and there with some dang nice work to show for their efforts!!!
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Looking forward to seeing your efforts! :cb:
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 Gerry-welcome to this site. Would you believe that I know of at least 2 Gn15 modelers in the Dallas, TX area???!!! In the new Light Iron Digest, Tom Yorke has an article about a wonderful Gn15 locomotive he is doing, built upon a Bachmann On30 2-6-0. The stuff I have seen is most impressive. My own stuff is in 3/8 scale running on 16.5mm track. Since your equipment is large enough (dare I say this?), have you thought about using radio control? Check out the r/c section of the narrow gauge pages in freerails.

Glad to have you with us, and from Texas-HOWDY!

               Woodie C Greene
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 Welcome to Trinabrina................Stop in and say Hi to the gang (mind if we call ya TB for short ;)

Of course if you provided a first name, we could use that......heck, you can even make one up.

Ive said that to alot of folks, I am surprised we dont have a few dozen John Johnsons, John Smiths and Bob Browns  :moose:


ADDED - SEEMS TRINABRINA was a Busy lil hacker bee............I take my welcome back!!!

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 fisanagar  ----  Having trouble working you out  You need to get a consultation with yourself ( You say you are a Doctor )
You have now registered with us on many occasions.
You have a problem  SEEK HELP
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 Don-some fellows may actually have a problem with registering. My friend Bill has tried several times, I even "helped" him once, but he never received the e mail message to reply with. My messages from freerails go to what is called "bulk" and I imagine that some mail services may toss out the messages due to some sort of spam control of other censorship issue. Computers are wonderful things, sometimes they make beautiful bonfires when they act badly!! Maybe there's something sinister afoot here, maybe it is government subversion or the Taliban at work.

            Woodie "bulk mail" Greene
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 I was not trying to be unkind to this person, but He/She has registered on many occassions, the name and homepage changes each time and some of the homepage links were not to our liking.

The removal from our members is not something that we take lightly. and it is only done after careful consideration.

I was prompted to make the above post after He/She has done the same thing again, Twice in 72 hours.  And this at the same time as we were Hacked. It was just wearing a little thin.

My post will not change a thing, as I am sure He/She will never read it. So we just have to watch out for the next time

Don
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 Woodie,  if your freind is still having trouble joining us may I suggest you send a PM to HOTSHOT or MYSELF giving us the details we only be to happy to resolve the issue.
I am not aware of people having problems.  If this is so its something we would wish to resolve.

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 Hey there everyone. My name's Lorne. Just stumbled apon this forum and looks like a good place to go to for info.

 

I haven't done a whole lot with this hobby yet...just getting back into it. Right now I'm just working on designing an On30 layout that's a bit different than the average On30 style. Mine's going to be a sectional layout, continuosly growing, and not just logging or mining. There will be several industries involved. I guess you can say it's a narrow gauge shortline with standard gauge potential. I'ld get bored if there was just logging or just mining...want everything. I picked this scale for the detail potential. Love details.

 

Anyways, I look forward to reading your ideas and sharing a few of my own.
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 Welcome mudge85, Mr Bill Caldwell. He resides in the home overlooking the Mogollon Railway. Just to show how big Bill's home is, he lives in Dallas, TX and the Mogollon runs in Texas' Big Bend, some 600 or so miles away! Everybody knows that Texans have big homes and lots of property anyway. Sneeze ya later...

                       Woodie C Greene
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 Welcome Mudge!

Glad we got the bugs worked out and you made it aboard!!:bg:

WOODIE SAYS
He resides in the home overlooking the Mogollon Railway. Just to show how big Bill's home is, he lives in Dallas, TX and the Mogollon runs in Texas' Big Bend, some 600 or so miles away!

I see what they say about Texans is all true!

Their tales are as large as the state in which they live!!:cb:  :P
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 Thanks, Hotshot...

Soon as I figgur out how you guys do things, I'll have a LITTLE R/C stuff to add. Woodie lives in the back yard and we watch out for each other, but we don't

 necessarily think alike on ANYTHING. (Now how'd I do THAT).

BC (Bill Caldwell)
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When you figure how we do things could you please let us know, most of us don't know either.

Don
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             Woodie
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 Thanks, Don...that's what Woodie calls you...right?

Anyway thanks about welcoming me aboard as several others have done. Sure is a lot better than my last attempt at an organized forum.

I mentioned that I had a little R/C stuff to add...I think I'll put it on the R/C page.

Bill (mudge)

P.S. I'd like to give that Turkish hacker a piece of my mind but I've only got one piece left.
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How do I add to my own home page with location, interests, etc?

How do I use the Emoticons?

How do I use the other type faces than Verdana and how do I change the SIZE?

THANK YOU

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How do I add to my own home page with location, interests, etc?
Just open your home page in another window and copy the URL from the address bar....( Hold the cursor over the url window and right click and select "copy" )

Then just go to your post window ( where you are writing the post on Freerails)  and right click and select paste on that screen....that will automatically make it a link when you finish writing what you want in the post and hit send.



How do I use the Emoticons?
Just  left click on whichever one you want to use in the post...it should automatically appear wherever the cursor is in the text.

Don't try to add an emoticon as the first thing in a post or it wigs out at times and wont allow you to type for some reason.

I am working with the service providers at this time to get an upgrade to the latest software for the forum and maybe some of that will smooth out.


How do I use the other type faces than Verdana and how do I change the SIZE?
For this part sometimes you have to start the post or just type one letter...then....hold the left mouse button down and drag the cursor over the text you have ...that will highlight it...then you can choose the font and size and color...etc... and everything will change.

From there out the font and other changes will stay with what you have chosen.

Hope that helps out! :pimp::mex::cb:


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 Thanks Hotshot for the answers. One other thing. How do I transfer pictures from my files and folders. As an attachment?

BC
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 How do I transfer pictures from my files and folders. As an attachment?

That gets a little trickier.

As we keep the forum free for all users...I try to keep costs down by not allowing uploads to our server....that keeps bandwidth usage and storage space down and in turn costs to me.

You need to upload your images to a server in order to post them here.

If you already have them stored on a host site then all you need to do is copy the image location from the URL window and click the little icon above the posting screen that looks like a dog eared page with 3 balls on it. The second Icon from the right on the top row.

If you don't have them uploaded to the web.....I recommend   http://www.photobucket.com.

They will host your images for free up to a certain number...I forget what it is as I passed that a long time ago and pay for my own image hosting.

Here is a link to how to do it from an image hosting site...I demonstrate with Photobucket because it is what I use.


http://www.freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=185&forum_id=19
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Welcome to our world.
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Glad to have you aboard.
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Make yourself comfortable, sit back and enjoy.
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Cheers,

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 Welcome to Freerails Mr. Wiz. :wave:  It is alot of fun here, pull up a log and spitoon, and tell us some about what you are doing in the hobby, we are a curious bunch.
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 What am I doing in the hobby.... Not much. I just decided to give this hobby a try a few months ago when I wandered over into the train section of the LHS (Local Hobby Shop) from the RC area. I've been building and flying planes most of my life. Lately, my interest in flying has gotten a lot less.

Like most people here (I imagine) I had trains when I was a kid, and I've been very inspired by the photos I've seen of all the talented modlers here on the net and in the narrow gauge magazines. I'm fairly certain I can build just about anything I see modelers building, but the rugged finishing is a skill I'll have to aquire.

Right now, I have a BVM Little-Bose box cab conversion kit for the Bachman On30 Davenport. I plan on getting the Davenport at the LHS after work today. While I'm assembling that, I plan of practicing my painting skills and even try some weathering on some old HO box cars I have.

Cheers,

Wiz
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 I'm fairly certain I can build just about anything I see modelers building, but the rugged finishing is a skill I'll have to aquire.

I am sure if you built airplanes, scratchbuilding structures/Rolling stock will come easy to you!! Its no different here than the RC hobby......learning some of the basic hints and tips goes a long ways!!

Theres lots of Little tips that help to create that rugged /rough look.....when you get to that point all you need do is ask and one of the guru's who've been there done that will pitch in with an answer I am sure.

For starters though heres TIP #1

Little things like PRE -Distressing your lumber using a rasp or a Razor saw (scrape the face of the wood along the razor saw) will help give heavy weathered definition to your boards. An Alcohol India Ink Wash will then define this by shadowing the deeper grains of the wood. Dont forget to add your nail holes by poking a Pick into the boards as if each board were nailed....again the weathering will help define each hole!!

TG
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Tip number one was great!

Thanks a million.

What ratio of India ink to alcohol do you usually use? I'm assumming it's pretty low because that stuff pretty dark and heavy. Back in the days before computers I used that stuff regularly for inking plat maps and other such drawings.  In case you're wondering, I'm a Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer.

Wiz
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Enjoy
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 Welocme to Mimosa !! Pull up a chair and share a little about what you are doing with this hobby.

A guy can learn alot around here, there are some really talented guys who hang out here.

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    Just to introduce myself. Altho I'm a Brit I have modelled US style railroads for about 50 years, firstly in N gauge then  1:19 garden rail with live steam. Due to advancing age and increasing vandalism this was abandoned. Then Bachmann started their On30 range ----

   Eric
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 Welcome aboard Eric ! :wave: It sounds like you can add alot to what goes on here, so chime in when you feel the need.  
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                        Woodie
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 Number 400, :shocked:   WOW!!!!  A couple of months ago it was 300 !!! 

Welcome MOPMAN !!!!:wave:
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Welcome, Like your site with all the goodies on show, the stretch limo's look interesting.

I am located just a bit south of you  ( well maybe a big bit )
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Nice neck of the woods where you live. What side of the mountian ?
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Enjoy Your Stay Here.:rah:
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 Hi all, this forum has just come to our notice thanks to a post on a yahoo narrow gauge group. The rc idea gives possible life to a project we've been thinking about for a couple of years now, modelling the Alan Keef Ltd. monorail system, until now we'd been wrestling with the idea of copper strip along the sides of the rail carrying girder but radio control puts a whole new twist on things & makes it a definite possibility. Can't guarantee fast results from our modelling but who knows, the monorail idea has been bugging us for a while, so......... After visiting the Alan Keef open day for the last 3 or 4 years and seeing the monorail equipment each time it nags away at us more each time we see it, we mentioned the idea to Mr Keef himself who said if we ever managed to do it he'd love to see the results, well, maybe now.........  It'll probably be done in 1:32 or 1:24 scale if we dont go nuts from trying, aside from gearing down a motor to a suitable speed the biggest problem now seems to be making the track robust enough (at last ! handbuilt track that we dont have to worry about gauge for & cant get wrong.......oh yeah ? just watch me !)

Happy modelling

Dave & Lorraine 
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 Dave & Lorraine-you have found our secret meeting place! A monorail line is the ultimate narrow gauge and very "doable" in larger scales and especially with r/c. Let us know how things go, some of us are crazy enough to believe in Santa Claus, monorails, and...r/c.

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 Welcome Aboard Dave............modelling in 3/8 scale can Be fun but it also can be frustraing as there's not as much available as in the O and G scales for detailing etc......Not to say there isnt anything, on the contrary, there are items available to be sure.

Woody will be pleased to have another 3/8 scale model train guru around and I model 1/32 for slot cars and have been known to beg a few manufacturers for Goodies  (isnt that right Rich :))

Rich of http://www.rslaserkits  fame was kind enough to make 1/32 scale stairs & stringers for those of us  who decided if 1/4 scale was good,, 3/8 had to be even Better  ROFL:moose:
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Welcome to Freerails, glad to have you here.

I always thought a monorail would be cool to see modeled ever since I saw a posting of a You Tube video of one here on the forum somewhere....maybe now I will!

Best of luck on your adventure!
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I have talked to Jim a short bit via e-mail and he has quite a lot of experiance in the hobby and sounds just like one of our kind of folks...train happy! ;)

His request was the reason I got that skelleton car how to reposted.

I hope your stay is long and fruitful.

Glad to have you aboard sir! :rah:
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New here to Free Rails. I have been searching this site for about a week or 2 now. Decided to register because it seems everyone on this forum is down to earth or at least down to something. Thanks for letting be a part of this crazy mixed up forum. I really like the characters on this site. Hope I can contribute to help wherever I can in the modeling world of ON30. I have been modeling NG for about 10 years. Was in HO for about 40 years, before I found ON30. I like the unresrtiction of standards in ON30. Everthing goes! Some people don't understand it. I have a love for this scale. I can model however I want, and rivet counters can't say a thing about it. Hooray!!!

:glad:

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 Greetings BS!!!

Welcome welcome welcome!
You sound like my Kinda modeler! :glad::bg:

Your right, this is a small but growing forum with a few whackos...myself included....but thats what makes it fun...keepin it nice n loose and not getting way too full of ourselves.;)  :thumb:
Let's have some fun!!! :Woohoo:
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 Welcome BS-it's nice to see another ol' Texas boy on the scene.As for On30, unless you are modeling a Cuban sugar cane line or one of the obscure US thirty inchers, you can do whatever you want. Yes, I know of one "finescale" On30 group that is doing an "RGS/D&RG" layout with K locos and strict scale standards...this is On30...finescale??? Say what?

Be sure to join us on Sunday nights at 9PM Texas time for our little weekly chats. We manage to discuss a great many subjects and offend most everyone. That's on the Line Shack/flashchat section of this site. Be there or be square...

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 the newest member.......altho the profile doesn't say much i am pretty sure those initials could only be ---- artvdw = art Van Der Water........a name i am familiar with from the yahoo group ....finescale miniatures

 

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Im from a small town in bum&*#% Montana, getting back into the hobby. I run HO standard gauge, and will eventually get around to building a proper railroad. I like 1900's-1940's steam logging.

Me and my heisler are happy to find this place!
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             Woodie-I'm not mad, just crazy...
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I have always been fascinated with dioramas and I think that is what initially got me interested in model railroading. Over the past year I've been getting the "bug" to try my hand at a micro/small layout. I have a few different plans constantly running through my head, but I will probably start out with a straight-forward test track just to make sure I have the basics down.

I've been lurking here at Free Rails for a few months now and this really seems like a great site. I look forward to posting a work log of my project(s)! I'll put out the standard disclaimer that due to work, I just don't have the amount of free time that I would like (does anyone?), so project progress will be slow. I think that's about all for now. Take care.


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Welcome to our patch.  Plenty of members that will only be to happy to help out if needed.


Trains are easier than planes. You will notice they never leave the ground

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 Welcome Matthew!

Thanks for saying Hi and joining in.:rah:
I'll put out the standard disclaimer that due to work, I just don't have the amount of free time that I would like (does anyone?)
No I don't think anyone does....maybe we should have a set up where forum members could donate a dollar a week and we could play the powerball lottery as a group on a weekly basis in hopes of hitting the big one!  :Woohoo::p2: LOL!
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Glad you posted and said hi. 

Demands on our time, defiantly puts a crimp in modeling.   These last 2 months I have been so busy that it seems that the only time I get to do any model building is from 11:30pm. to 1 am. than get up for work at 5:30am.  The other night I was so tired I glued my finger to the workbench,  :) (LMAO) what a move.  After about 5 min and multiple layers of skin I got it off :Dance:  I haven't been back at the workbench since.
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With a name like that I would assume you are a carpenter

Welcome to our little bit of the world.

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 Thanks for the welcome everyone!

Over the past few months I've picked up a few odds and ends and today I got the chance to hook them up. My first "layout" consists of one 36" piece of flex-track in a straight line powered by a $3 swap meet Tyco power pack.

Increase speed... stop. Reverse... increase speed... stop. Forward... increase speed... stop. Repeat for about 15 minutes... I must be easy to please because I enjoyed it. Woohoo!

Matthew
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Good to have ya :)
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When you get a chance drop us a line

Tells us what you are up to with trains and things

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I'am 66 years old and have been In a buch of hobbies over the years,I'am retired ARMY.Have be tinkering with model rail roads for 50 years,also radio control planes,boats,cars.I have an interest in radio controled model trains.At present I'am working in "N" scale,my ho is in storage for lack of room.

I even tryed to RC an HO train,I used an micro recever,and an small speed control,and used an flat car to hold an 6VoltDC 1200ma  battery it worked real good.So I think the feture of modelrailroading is RC things keep getting smaller all the time,I think the new battires are the key.

JIM

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Glad you found us!
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 Welcome Jim-I see from your post that you are interested in radio control. Check out the section(s) here in Freerails about r/c. You should be able to equip most HO locos with onboard batteries and receivers, even N scale can be fitted with some work. I have been running wireless for some years now and wouldn't consider any other way.

All you new folks, try to get with us on Sunday night at 9PM (central) for the flashchat discussion. You can never tell how the evening will turn out, even with an established topic. I believe this Sunday night is scenery and tips for realism done cheaply.

              Woodie
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  Hi Jim- I would defenately second what Woodrow said ---try radio control. Even if you decide not to,. join us on Sunday night

A  lot of fun. and even I, an old dog, learned some new tricks

Now I can roll over!!!

Herb:old dude:


Perhaps next I can learn to spell my name !

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Good luck, see ya later..   Woodrow
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 The wacko registrations still keep coming. They are keeping Dave very busy checking them and deleteing as required. It is a daily chore.

This making it difficult to post a welcome to new registrations, for even those that look like genuine railroders may well not be.

The management is working on it.
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 Don-I thought we were wackos anyway! Actually, I'm from Waco, TX. A few years ago, the national (US) media called us wackos from Waco, so I guess the term stuck! 

Welcome to all the new folks in advance, I sometimes forget to write. Sort of like Herb, we have both forgotten how to write, at least so you can read it. Remember cursive? For years, I thought they were talking about speech patterns & my mama taught me not to curse. Later on, I studied under some doctors to learn how they wrote, it all worked out. I now curse and write lousy.

              Woodrow
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 I think that we all owe Dave a large THANK YOU! for what he does behind the scenes to keep Freerails going.

:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:

Some times we get upset, when what we take for granted disappears, and forget that all the work, problems, and headaches, fall on one pair of shoulders.

So, THANKS again Dave!!

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Really all I do is harrass the server owners and yell at them to kick the box!;)
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name is Michel, 59 y.o !!! live in France near the german border .... and very happy to be here (because i'm a On30 fan).

regards

Michel
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Glad to have another On30 fan on board! :thumb:
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Another On30 nut, plenty of company here.

Enjoy
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I am a On30 fan from "Rheinland-Pfalz", two hours with the car away from you.

cheers
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Good to see new folks here, especially those interested in narrow gauge and oddball railroads :D
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 Welcome Michel, it's great to hear from another narrow gauger.  Try to join us for the flashchat on Sunday nights-9PM Central time in the US. I know that this time is in the wee hours of the morning for you, but you are invited anyway! I believe Don is thinking about other times that may be better for you, drop him a line with your input. As we say in Texas-HOWDY!

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After 2 years of trying to get a time to suit all, I have finally come up with a solution.

Members should re-locate to a more suitable time zone:Crazy:
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After 2 years of trying to get a time to suit all, I have finally come up with a solution.

Members should re-locate to a more suitable time zone:Crazy:

Perhaps Hotshot could embed a univeral clock for the members to give us an idea of what time it is where members are? I've been searching for an application like this for some time as i've got e-friends in Hong Kong, UK, Deutschland, The Netherlands, Australia, and all sorts of other places.

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Perhaps Hotshot could embed a univeral clock for the members to give us an idea of what time it is where members are? I've been searching for an application like this for some time as i've got e-friends in Hong Kong, UK, Deutschland, The Netherlands, Australia, and all sorts of other places.




No Thanks! :shocked:

I have a better idea.

Go get a chart and to the addition or suntraction in your head. :P
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No Thanks! :shocked:

I have a better idea.

Go get a chart and to the addition or suntraction in your head. :P



I find that this works as an advantage at times for those of us in the US. If you can't sleep at 3AM, PM Palidan, and ask him what time it is down under.

Been there, done that.

Members East of the Atlantic, please ignore this message.

Herb:old dude:
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 Greetings Termite!

Glad that you have come aboard. We have a lot of knowledge in the membership, and a question most often gets an answer. Tell us about your modeling intrests.
By the way, what wood do you prefer? Stay away from Mr Greene--- even though he's Woodie, he's tough!


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 Welcome Termite-Herb should talk, he doesn't go into post offices any more because they have photos of him on the wall! I know this because I saw his photo next to mine the other day.....

If you want to jabber with Herb and the other refugees from Gilligan's Island, make some time on Sunday night at 9PM CDT(in the US) and join in the "business meetings" on flashchat right here on this channel. You'll be glad you did.

               Woodie Greene
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Just joined. My interest is ON30 logging. Currently  (1) bashing a Bachmann Shay, (2) converting an HO Mantua Heisler into an ON30 Heisler (Wiseman kit) and (3) building the Rusty Stumps water tower.

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We have quite a few On30 modellers here.
It sounds like you have got some interesting builds underway.

It you get a chance we love pictures.

If you have a problem uploading pictures let us know, we are only to happy to help if needed.

Don
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Glad you signed on. :apl:

I have done a few of Keiths kits and they are terrific.

I was looking at this one in the HO to Sn3 version at the convention is St. louis.

Looking forward to seeing how it looks in the On30 version.:thumb::thumb:
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 Hello all,

After Daniel Caso pointed me to this site, I have been reeding here now for some days now, and decided to join in. A few things about me: I'm 35 years old and live in the Netherlands, pretty near to the German border.

My interested is industrial narrow gauge, especialy the peat mining railways. My first attempt in modelling is based on a Regner Feldbahn motorised chassis, and on top of that I want to scratchbuild a Diema DS 40 loco. The scale is G/1:22,5 and it runs on 30mm tracks. Also, I want it to be an RC loco with the Crest Train Engineer H0 system. But sadly I don't have any experience with this, but the members here seem to know a lot about RC systems.

Best regards from the Netherlands, Bart
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 Welcome Bart-Daniel is a very accomplished modeler and has embraced r/c to operate his railroad. The CREST board is very easy to install-read the instructions but instead of connecting the board's wires to the track pickups,  the wires are connected to a battery. Again, refer to the instructions for getting the transmitter and receiver to interface. Here on Freerails, my friend Trebor is using the Crest system and I am sure he can answer any of your questions. There are various batteries you could use, from 9 volt Alkalines to Ni Cads to Lithium Ion and Lithium Polymer (what I use). Your scale should be large enough to "hide" any of these batteries. Good luck and let us know how you are doing.

            Woodie Greene 
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 Hello Bart

Glad to see that another modeler interested in radio control has joined. I build in O scale (1-48) and Woodie's writings on this forum prodded me to finish a battery powered radio control 0-4-0 that I had started years ago. My radio is Locolink insted of Crest, that I had bought  years before Crest became available. Probably more expensive than the Crest system, but it was the only thing available at the time, and works just fine. Keep us informed, and send some pictures when you are able.


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 Welcome  Chainsaugh

With a handle like yours I think its a safe bet your into logging.

And possibly into Narrow Gauge.

Enjoy.
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 Hi:

Dwayne Ward told me about this site this evening. I model N scale and the JJJ&E is 10x15' multi-leveled Unitrack layout run by DCC. The Unitrack is completely weathered and ballasted and has been in operation for almost nine years.

The JJJ&E models the steam-transition era with an emphasis on steam. I have been retired since 1994. Before I retired I practiced Prosthetic Dentistry in Boston for 30 years.

Besides working on the JJJ&E which is almost 90% completed, I also write articles for N Scale Magazine.

Stay cool and run steam......:cool::cool:
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 Welcome aboard powersteamguy.

That sounds like a large N scale layout, we would like to see some pictures if at all possible.

Don
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Glad you decided to join up...the more the merrier!!

Hopefully you will post some photos of your layout in the future! :thumb::thumb::thumb:
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Stay cool and run steam......:cool::cool:

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 Hotshot wrote: Hi PSG!

Glad you decided to join up...the more the merrier!!

Hopefully you will post some photos of your layout in the future! :thumb::thumb::thumb:

Dave:

Thanks for the welcome... I'm glad to be aboard:old dude:


Stay cool and run steam......:cool::cool:
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Stay cool and run steam......:cool::cool:
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Herb:old dude:


Thanks for the welcome Herb. I'll see what I can do. I'll be away for a week and will try to balance things out when I get back from Dallas.

Stay cool and run steam........:cool::cool:
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               Woodie
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               Woodie


Woodie:

 I didn't have time for any railroading on this trip to Dallas. My wife and I spent the entire time finalizing the plans to build a new house near the Frisco area in the Tribute. My daughter and her husband and two grand daughters live in Frisco. I'll have plenty of time for railroading when I make the move which will be in the February-April time frame.

In the mean time I'm planning a new N scale layout (around the room) in a 20x12' room.

Thanks for the invite. My next trip to Dallas will probably be in November or December.

Stay cool and run steam.....:cool::cool:
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welcome darryl........madmike3434
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I read the e-mail you sent out last week regarding the Yorke Yahoo group management..best of luck in your endeavor.

The Yahoo groups have always been a little too free wheeling for me along with having to re-read the posts in all the responses...hope you can whip that back into shape.
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I came across Free Rails last night when I was following links about DaveInTheHat's weathering model tug boats.  Some of his work is here so I came in on his shirt-tales.

Many of you know me already but for those of you who don't here is a short bio.

I have been compulsively building models for over 60 years.  I am not too particular about what I build a model of or what scale it is in.  I simply build whatever I am in the mood for today.  But, most of the time I am building structures, making scenery, and weathering junk. 

About 8 years ago I started filming my efforts in backdrop painting just to leave a momento for my grandkids to remember what I like to do.  I sent a couple of copies to close friends who suggested I sell the backdrop painting demonstration.  I did and now film virtually every thing I do.  This requires that I approach each project so as to explain the process to the beginner.  This is great fun but slows down my production.

I wish I could crank out the models like MadMike does and the RustMeister, but I can't.  I did when I was in my 30s and 40s but I can't do that anymore.

I will contribute to discussions that I think I can add something of possible value.

For now I just need to find the "how to post a photo" part of the forum.

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 For now I just need to find the "how to post a photo" part of the forum.

Here is a link to the how to post pictures thread Darryl.


http://www.freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=185&forum_id=19


As you will see it is a lot easier to do that to explain.:Doh:

The basic difference is, on other forums, when you press the image button, you get the image tags...[img][/img]....and you insert the image url in between them.

Here you get a box to paste the url in and you hit send after that.

The insert image button is the one with the 3 balls on it in the post reply screen.


Users need to use a photo hosting site to store their photos.

On site photo hosting is not offered, so I can keep the cost of hosting to a minimum, and not be beholding to any group or individual, and thus keep an open flow of information for everyone.

Please feel free to add your site info to your signature, and or post a link to your dvd's and offerings. I have purchased 2 so far and have recommended them here.:thumb:

So far, we are a small community of modelers, and thus we have not yet had any real problems with flaming posts and what not.

Most know that stuff is not allowed, and it gets squashed as soon as possible.

I hope you hang around and pass the word. :bow:
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Stay cool and run steam....:cool::cool:
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Welcome to our little world

Enjoy
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 Howdy Darryl. Welcome to the site, let me invite you to join in on our Sunday night/Monday morning "talkfest" at 9PM CST, it may be a good bit earlier for you, but you might enjoy chatting with the crew. Many of us have been "down the road" for a long time and gray hair doesn't bother anybody.....just ask Herb! This all happens on the flashchat "line shack". Once again, we hope you enjoy yourself here.

            Woodie-once and future troublemaker
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 Thanks for the welcome.  It's always nice to be among friends.

I have a photobucket account and printed out the steps for uploading photos.  All I need now is a photo of something worthwhile to upload.

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 darrylhuffman wrote: All I need now is a photo of something worthwhile to upload.

Model railroad stuff is popular around here... :)
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He's in my email

He's in all my groups

& Now he finally found my #1 Forum......wondered when you'd show up Daryll  ;)

WELCOME ABOARD!!!

Be careful....you're going to like this place & stand in danger of losing Yet more time to the Internet Gods.( seems to me we were just discussing that fact ah.......was it Yesterday LOL ):)

Some good folk here daryll, right up your alley kinda folk......& it doesnt take all day to peruse through a gazillion posts.........THIS is THE FORUM

The ONLY Model RR Forum I Visit regular....:thumb:
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 Welcome Darryl!

Looked at your link, and saw a couple of videos that look interesting, so expect a snail mail order.

And don't pay too much attention to the comments that that young whippersnapper Woodie makes about me- you gotta know how kids are these days.


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 Thanks Herb.  I take all snide comments with a big grain of salt.

Question, on the Free Rails pages there is a vertical boilder locmotive that looks like it might be On30.  Is there a link to more information on it?

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 Darryl.

That loco you refer to is On30.

It was built by Hotshot ( Dave) .

There is a article on it somewhere in amongst all the others, but I can not find it. I am sure Dave will be able to enlighten us.

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 Here is the link to the build of the Free Rails critter:

http://freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=103&forum_id=6&page=1
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 Thanks Dave for the link.  Neat locomotive.  And your photography is great as well.

Robert Stephens did a series in Finescale Railroader many years back on making a vertical boiler locomotive.  I have all the articles and have purchased all the parts to make the locomotive but simply haven't found the time.

These odd contraptions are very appealing.

Thanks again.
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 I'm Dwayne.

Dave (Hotshot) was the builder. I just happened to recall where the article was located. :)
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  Neat locomotive.  And your photography is great as well.

Daryll, if you can believe this, that was among Dave's FIRST Model rr scratchbuilding projects...........He'd been in the hobby perhaps 12 - 16 months.....

It is Almost as impressive as his Large trestle Bridge but not nearly as impressive as His Scratchbuilt Enginehouse OR his Hon3 Diorama he recently completed.:thumb:

He's definitely a guy to watch..........( i hear he does some pretty fair tilework too for a Truckdriver!! )  :)
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 Aw shucks! Thanks Todd.


Actually its getting to be more like 2 and a half years...remember FR just had it's first birthday a few months back!!

Time flies when you are having fun! :Dance:

Thanks for posting that link DW!
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 Dave, seems to me that was Freerails 2nd birthday....LOL

I meant when you built that loco you'd only been in this hobby a year or so........youve been around awhile now.........ive known you near on 4 years :thumb:
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 OH! lol!

Sorry MY mistake. :Doh:
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 Welcome Darryl To Freerails, sorry for the late Welcome.

I'm currently visiting Alaska on business @ Ft Greely.

I did catch a glimps of an old Alaska Railroad passenger car setting on the side of the road at Delta Junction, AK. I guess someone was planning on using it for something not sure what. Weed are taking over it now.
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Came across the site whilst searching for MDC Shay construction articles. I see there is one here which is ticking over. I'm on my second build now so if I can I'll contribute to this thread with my efforts.

My interests run to Proto:87 modelling of the Springfield Terminal Railway. Other interests are camping and Volkswagen Westfalia campers.

 

Cheers,

Craig
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Welcome to our patch.  Look forward to following your progress

Please send pictures as you go along.

We like pictures.

Don
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Glad to have you on board and looking forward to your Shay build.:thumb:
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Cheers Warren
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Cheers....


Stay cool and run steam....:cool::cool:
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Another Kiwi joins the ranks, happy to have you join us for the ride.
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Hi All,

Just joined. I model in ON30. Planning on building a  Northwest  type  logging  layout.

Ed

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 Greetings, Ed, and welcome to Freerails!

Lots of On30 people here, and we enjoy meeting others.

Sunday evenings at 10PM Eastern time we have a BS session at FlashChat (click upper RH corner of screen). Sometimes Palidan tells us what the subject is going to be ahead of time. Sometimes we even follow his wishes----sometimes---


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Hope you enjoy the site.
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 Welcome to the forum.


Stay cool and run steam......:cool::cool:
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I have just joined the group. I mainly model in 7mm scale, 16.5mm guage, having grown up on Southern Australian HO models

The vision behind my models is a preserved ex military line that is now co used for shell grit mining. The preservatuion group is still trying to establish itself and has some rolling stock and a small works area, in time they hope to establish a run around loop close to a popular bird sanctury on the coast.

The preservation group has just aquired a Romainian 0-8-0 tank engine and is looking for suitable passenger stock.

Cheers

Pete
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 Howdy Pete, welcome to this forum. You will find many excellent modelers here and if you can, we get together on Sunday night at 9PM central time (USA) for a little "session". Of course, you will probably have to get up early on Monday morning to visit, but it sure is fun. Palladin (Don) probably knows what time it happens "down under". I am not modeling a military railroad, but almost all my figures are "converted" military models. So we have something in common...

            Woodie
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Welcome to our little patch

The Chatterbox sessions that Woodie refers to are held every Monday at 12 noon AEST.  Not really a good time if you are working.

We have several members from the land down under, working in a variety of scales

Don
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 Welcome Bud,

Sorry for the delay in posting a welcome, be assured you are most welcome to this little patch.

Don
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 I see that shayboiler, aka John Foster has joined freerails.  I have known John for a number of years and I do hope he will send pix of his work, he builds 1:20.3 equipment which is "picker proof".  Welcome John, you will find real modelers here!

           Woodie
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 Hello at all!!! How Daniel Caso said, I live in Argentina and gladly become a member of Free Rails. I´ve just started in 0n30 few month ago. I was modelling H0n30, and turn to the big scale recently, so, I´m learnig lots of things. The firts step was buy a Spectrum OF  2-8-0, next, a Davenport and now, I am building a Henschel from La Trochita in Scratch. And have the kits for the coaches ready to sell just now.

I hope learn more things from you!!!

My english is medium so, please, keep patient!!! jeje

Lucas
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 :wave:Lucas. Welcome to Freerails. As for your usage of English, no problem, you're doing fine. I used Google Translate to view a lot of German sites and the translation is never on target... but good enough to get the gist of what is being said.
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 Lucas-don't worry about any translation, sometimes English speakers need translation from other English speakers. A friend of Daniel Caso is a friend of mine. Welcome.

            Woodie
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 We have a new guy named Cat Skinner. Welcome to you, if you can, try to join us for our weekly chats on flashchat Sunday night at 9 Central time. Tonight we will be talking about narrow gauge, but I don't think there is any interest around here for such stuff. Who knows, we may talk about trains! By the way, my feline buddy Peach Head isn't too keen on your name. He just hissed at me before taking a nap.

             Woodie
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 Welcome .  Charles of Boston

Tell us a little about your modeling.
BTW. We like pictures.

Don
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 Another new member !  I'm Tony, and have been modelling On30 for perhaps a year. A second fiddle to my main interest ['OO' mid-20s to late 40s British railways], I find On30 fascinating - perhaps because there seems to be a prototype for absolutely everything !

It's a shame that market support for On30 over here is still fairly limited. R-T-R is relatively expensive too, which is why I've just ordered a Bachmann Climax from the US : a shade over £50 [including postage] as compared to at least £125 over here [without postage]. Can't wait for it to arrive - I've a Banta cab lined up waiting.

When I've got my head around posting photos, I'll set up some of my flatcar conversions. Talking of photos, I saw a K28 last week on some sight or other - I haven't slept since !!!!

Tony

 
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Quite a few On30 modelers here.

I have a K28 and next time your down this way you are more than welcome to drop in and have a play.

Don
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Enjoy your visits here- think that you will find it's a good group, with a sense of humor.



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 Welcome  TCR

Tell us a bit about what it is that you do.

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 G'day  Mike Lee

You will find several members that model in your scales.  We are pretty active in Narrow Gauge stuff.

We are all addicted to pictures, so please post when you can.

Don
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 Hi

 

My name is Tony and I live in Essex, UK. I've been modelling trains for ever it seems. I currently have a small  North American ON30 layout in a corner of the garage. I always liked narrow gauge but the 9mm track started to get a bit small for my clumsy hands so went up a size to 1/48.

 

Best wishes

Tony
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 Welcome to Freerails. If On30 is too small, take a look at 7/8ths or Gn15.:)
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 OK all you new guys-WELCOME and if you are awake, are just getting up from sleeping, or have insomnia...BE HERE TONIGHT (SUNDAY) AT 9PM CENTRAL TIME FOR THE "TIME OF YOUR LIFE" ON THE CHAT LINE. Well, it may not be the actual time of your life, but you will get to know some of these folks better than maybe you would want to. Be here or be square...or maybe triangular...hmmmm...

                              Boudreaux DeLuxe
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 Hello Tony

Welcome to Freerails!

Pull up a couple megabytes, there is a lot of varied interests, and some outstanding modeling here! Enjoy!


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 Hi Tony.

Welcome to FREERAILS.

We are a friendly bunch.

We like pictures.

Don
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Dennis
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Glad to have another "old timer" join us. The folks here are a great bunch of modelers,  and some even have a sense of humor. Scales here run the gamut from N to 7/8, with a sort of a sub group of souls working in 3/8 extra narrow. Lots of narrow gauge. Grab a fizzy beverage, and enjoy the fun. Almost impossible to insult these folks- God knows, I've tried!

Cheers.
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Welcome aboard, sure you will find plenty here to keep you interested.

Enjoy

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 Welcome new guys-Dennis, dadandjake(cool moniker) to freerails. We're just a bunch of normal railroad fanatics. Kinda like a small town near Dallas proclaims-"home of several hundred happy people and 3 or 4 old grouches" and I may qualify for the grouch group.

If you can, join us each Sunday night at 9PM Central time (US) for the time of your life-the festival of information and tomfoolery at the line shack (flashchat). It doesn't matter what you model, you will find something educational and entertaining. Be there...or here!             Woodie
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 Hi all,

I',m new here, obviously, and just thought I'd take a minute and introduce myself. I just found this site today, looks great. I have everything I need to start a layout except space to put one in :), so I'm just living vicariously through site like tihis.

My interest lies mostly in transition era railroading...love them steamies. I'm in the north Jersey area and other interests include playing guitar and classic cars.

John

 

 
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Lots of modeling going on here, and a bunch of friendly folks. If you can, join us Sunday nights at 10 EST in FlashChat for a live BS session- some times there is a subject for discussion (which very often gets ignored), and other times, we just wing it.

Hope you can make it!


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 Welcome jep1210 ( John)

Nice to have you along. suggest you take a peak at W C Greene's posts on his Mogalon RR.

Woodie lives in a trailer park and he has a rather large layout and a cat called Peach head.

Where there is a will there is a way

Don
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If the 97 is your age congratulations, you have mastered the computer.

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 Hi@ all,

after few days reading in this forum I've now join it. I come from Germany, and my main interests are german and austrian narrow gauge models in H0e and H0m.
But I take a look at 0e/0n30 too, in last September i was "infected" during Kalles "narrow gauge modelling days" in Stromberg (there was no warning signs "biohazard", but a lot of "0e and 0n30-viruses" in the air :)) And so I'm thinking about "abusing" some bachmann stuff to build european prototypes.

regards
Michael
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Thinking about using and abusing  train stuff is something we do.
Look forward to seeing some of your work

Don
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A warm welcome to  Dennis,  John  &  Teetrix.:wave: 
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            Woodie 
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Tell us please, what you are modeling. 

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I'm a bit late in saying welcome as I've been a bit busy with getting some stuff done but YO!! Special warm welcome to anyone who plays a guitar and into On30 too as I do both (wife took away my drum sticks whenthe little one came into this world back in June)

Anyhow, glad you are all here!

Kenny
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Not forgetting my latest on YouTube:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XugchhGGR8A
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Glad you decided to join up...have fun is all we ask of you. :glad:
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You will find others here working with your scale.

Enjoy
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I bwoke my puter:boohoo

 

Fixed Now though  :thumb:
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Just when we thought it was safe to come out from the shelters!!  :Salute:

What up TG! :p2:
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Back and as bad as ever I assume:P

Whoopee:rah:
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then it was ISP problems

All that coupled with I was on a big job and time was Very limited to try and get everything figured out

Since i set Wifey up with her own computer for her business and she doesnt go online, her concerns for My online fix were less than enthusiastic :bang:

 

SO it was up to me and me with NO time and headed the other direction from the Puter shop :Doh:

 

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..................Job ended and I finally got it all done :thumb:
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Yea, That & the Pay sucks too:bang::bang:

Didnt get my Slab in..............Got my Lumber Stacking up though......About 1/2 my Building worth.........so hopefully work will be at least marginally fair in 09 ( although I am not holding my breath)

With a little luck I'll have my building by mid summer........if work is poor......I'll have firwood for next Winter:P
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 Hi folks!

I'm new to this forum as you can see.  Have been on some of the others for a while and  was updating my bit of a website and found Freerails.com while looking for new forum links.

I have more time to browse forums now and look forward to looking in on this one.

Happy new year to everyone,



 
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 Hello Jim, and WELCOME!!

Nice thing about freerails is that everybody gets along----sort of
We have an eclectic mix here, from experts to wannabees.
So pull up a few Kilobytes, relax, and join in!!!



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 Welcome Jim-where are you in Texas? If you are near Dallas, give me a call & come by to see my layout. There are many fine railroaders in the Dallas area, most of who I know well.  If you can, make it to the Plano train show on 1/17 & 1/18. There are always a lot of things to see and you just might find that old kit you have been looking for. Google search for DFW TRAIN SHOWS. And if you make it to the show, then you must visit my friend Mopman's wonderful MP layout on the tour. Good to have you on line, tell us what you're modeling.       Woodie
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 Welcome  Jim!  
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 Hello Hullo

Welcome to our little world.
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 Hey, y'all. I'm Tom Kenyon, 49 year old living in Lilburn Ga. As briefly as possible; N-guage as a kid in the early '70s. "Grew out" of trains.  Grew back into them. HO with my son in the late '90s. Discovered narrow guage. Bought Furlow's "San Juan Central" book and built an MDC Consolidation in HOn3. Built some wooden rolling stock. Hopelessly stuck on narrow guage. Inspired by a NG&SLG article, converted an old Riverrossi 060 to On30. Now hopelessly stuck on On30. Got too busy for trains. Came back a year or so ago. Bought a Porter. Designed a mini layout. Had a quadruple bypass. Now a year and a half later, I'm back and you ain't gettin' rid of me!

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 Welcome Tom,

Its nice to have you on board. At times we have photos or articles that can take your breath away and make the heart race, thought I should give you advance notice.

See you have been infected with the On30 bug, once struck your stuck.

Several of our members are working with On30.

WE LIKE PICTURES

Don
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 Welcome Tom!

Always nice to see another member infected with the narrow gauge bug.

I too have been the victim of the dreaded double bite...HOn3 and On30.

I am collecting the Colorado style stuff in HOn3 for a layout of some sort using that one day.

We ain't getting rid of you????

Glad to hear it! :bg:  :thumb:

Have fun!
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 Hello Jim and Tom! As a new guy myself, I can tell you that this is a real nice place to be. Folks here treat you great. Like you're one of the gang. Seems like there's plenty of help and lots and lots of stuff to try. It's hard to get to the bench with all the information and photos to look at. Welcome! Put some photos up!
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 Java-

Get rid of ya? ---heck, we're glad to have you stop in!

Did anyone mention pictures? Oh yeah-- we like them!

Enjoy your stay!



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 :)

Welcome Aboard

  Sounds like you have been around the scale world like most of the members. The procedures and processes are the same, just takes a while to find the right one. Hope the health issue is not a problem when you get to see the posts that are here. There are so many ideas and comments it is hard to keep up with them.

                                        Clif Korlaske
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 Welcome Tom! Now to bring you into the Dark side, 0n30 !!!

Glad to have you on board!:wave:
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 Welcome Tom-this is a great place to be. Let me invite you and Jim to our Sunday night chat. At 9PM Central US time, we get online and talk about world politics and ethics and sometimes maybe some advanced math...if it has anything to do with trains. This is a good time to actually communicate with fellow crazies in "real time" or is it unreal time? Anyway..welcome and send some photos if you have em'.

               Woodie
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 Welcome Lindsay Thompson!

Let us know what your modeling interests are.

If you are a beginner, ask some questions.

If you are a pro, we might have things you could help us with.

Either way, this is forum has a lot to offer, so don't be hesitant to post!



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 :wave:Welcome to  free rails  Lindsay!
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 Welcome to the group! This is such a cool place. Got any spare time? FORGET ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's so much new stuff to try. Say goodbye to your old life and dig in!
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 newest member ....K&sng, interesting handle and very similar to a guy who used to talk chat on AMR....Harry ? moved to south west usa from new england.......is that you harry ?

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 Sometimes ampersands dont get chewed up and spit out too well by forum software, i think his name is supposed to be "K&SNG", the gibberish in the middle is code.

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 Welcome K&sng! Lots of stuff to look at here. Show us some of yours. I keep findin stuff I haven't seen. Hard to break away and get somethin done!
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 Hello Gentlemen:

Lucas Gargoloff, My friend ,recommended me the site, and here I am.
Happy and amazed to see such good work.
I tell them I have 38 years, I am Master Works Better and professional wrestler.

Model for some 30 years in various train stops, preferably in H0, and from a time back H0n30 and 1:32

Will put some pictures soon.
 
THANK YOU FOR THE WELCOME!..:glad:

HUGS FROM BUENOS AIRES:wave:
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 Greetings Ruben!

Anyone that Lucas recommends has  to be OK in my book :thumb::thumb:

Never been hugged by a professional wrestler!

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 What strange talk with a friend in english!! Lol

Soooo, welcome aboard my friend!!! You will find tons of great master pieces here.

Nice to have you here.

Regards
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 Thanks Herb for the welcome .. :thumb:

And do not worry about hugging a professional wrestler ... "There's always a first time for everything ... ;)

More hugs:Dance:
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 Welcome Ruben!

Thanks to Lucas for recommending us to his friend.:bow:

As Herb has said.....


Anyone that Lucas recommends has  to be OK in my book

I could not agree more! :thumb:
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 :)A warm welcome is in order from Colorado! Hope we can see or here about your modeling and interests. Hope you enjoy what you see here.

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 Welcome Ruben. I see that you have built in 1:32 scale before. There are some fellows here who love the larger scale, me included. Send some pictures if you can.            Woodie
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 Welcome Ruben:wave:
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 Welcome indeed! 

But no hugs...Please.:shocked:

 
Another Johnie-come-lately :cb:

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 Howdy to Jim from Frisco. Since you're "local", let me invite you to visit the old Mogollon Railway down here in Dallas. Drop me a line if you will be heading this way.

                        Woodie
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 Welcome Rueben! Boy Herb's never given ME a hug........ Just about everything else, but no hugs. That's alright, don't get any ideas Herb! Anxious to see your stuff Rueben.
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 Thanks to everyone for the welcome

I was looking at some pictures, such as the 0-4-0 + 0-4-0 Garrat and broke my head!
I'm a fan of these locomotives, of which there were several models in my country, and yet, now operate two, in the planet's southernmost railway, the FERROCARRIL AUSTRAL FUEGINO (F.A.F.) of my friend Lucas was counting them.

Garrat of the F.A.F. are copies of K1 of Tasmania, but were built, first in Argentina and the second in South Africa, a few years ago.

Anyway ..

A Hugs who like hugs!
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 Russell

Remind me next time you're here to give you a whole BOX of used HUGGIES!



Herb:old dude:




Ruben- Huggies are a brand of disposable diapers sold in the US

Last edited on Wed Apr 22nd, 2009 02:37 am by Herb Kephart
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 Welcome Railtwister!  :rah:

Nice to have another On30 fan in the mix. :moose: :thumb: :cb:
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 Hi Herb

I'm not good writing in English, because he missed practice.
Lived two years in Roselle Park, NJ, between 1996 and 1998, while working as a wrestler in WCW.

The brand of diapers for my babies names are also sold in Argentina, and halfway understand the meaning of "Huggies" and "little hugs" will happen?

What I fail to understand is the literary translation of "a box of hugs" .. you refer a lot of hugs?

Sorry if you upset my health.

The Argentine people are very friendly and we like to get the most friends with the people, whoever they are.

Just in case, this time, just send you greetings
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 Ruben:-

You are a trained wrestler and with that qualification you can call us anything you like.    :)

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 Welcome Rod.

Mooroolbark  now that brings back memories. Lived in Kilsyth for 10 years or so.

I am sure you will find this site very enjoyable, good bunch of modelers who are only to happy to exchange ideas.

Put your feet up and enjoy the ride.

Don
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 Hello Rod, and welcome!

A lot of fine modeling shows up here, from all over the world.

So- enjoy, and share with us what you are working on.


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 :wave: A warm welcome  to our newest member Jose Costa,. Not sure of what scale you model  just  jump on in and get acquainted with the group  and share some pics of your work.!
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 Hello Jose, and welcome to the group!

All sorts of railroading goes on here- so enjoy!

Herb:old dude:
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 Jose-welcome to freerails. I am sure you will find something interesting here and please tell us what you are building/operating. By the way-my Godson's name is Jose also, he loves my trains but is involved with family & career right now...someday...

         Woodie
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 Hi to all on board.
I have begun a return to this occupation after many years in the R/C car ranks. After 20 years racing in 1/8th scale 4wd gas cars around the world I have retired and settled down into this exiting hobby. During the early 80's I picked up a few HOn3 brass models and worked on a few diorama's, this kept the passion for the skills and hands on work I enjoyed alive but in the background for these many years. I am planning a On30 layout for the finished basement I have been working on the past few winters.
The layout main room will be 15' x 25' with a adjoining 12' x 12' room that will have a shelf passing thru this media room. Two other rooms (furnace and storage) will contain return loops for continuous running, and will hold the staging yards for operation. Planning a freelance coal hauler, with a main town, mine complex, mountain's with the always required spindly trestle spanning the drop into the abyss. Over the past year I have purchased a few Stoney Creek Kits and various others to begin the town element of the layout. I have a Bachman 2-8-0 as the largest locomotive on the line and will stick with Forney /Climax / Shay sized engines for the rest of the roster. DCC and Sound will be a must from the displays I have seen during the NMRA Detroit show this adds the "being there" feel to this scale.
My background contains 15 years as a Tool Maker, 5 years as a Designer, and the last 10 years as a Senior Design Engineer for the firm I work for. I am planning a company to continue on into retirement and to supply items for this ever expanding scale. First project I am designing is a turntable, with Bolt-on indexing feature based on the "Atlas" HO units and drive motor. All of the design work is done on AutoDesk " Inventor" software and as the project develops I will post images for review and comments.
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BMWorks ~ 2009-06-20
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 :)Welcome. Nice to hear there is another On30 fan out there. Sounds like you will have quite the layout. Pics would be fantastic to see your progress. Where is Lasalle?

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 LaSalle is south of Detroit Michigan. We are the Canadians that have the USA as our Northern neighbour's! This puts me in the eastern time zone and located centrally to Toronto Ca, Chicago Il, Cincinnati Oh, and Pittsburgh Pa.

BMWorks ~ 2009-06-20
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 Welcome BMWorkes!

Glad to have another member of the Darkside ( On30) on board.

The TT project sounds exciting, Looking forward to the progression. :cool:
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My mom has two of those nitro RC trucks for sale in her shop, a friend of mine is into them (and RC heli's) and boy are they something else, the transmissions are so real that they break down and you have to fix them just like the real thing!

This is certainly the place to learn about RC train operation/construction/modification, should you decide to do the even darker side :asm::Crazy::)
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 Welcome:wave: Glad to have another 0n30'er on board.  Your layout sounds great. 1/8th scale rc eh? I dabble in 1/10th as some thing to keep the grandson busy I failed to interest him in trains  :bang: not that I have tried ,  he doesn't care for them and rc isn't the answer either. sigh...  Anyway glad to have you around the grounds!

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 Welcome to Freerails.

I am sure you will enjoy this forum, Great bunch of fellow modelers to share ideas with.

We have a informal chat on Sunday evenings where members catch up in a live chat.

You like all our members are welcome to join us.

One small point I should raise, we like PICTURES.

Don
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 As we like to keep this thread just for welcoming new forum members, I have moved BMWorkes last posting as well as the comment posts to this new thread in the On30 section of the forum labeled My Layout.



Just click the highlighted link to be automatically taken there.

http://freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=2182&forum_id=4

Cheers!

Dave
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 Welcome Larry Baker!

Glad to have you join Freerails!

Let us know what your interests are, and what you are working on-

We have a chat session every Sunday night at 10PM eastern time. Click on "CHAT", upper right hand screen to join in, if you can.


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 Howdy ya'll from Tejas. As Herbie said, check out the chat on Sunday night, 9PM Central US time. Sometimes we even talk about model railroading! Send photos of your projects, the more, the better.        Woodie
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 Hello from the other side of the pond. I've spotted your forum from a link on All Model Railroading and thought I'd drop in to say hello. I am a confirmed rubbergauger, currently engrossed in On30 but still dabbling in other scales too.

I'm not sure how many readers you have here in Blighty but if anyone's at a loose end on Sunday (19th July) I'll be at the Telford Narrow Gauge Exhibition with my Pampas & Fernandez layout so please drop by and say hi.
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 Hi Blackcloud

We enjoy the company of modelers from Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, England< Germany, Canada----probably missed someone--sorry.

We also have people working in a bunch of different scales and gauges

We are glad that you have chosen to join us, and hope that you will tell us what you'r working on and send us PICTURES!!

Cheers,


Herb:old dude:

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