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- What do French palaces and garden railways have in common? Well, ... as it happens ... garden railways. Starting at the 7:19 point, https://youtu.be/9fnkn6Gb5Qs?t=439
  
  What do French palaces and garden railwa...
  Last reply by Dave Meashey on Mon at 2:50 PM
  
  General Discussion
  
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  Train related talk that doesn't fit in another forum.
  
  Actually got to start on my garden railroad build today. Here is the basic plan. Two mainline loops with a station siding in the front. Its about 50' along the fence. About 20' at the widest and narrows down to about 7' by the gate. I will have to run my small locos on the outer loop. Even though it is mostly level, I am going to put a low wall around the perimeter to keep the people out, and make burying the cables and laying track easier ...
  
  My First Garden Railroad Build
  Last reply by Derailed on October 25
  
  Track and Trestles
  
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  Track and Trestles
  
  Do we have them available for purchase ?
  
  LSC reporting marks
  Last reply by Rooster on October 16
  
  Prototypes
  
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  Talk about prototypes here. It's not just trains through the tulips!
  
  I will admit that, until now, I have shown no ability to keep plants alive (I once killed a cactus by underwatering it, for example). Given that the Durango & Jasper is meant to be a garden railroad, this clearly needs to change. Starting from such a stunning position of ignorance, I've decided to take advantage of a lucky coincidence and hire Nancy Norris, the gardening editor for Garden Railway magazine, to plan, install, and teach me about these living things that I will be nurtu...
  
  Planting the Durango & Jasper
  Last reply by Jim Rowson on October 23
  
  Gardening
  
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  Gardening
  
  Since it officially turned Autumn at 9:30 this morning and it was such a beautiful day, thought I'd try this out.
  
  Fall Run
  Last reply by Dan Hilyer on September 23
  
  Model Photography
  
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  Discuss your camera, your techniques, and other things pertaining to photographing your models, or your layout.
  
  Given the pandemic, it is hard to visit railroads, so I thought I'd post a virtual layout tour to illustrate the last couple of years of work on the Durango & Jasper. Gave me an excuse to work with my son too, who did the videography and advised on the editing. Cheers!
  
  Durango & Jasper video tour
  Last reply by Mike Wlez on October 25
  
  Videos
  
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  Links to videos of trains, garden or otherwise
  
  Currently, we are still planning on holding the OPS session on 17-18 Oct... However, this will be a limited attendance event.. RSVP will be mandatory.. Masks will be required to be worn, covering both mouth and nose.. A lot of folks around don't believe they need to wear a mask and when they do, they only cover their mouth.. Currently, our county is considered a red zone... Restaurants are not supposed to be seating folks inside.. Authorities ha...
  
  Bluestone Southern's October 2020 Ops Se...
  Last reply by Matt Russell on October 25
  
  Operations
  
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  Into more than running your trains around the patio? Discuss here!
  
  It's probably been 2 months since I've used JMRI to create a switch list. During that time, no thanks to LSC & Facebook, I have acquired quite a few more cars. Being a mostly rainy day today, I wanted to run a train on the indoor division. JMRI refused to build a train with more than one car. A quick look at the build logs showed why: There is only one open car spot at each end of the railroad. JMRI has tons of cars wanting to move, but no where to put them! So, it's time to a...
  
  Too many cars !
  Last reply by Jon Radder on September 18
  
  Train Operations Software
  
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  For discussion of operations software. Includes TrainOps, JMRI, RailOp, etc...
  
  I run on rail power (DCC, though I think this applies to DC as well), and recently had a booster fail. There was no evidence of burning, such as what might happen with a near lightning strike. And I've always left the system connected (though protected in a small shed). With some help from Greg E. on determining which components worked and didn't, I sent the booster in for repair. I gather that it'll take around a month to get back. Boosters are expensive, so I wondered what happened, a...
  
  Lighting and track
  Last reply by Rooster on September 28
  
  Problem Solving
  
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  Have an issue with something you've bought? Ask here! Know how to fix a problem, post!
  
  Today I wired up a simple back-n-forth shelf "layout", just to liven things up in the basement. Half of the shelf is the beautiful viaduct Bruce Chandler made for his layout, and gave me a couple months ago when he closed down operations. Thanks again Bruce! Also from Bruce are the four nicely detailed logging cars, which he built from Don Winter kits. Bruce also invented the magnetic chains (chains with a magnet at each end), which allow a load to be cinched up...
  
  Shelf layout
  Last reply by Tom Bowdler on October 7
  
  Indoor and Micro
  
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  Not all of us have a yard, or want an outdoor empire.
  
  Hello, just us again, Some time back I was searching EBay for a part for a locomotive and in my search I happened across this locomotive. The Ebay listing showed this Barry's Big Trains 4-6-0 locomotive, uncompleted with various issues. Now as you may already know or if you have read previous posts that we have put on this site, you will realize the Barry and I were close friends and when I saw this locomotive listed, I had to find a way to obtain it for our children's model railroad and train ...
  
  Barry's Big Trains (Colorado & North...
  Last reply by Ken Mathews/Imagin... on September 8
  
  Reviews
  
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  Just buy something, and want to tell us all what you think about it? Post your reviews here.
  
  I APOLOGIZE, The pictures that were in the posts over the first couple of pages seem to have vanished. From page three on, everything seems to be OK, will try to get them replaced. Rick Dec, 2018 Hello all, the build log starting for the new railroad In the fall of 2014 we began the disassembly and packing of the Shasta Pacific Railroad in preparation for the sale of our home and a move to Southern Oregon. It was bitter sweet as they say; the tearing ...
  
  SHASTA PACIFIC 3.0
  Last reply by Rick Marty on August 15
  
  Articles
  
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  Discuss articles here
  
  WTB....Any if you guys know of any LGB DRGW A/B units (20588 20579) that are taking up space somewhere? Looking to complete the whole ABA set with the latest release of the next A unit 20578. Thanks for any help Mike
  
  LGB 20588 & 20579 A/B units
  Last reply by John Lenheiser on October 24
  
  For Sale/Trade
  
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  Have something train related for sale? Post it here! (Don't take advantage of it, please, or I'll want a %age!)
  
  I just finished editing and uploading a fun little video composed of some off-road clips and scenes from my 2016 Mojave/Nevada trip, and featuring my Toyota 4Runner "Megaweapon". Let me know what you think: [url]https://www.youtube.com/embed/e4hgXMvgqS0[/url]
  
  Megaweapon Hits The Trail
  Last reply by Dan DeVoto on 21 minutes ago
  
  Other Hobbies
  
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  What else are you interested in besides trains?

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