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A couple of diesel models with DCC controllers

Your source for track plans, toy train layouts, expert tips for collecting, operating, repairing and more! Find all the resources you need for your toy train hobby! […]

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HO scale Sante Fe Hereford Subdivision

HO scale Sante Fe Hereford Subdivision

The layout at a glance Name: Santa Fe Hereford Subdivision Layout owner: Sammy Carlile Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 25 x 25 feet Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Locale: between Amarillo, Texas, and Clovis, N.M. Era: summer 1995 Style: multilevel walk-in Mainline run: 225 feet Minimum radius: 30″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: […]

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MRVP Summer Camp: Day 4 Afternoon

Resupplies have arrived! Plenty of parts and pieces to help Director David Popp get things primed for making lots of progress on this next to last day of camp. There’s plenty of work to be done, but not before first enjoying a good ol’ fashioned locomotive fun-run! […]

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MRVP Summer Camp: Day 4 Morning

Camp Director David Popp was up’n at’m early to powder up his passenger cars and work out the weathering effects, top-to-bottom, for his HO scale Rapido RS-11 diesel locomotive. If that’s not enough, he also shares a technique for removing lettering from an RPO car. […]

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