Layout tour of the Texas, Colorado & Western

Ron Marsh's N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway

This is a video layout tour of Ron Marsh’s N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway. The TC&W is a protolanced model of BNSF operations From Fort Worth, TX, into central Colorado in 2008. The layout is a double deck, point-to-point style with approximately 100 feet of visible mainline, a 9 1/2 turn helix […]

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Layout tour of the Texas, Colorado & Western

Ron Marsh's N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway

This is a video layout tour of Ron Marsh’s N-scale layout, the Texas Colorado & Western Railway. The TC&W is a protolanced model of BNSF operations From Fort Worth, TX, into central Colorado in 2008. The layout is a double deck, point-to-point style with approximately 100 feet of visible mainline, a 9 1/2 turn helix […]

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Boarding the cars at Guthrie

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Louisville & Nashville E8 No. 787 leads the head-end cars and lone coach of Evansville–St. Louis train 10 out of East St. Louis in May 1968.  R. R. Wallin, George W. Hamlin coll. “No, that train doesn’t stop here. You’ll have to go up to ‘Hoptown’ to get it,” was the less-than-helpful information from the […]

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Deep Pour water system from Woodland Scenics

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DEEP POUR WATER SOLUTION FROM WOODLAND SCENICS Price: $29.99 each (nos. CW4510 clear water/ CW4511 murky water) Features: One bottle of water base, one bottle of activator, two measuring cups, two pairs of plastic gloves, two stir sticks, instruction booklet. Woodland Scenics just may be the scenery supplier to the world. Anyone needing to make […]

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Morton Salt Factory structure from Menards

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O GAUGE MORTON SALT FACTORY FROM MENARDS Price: $99.99 (no. 279-3847) Footprint: Approximately 10½ x 11 inches and 15½ inches tall Features: Fully assembled, worker and dog figures, two large Morton Salt flashing lights, rooftop warning lights, and security and interior lighting (power supply not included) If you turned back the clock 10 or 15 […]

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O gauge SD60E diesel from MTH Electric Trains

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O GAUGE SD60E DIESEL FROM MTH ELECTRIC TRAINS Price: $499.95 (no. 20-20594-2) Min Curve: O-42 Cmd Low: 5.9 smph Cnv Low: 6.8 smph High: 71.9 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 9.6 oz. Features: Two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command and sound system, smoke unit, coil couplers Current production road name: Norfolk Southern The Norfolk Southern […]

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The Salt Lake Route, Part 4 – Wiring a small layout for DCC

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Dick Christianson explains how to wire the Salt Lake Route for Digital Command Control. He concealed the system’s command station in a drawer built beneath the layout’s intermodal yard. Bill Zuback photo Fig. 1 Power feeders. Last month Dick explained how to install Kato Unitrack power feeders during tracklaying. He used plug-in sections on the […]

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A trip around the SP Sunset Limited

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Name:    Peter Atonna Railroad Name:    Seligman and Paulden Lines Location:    Paulden, AZ Scale:    O Theme:    Contemporary featuring a big city terminal and double track main running through Arizona Description:    Here is the latest in my videos with a trip around the layout, this time taking a trip on the beautiful SP Sunset Limited. The cab […]

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