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Post by healey36 on May 14, 2024 14:29:54 GMT
Very good, Joe; keep at it...I find it very interesting. N-gauge was my first love and I’ve retained quite a lot of it, all stored away. I got distracted by S and O-gauge when The Old Man retired, trying to help him rekindle his interest. I stumbled into prewar O at that time and have been involved with that for some thirty years, but I can envision a day when I’ll drop back to something a bit less space-challenged and N would seem a very good choice. Thanks for keeping us apprised of your progress.
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Post by robert on May 14, 2024 20:23:23 GMT
Country Joe
This is the (OH Train Forum). Lets see the trains. I have a large S scale layout and a small 6x12 O layout. look forward to your posts.
Bob
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Post by Country Joe on May 15, 2024 0:07:53 GMT
Thanks Bob. I will keep this thread going.
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Post by Country Joe on May 15, 2024 19:14:29 GMT
I’ve had these two Kato FEC ES44s for a while. I installed Digitrax decoders in them a month or two ago. Each one pulled a train on my double track mainline since they are the only two locomotives that I have running right now. Atlas FEC GP40-2s are due in this month and Broadway Limited Imports FEC SD70s in the blue and yellow “Alaska” paint scheme are supposed to arrive in June so my locomotive roster will be growing soon. When I get some new locomotives I want to run the ES44s together the way I see them running through town. These locomotives run way too fast so I played with the CVs so that they run about 70 smph at full throttle. I tweaked the CVs by trial and error so both engines run the same and double headed them to lead my double stack train.   |
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Post by Adam on May 15, 2024 22:42:13 GMT
Going with a smaller scale to have more room and, well, to lower costs certainly is tempting. Not sure I will ever do it, but not off the table.
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Post by Country Joe on May 16, 2024 17:13:08 GMT
Going with a smaller scale to have more room and, well, to lower costs certainly is tempting. Not sure I will ever do it, but not off the table. I love O gauge but I was ready to make a change. I enjoy operations which are easier to do in the smaller scales. If I had a bit more space I might have gone with HO but maybe not. It would have been a difficult decision, HO or N?
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Post by mrmeep on May 16, 2024 17:25:52 GMT
Plenty of great benchwork things here that translate over
to the "O" gauge part of the hobby! And layout ideas and
designs aren't limited by gauge or scale. Only by the imagination!
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Post by Adam on May 16, 2024 20:05:04 GMT
***PUBLIC SERVICE ADVISERY**
I will advise everyone to learn from my mistake.
DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT, look up prices for N-Gauge trains.
Oh boy, what a difference!!
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Post by david1 on May 16, 2024 21:37:33 GMT
Adam, why didn't you post that earlier? I have been looking at the the N scale available and boy am I jealous!!
So many products and the prices make the move to N scale so tempting.
But at my age I'm not sure I would do that. But it is very tempting! Seeing the pictures Joe has been posting makes it look even better.
Don't get me wrong I love O gauge but my thoughts keep me thinking of moving to another gauge and two reasons I would, fit more in the space I have and of course cheaper!! Ah!!! You never know.
Dave
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Post by Adam on May 16, 2024 21:43:56 GMT
Adam, why didn't you post that earlier? I have been looking at the the N scale available and boy am I jealous!! So many products and the prices make the move to N scale so tempting. But at my age I'm not sure I would do that. But it is very tempting! Seeing the pictures Joe has been posting makes it look even better. Don't get me wrong I love O gauge but my thoughts keep me thinking of moving to another gauge and two reasons I would, fit more in the space I have and of course cheaper!! Ah!!! You never know. Dave Stop talking crazy. We love our O-Gauge! Yes, we pay 10 times the price, but then again, our toy trains are 3 times the size of N. Wait a minute...
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Post by Traindiesel! on May 16, 2024 23:00:15 GMT
When I set up my N scale back in the 1970s I preferred it over HO. I always envisioned building a half a planet in N!! Someday I’ll build an N scale layout in addition to my O gauge. I have too much O gauge to fully switch but I could add nicely to the N scale I have. Maybe even a small HO layout too.
Keep this up and we’re gonna need to add an N scale forum!!
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Post by mopac on May 16, 2024 23:20:11 GMT
When I set up my N scale back in the 1970s I preferred it over HO. I always envisioned building a half a planet in N!! Someday I’ll build an N scale layout in addition to my O gauge. I have too much O gauge to fully switch but I could add nicely to the N scale I have. Maybe even a small HO layout too. Keep this up and we’re gonna need to add an N scale forum!! Waite a minute. The Model Train Forum has a lot of N activity And a lot of these guys here were on MTF before they started this OGF.
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Post by Traindiesel! on May 17, 2024 3:41:08 GMT
When I set up my N scale back in the 1970s I preferred it over HO. I always envisioned building a half a planet in N!! Someday I’ll build an N scale layout in addition to my O gauge. I have too much O gauge to fully switch but I could add nicely to the N scale I have. Maybe even a small HO layout too. Keep this up and we’re gonna need to add an N scale forum!! Waite a minute. The Model Train Forum has a lot of N activity And a lot of these guys here were on MTF before they started this OGF.
Could this place turn into……
The NOGF?? !!  
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Post by mopac on May 17, 2024 7:55:12 GMT
Hmmm. An infiltration? Immigration? A hostile takeover?
HOSTILE TAKEOVER. They did have MTF sew on badges made for their clothes. Had their own diner and get together at York with special invited guest speaker. What was that guys name. Oh Yeah, Harry Hieke...
But then something happened. They got upset about something. I think it had something to do with where you could post Birthday wishes ? I wonder what happened to all those MTF sew on badges. LOL
It's like some of them flip flop like pancake on steroids.
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Post by harborbelt70 on May 17, 2024 12:12:05 GMT
I’ve had these two Kato FEC ES44s for a while. I installed Digitrax decoders in them a month or two ago. Each one pulled a train on my double track mainline since they are the only two locomotives that I have running right now. When I get some new locomotives I want to run the ES44s together the way I see them running through town. These locomotives run way too fast so I played with the CVs so that they run about 70 smph at full throttle. I tweaked the CVs by trial and error so both engines run the same and double headed them to lead my double stack train.
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