Christmas Layouts on OGR Forum
If you’re still looking for ideas for that Christmas tree layout you plan to build (better get moving!) there are a couple of threads on the O Gauge Railroad forum you’ll want to check out.
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Post War Photo Thread On Model Train Journal Forum
Frank53 started an interesting thread over at the Model Train Journal forum that is worth a look. Frank53 is asking everyone to post a photo of a post war Lionel item (items produced between 1945 & 1969) along with the Lionel item number. You can post photos of as many items as you like as long as they have not been posted yet. The thread started on 10/30 and has 22 pages of photos and counting. The thread is becoming a great free photo reference of post war Lionel items (wiki anyone?). Use the forum’s search function to search by item number to see if a photo of your favorite post war item has been posted yet.
Thanks for the tip Frank.
Good Discussion About Small O Gauge Layouts on OGR Forum
If you’re like me you just don’t have the room for a large O Gauge layout. There’s a good thread on the OGR Forum about small O Gauge layouts with some great photos of small layouts and some cool track plans. Check it out here.
Card Stock Buildings
On the O Gauge Railroading on-line forum, L. Larson put together a nice post about making card stock buildings for your O Gauge layout. Card stock buildings are an inexpensive way to to add life to your O Gauge layout.
Card Modeling FAQ is another great resource for card modeling.
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New Model Railroad Forum
A new on line forum dedicated to model railroading has apparently opened up over the past week. The forum, ScaleRailsOnline, seems to be getting a little bit of traction with the N and HO scale crowd but not much for O Gauge yet. In one of the posts there was a link to guy who weathers locomotives and rolling stock and his work is amazing. The site is called Griff’s Grime Shop and there are plenty of photos. All the examples of Griff’s work on the site are HO but they are real nice.
TCA Eastern Division Enforces “No Photography” Rule
The TCA’s Eastern Division has a longstanding rule prohibiting photographs from being taken within the halls of their York meets. This year, for the first time, the Eastern Division invited a modular club, National Capital Trackers, to set up their layout. Unfortunately, someone from the National Capital Trackers ignored the no photography rule and snapped a picture of the layout displayed in the Black Hall and posted it as a reponse to a discussion thread on the O Gauge Railroading forum. Based on another post on OGR, The Eastern Division took action against the National Capital Trackers by revoking their invitation to return to York. The Eastern Division is also seeking the individual(s) who snapped the photo and will suspend them from visiting the York meet for 1 year.