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Posted by tmcc man on Monday, November 28, 2005 4:53 PM
Buckeye, I would try it! That is funny to have that add in there.
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Posted by csxt30 on Monday, November 28, 2005 5:07 PM
WHOOPEEEEE !!!!!!! I got mine today ! [:D][:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 28, 2005 6:54 PM
Thanks Bob,

No need for replacement. I got my copy today in fine shape. Great issue! I loved the "S" gauge layout. I confess to have looked for the third rail! I first thought it was Lionels FastTrak instead of S-helpservice. at first Was this layout at the NMRA convention?

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Posted by Jumijo on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:51 AM
Another great issue. If it had only come out sooner. I just finished scratchbuilding a girder bridge that would have looked better, had I read the 5x9 layout article beforehand. I would have made it a trapazoid instead of a rectangle.

Jim

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Posted by palallin on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:05 PM
I got mine a coupla days ago. I haven't finished it yet.

I do appreciate the SG info. About the feature article, though, could we not at least have seen the Ives and Flyer collections? Ives info especially isn't as plentiful as it could be in the general hobby press, and, though the shift CTT has made is probably necessary, there remain collectors out here that CTT claims to serve "For the Collector and the Operator"). I'm not trying to be too critical--anything on SG these days is welcome.

OK, now I'm finished. The two, on-page Standard Gauge articles were a very nice touch.
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Posted by dougdagrump on Friday, December 2, 2005 8:06 PM
Mine hasn't arrived yet !!!!!![|(][|(][|(][|(][|(]

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Posted by FJ and G on Saturday, December 3, 2005 8:07 AM
I'd like to see the train reviews done online and more layouts. But as the Stones sang, You can't always get what you want...
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Saturday, December 3, 2005 8:10 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dougdagrump

Mine hasn't arrived yet !!!!!![|(][|(][|(][|(][|(]


RENEW your subscription. [;)] I have mine for a couple of years. Might even add a year and see if I win the "sweapstakes". [:0]

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Posted by danrunner on Saturday, December 3, 2005 9:58 AM
I loved this issue and have come to call CTT my favorite mag.

The attic layout was great, but not for me...if I can avoid it. Many people struggle with space with this hobby, not just me.

daan,

Contrary to popular belief, many americans have smaller homes or apartments. The notion that our housing is uniformly big is simply not true. I have friends with N or HO layouts that slide out from under their beds because they simply have no room because they couldn't afford a big "American" homes. Mine is jammed in a small, freezing garage. The wife and I are supposed to close on a house at the end of December. This house will have a basement and a modest amount of space for a train room--as long as I can efficiently store our other items efficiently elsewhere.

Yes, room seems to be a universal problem.

To Daan,
One more thing, when I was in the Netherlands I was amazed at how wonderfully integrated trains are in your country. I got off the TGV from Paris at Amstersam's terminus and the airport was directly above me. I transferred to a local commuter train and was in downtown Amsterdam in no time. Be sure to tell your fellow countrymen and fellow Europeans how lucky they are to have such a great train system. Tell them there are some of us in America who wish we still had a functional passenger system.

To all:

We Americans spend billions of dollars subsidizing the air industry and continually ignore rail traffic. If the fat cats in Washington stopped propping up the failed air industry, maybe my trips from Indiana to Pennsylvania would be on a TGV instead of an 11-hour car ride in dense traffic.

PS Nobody can fly a bullet train into a building. It only goes where the rails do.

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Posted by danrunner on Monday, December 5, 2005 6:00 AM
correction:

Switched trains in Belgium. Not sure if it was a TGV that brought me/us into the Netherlands.

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Posted by Jumijo on Monday, December 5, 2005 6:21 AM
Chief,

You don't have to subscribe to enter the sweepstakes. Enter on-line.

Jim

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Posted by Jumijo on Monday, December 5, 2005 6:24 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by watinva

My copy arrived today in Roanoke Va. Williams ad on backcover got my attention. Penn GG1 @149.95 for Platinum Club Members seems like a pretty good deal. Am I correct in believing that this is the same size as the orginal postwar lionel GG1s? Does anyone have one of this and if so how do you like it.
Thanks


It must be. It's only 14" long and 4" high. The newer ones by Lionel are much bigger. The JLC GG1 is 16" long. The Williams GG1 sounds like a very good deal. My guess is they are going to sell a lot of them!

Jim

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Posted by dwiemer on Monday, December 5, 2005 1:37 PM
Finally, I have my CTT! The mail just takes a little longer to get to SW Georgia than the rest of the world. I have yet to open it, but look forward to spending this rainy day with my eyes on trains.

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Posted by spankybird on Monday, December 5, 2005 1:51 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dougdagrump

Mine hasn't arrived yet !!!!!![|(][|(][|(][|(][|(]


[#ditto]

and Chief, I did renew my subscription [:(]

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Posted by Brutus on Monday, December 5, 2005 3:19 PM
Well, still no CTT, but Model Railroader came today. I'm letting that one lapse in favor of CTT.

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