I did this when we lived in California and had a house built on a slab. Be sure to include insulation for the walls in your plans as your comfort and utility...
Hi, I just got done posting new photos of 25 of my custom locomotives - see Al Baker's Customs. Creating these is my passion. Look close - a few don't have...
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Trains/photos/browse/3e04?c= Does anyone recognize this HO street light that I got in the 1960's. I am thinking it was...
Funny this should pop up again just now. We spoke about this at the hobby shop just the other day. Both Gary and a customer, Rich, claim they saw these in...
Mike, Hmm, regluing without getting a permit, nor informing the authorties of an obvious design flaw that allowed the collapse in the first place. Oooh boy, ...
I have a package of black diaphram sets which fit the AM Budd cars but can be used for the AM streamlined cars or other passenger cars as well. I'm not sure AM...
bigfoot; Yes. I'm running a little over 400 feet of track in our garage, started with a bench top loop with inside yard and a double loop at garage door hanger...
I had the pleasure of chatting with Herald King's new owners, Emma and Rick Naylor, this week. Rick requested that I let other modelers know that they are...
As a kid I lived at Texarkana. I saw a lot of KCS, MoP, Cotton Belt and T&P. My memory seems to recall a Rock Island as well. I would go to northeast Arkansas...
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Phil, that is wonderful. That is an ideas that I didn't come up with. Like many houses in this area, mine is ground level on a concrete slab. and the garage...
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hahahahah,,,, enjoy! Stake your claim, man turf is at least the garage. The BOSS pretty much controls the rest, but the garage is OURS. Her car goes in...
OK OK OK ...So its Time to put your Pants ON...Take back all you have WORKED For ...Never mind where to put it ...Set it up in the Living Room of the house...
I think I forgot the link last time! Sorry! Here it is - link to the photos: http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Trains/photos/browse/6aa3?c ... see ... few ...
Please when you post photos.... Post a link so I can find it... Stumpy... need a link to yours too.... Bob ... Hi, I just got done posting new photos of 25 of...
Stumpy - I will believe it when I see a picture of one, for now it was just a "dreamed" up model by AC Gilbert for their American Flyer line! I have...
Purchased years ago but never used: PRR-1 Pennsylvania RR Decal Set Heavyweight Pullman Passenger Cars with stripes Bronze Gold Lettering and car names etc. 2...
To All, In these 2 cases they are under their names. Go to photos and locate the albums with their names, Al Bakers...& Stumpys..., then click on them to open....
I have gotten an ad from Charles Ro about a new line on l train sets.... Even though I am really into flyer ( I need a new house just to store this stuff)...
Each garage is different. Some have room for a loft type train area. Some are deep enough to build over where the nose of the car goes (no mini vans). While...
The authentic AF 1957 to 1961 Stockyard was sacrifice today on the D&R RR layout being built. Good thing this accessory has a very low $ value, as we know they...
Jerry, It exists, I saw one in area 51 in New Mexico once. L.O.L. Seriously, I think Mike's post about the cupola windows being boarded up on the ex Penn...
I am going to suggest some sort of ceiling storage type of layout, on a grand scale, of course. I have seen a couple of these in HO and would think it ...
Hey everyone: you guys, and gals got it all wrong ....garages are not for cars and lawnmowers, etc. GARAGES ARE FOR TRAINS PERIOD! You should never store or...
Yes. Hook up the controller and a plain wire in parallel to the track. Alternately touch only the controller lead to the transformer and then only the plain...
WOW! Nice work, Al! Most impressive. This sort of thing was much more common some years ago, when "Hi-rail" modelers used old Flyer to build more realistic...
Bigfoot; Not a problem on garage door distance from ceiling, so's mine. Tracks run next to wall, in between garage door rails and wall, I had enough room for...
Tragedy had occurred once again at S Helper Field. Thankfully, no game was being played nor any work was being done at the time at S Helper Field, so there...
