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          • General & Disassembly
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        • GP40
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          • U25B potential instability
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        • Aristo-Craft catalog
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          • GNR Stirling single trains
          • Modifying Emily to a Stirling
        • 0-4-0 Bachmann saddle tank porter
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          • 4-6-0 "Annie"
          • Barry's Big Trains drives
          • Big Hauler wiring
        • 2-8-0 Bachmann Consolidation "Connie"
          • Connie wiring
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          • C-19 Wiring
        • 2-8-2 Bachmann K-27
          • Improving the K27
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        • 0-4-4-0 Bachmann 2 Truck Shay
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        • GE 25 Ton Diesel
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          • F3 disassembly
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    • Rolling Stock Mods & Tips
      • AML rolling stock
        • Body mounting Kadees
        • Cotton Belt Blue Streak freight train
        • Box car, double door
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          • AML reefers, Kadees, AML coupler boxes
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          • Bethgon squeaking wheels & Kadees
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        • AML High-Cube Box & Kadees
      • Aristo rolling stock
        • Box car, 53' EVANS
          • EVANS improvements
          • EVANS car Kadee retrofit
        • Cotton Belt freight train
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          • Covered Hopper lowering and Kadee body mount
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          • 100 ton 3 bay hopper vignette
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        • Passenger cars, smoothside
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          • HW Lighting
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          • HW truck problems & fixes
          • Ted's HW Kadee vignette
          • Adding clearance for the trucks
        • Passenger cars, Streamliners
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        • flat & gon, lower, weight, Kadees
        • Misc. Version information
        • Truck spring installation
        • Lowered floors for 40' cars
        • Metal wheel issues
        • Frt trk ball bearing retrofit
          • Bettendorf BB Retrofit
        • Roof Walks
        • lowered floors & Kadees
        • Kadee 789 Truck Mounts
        • Box car, 40' plug
          • Fitting roller bearings to plug door box vignette
        • Box car, 40' Double door
          • MKT double door box car
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        • 40' Flat car
      • Bachmann Rolling Stock
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        • LGB's freight Trucks & Mods for Car Lowering
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        • LGB 50' flat, lowered, Kadees
        • LGB Center Flow Hopper, lowered, Kadees
        • LGB 50' modern box car
        • LGB SG trucks and lowering mods
        • LGB "fun" cars 41170 & 42170
      • Lionel rolling stock
        • Lionel ore cars
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        • MDC ore cars
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        • Caboose, bay window
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        • Box car, 40' PS-1
        • Box car, 50'
          • Hydra-Cushion kadee install
        • box car, 60' cushioned underframe
          • 60' box cushioned underframe & Kadees
        • Hopper, 2 bay modern covered
        • Hopper, 4 bay
        • Intermodal car
          • USAT Intermodal Car & Kadee 907 Centerset Couplers
        • Ore cars
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          • USAT streamliner disassembly
          • USAT streamliner couplers
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        • Modern car carrier
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          • USAT Modern tank & Kadees
        • Tank car, 29' "beer
        • Kadees for Bay & Extended Vision Cabooses
        • Wood sided caboose
        • USAT 70 ton hopper, Repairs & Kadees
        • USA Trains American Series Woodside Reefer & Body Mount Kadee 789s
        • USAT Heavyweights
      • Misc. Rolling Stock
        • Speedometer Car
        • Sweeper Car
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    • Layout Planning & Design
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    • My Layout Development
      • Storage tracks in the garage
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    • Power / Electronics / R/C
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        • Train Engineer Revolution
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      • Comparison of DCC, TE, AirWire systems
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    • Wheels & Trucks
      • Stainless Steel Wheels for Aristo locos
      • Aristo truck spring installation
      • SS wheel investigation by Ted Doskaris
      • Aristo-Craft metal wheels vignette
      • Train Line SS BB wheels
    • Track & Switches
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      • Aristo track & Switches
        • Aristo Wide Radius Switches
          • Replacing Aristo WR turnout frogs
          • Aristo WR turnout vignette
        • Aristo #6 Switches
          • Aristo #6 Turnout Vignette
        • Aristo Turnout Motors
        • Aristo Crossover Configurations
        • Aristo SS 90 deg Xover
        • New Aristo Turnout Motors
        • Aristo Wye
        • Aristo 19.5 degree crossing
      • Flex track and rail benders
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      • Train-Li
        • 5 way switch
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      • Prototype & Model turnouts
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      • Build your own turnouts
      • USA Trains track
        • USAT #6 switches
      • G scale Sectional Track
    • Couplers
      • Custom Kadee coupler boxes
      • Aristo Knuckle Coupler Tests
      • Kadee couplers
      • Kadee 880 Coupler Gauge
      • Kadee servo-driven coupler
      • Kadee Body Mount Considerations Vignette
    • Lubrication
    • Ted Doskaris' Vignettes
      • BAGRS Presentation
    • Ted's vignettes pg 1
      • Adding weight GP40
      • AML Bettendorf Truck Vignette
      • AML PS4750 Covered Hopper Fixes & Kadees
      • AML Bethgons - squeaking wheels & Kadees
      • AML Roller Bearing Truck Vignette
      • Aristo 1st Gen Floors & Kadee Body Mounts
      • Aristo #6 Turnout
      • Aristo 40' DD box cars & Kadees
      • Aristo 100 ton hopper & Kadees
      • Aristo Bettendorf BB Retrofit
    • Ted's vignettes pg 2
      • Aristo Covered Hopper, Lowering & Kadee Install
      • AML Reefers with Kadees and AML coupler boxes
      • Aristo streamliners - lowering & Kadees
      • Aristo E8 Coupler
      • Aristo Evans Car Improvements
      • Aristo Evans Car & Kadee Retrofit
      • Aristo Flat & Gondola, Lowered, Weighted, Centerset Kadees
      • Aristo Fruit Growers Express RBNX Insulated Box Car
      • Aristo GP40 & SD45 Kadee Retrofit
      • Aristo GP40 4 Axle Loco
    • Ted's vignettes pg 3
      • Aristo On-board Camera
      • Aristo GP40 Problems - Smoking Motors & Debilitated Wheels
      • Aristo HW Pass. 3 axle trucks
      • Aristo Knuckle Coupler Tests
      • Aristo Lowered Floors for 40' cars
      • Aristo Mallet
      • Aristo Metal Wheels Issues - Freight
      • Aristo MKT Double Door box car
      • Aristo Napa Valley Wine Train
      • Aristo PWC Power
    • Ted's vignettes pg 4
      • Aristo Revolution 15 Amp Base Station Implementation with PWC / Linear control
      • Aristo Rock Island 100 ton hopper car
      • Aristo Roof Walks - New Style
      • Aristo RS-3 Weights
      • Aristo SD45 Weights & Railing Installation
      • Aristo Signal Bridge ART-7110 Electrical Nuances
      • Aristo SS 90 Deg Crossover
      • Aristo Tank Car with Body Mounted Kadee 907s
      • Aristo Triple Heading U25Bs & SD45
      • Aristo Truck Spring Installation
    • Ted's Vignettes pg 5
      • Aristo Turnout Motors
      • Aristo U25B Potential Instability
      • Aristo WR Turnout
      • Cotton Belt Blue Streak Freight Train
      • Custom Kadee Coupler Boxes for Aristo Locos
      • Kadee 880 & 980 Coupler Gauges
      • Kadee #1 vs. G couplers - Metal Coupler Box
      • Kadees for USAT Bay & Extended Vision Cabooses
      • Layout Experiences by Ted
      • Lionel Flangeless Drivers, Adriatic
    • Ted's Vignettes pg 6
      • Proto & Model Turnouts
      • SS Wheels for Aristo Diesels
      • USAT 4 Bay Hoppers & Kadee 830s
      • USAT GP 38 - Kadee & Various Mods
      • USAT SD70MAC Experiences
      • USAT SP Hydra-Cushion Boxcar & Kadee 830s
      • USAT Intermodal & Kadee Couplers
      • USAT Streamliners with Kadee 906 centerset couplers
      • Aristo Heavyweight Passenger Car & Body Mount Kadee 907s
      • LGB Modern Tank Car - Weighted, Lowered, Kadees
    • Ted's Vignettes pg 7
      • LGB SG 40' Box & Body Mount Kadee 906
      • Kadee Body Mount Considerations
      • LGB 50' Flat Car, Lowering & Kadee 907s
      • LGB Center Flow Hopper Car w/Kadee Couplers
      • SplitJaw Bridge Clamps
      • USA Trains SD40 Snow Plow Relocation
      • USA Trains Modern Tank Cars & Body Mount Kadee Couplers
      • USA Trains 60 foot Box Car Body Mount Factory vs. Kadee Knuckle Couplers
      • LGB Modern 50 foot Box Car & Body Mount Kadee 907s
      • LGB's American Standard Gauge 1/29 Scale Trucks & Mods for Car Lowering
    • Ted's Vignettes pg 8
      • Aristo FA1/FB1 Lowered & Body Mount Kadee 907s
      • USAT 70 ton hopper - repairs & Kadees
      • Upgrading Aristo-Craft Loco Motor Blocks from Sleeve to Ball Bearing
      • AML High-Cube Box Cars & Kadee Body Mounts
      • USA Trains American Series Woodside Reefer & Body Mount Kadee 789s
      • GP7/9 & body mount Kadees w/3d printed components
      • USAT F3 Experiences & Kadee Centersets
      • Aristo 50 ton 2 bay hopper car & body mount Kadees
      • AML Stock Car Experiences & Kadees
      • Aristo's "Plastic [In]compatible" ELECTRALUBE Legacy!
    • Ted's Vignettes pg 9
      • USAT SD40-2 experiences, including Kadee centerset couplers
      • USAT 44 Tonner Experiences & Kadee Couplers
    • Resetting Errant KitchenAid Oven Latch
  • Santa Fe Prototype Info.
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      • Napa Valley Wine Train
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    • Groundcovers - Misc.
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  • G Scale For Sale
  • N Scale For Sale
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    • EagleWings
  • Z trains
    • New to Z Scale?
    • Z motive power
      • Marklin motive power
        • 2-8-0 Mikado - Marklin
      • AZL motive power
        • 2-8-0 Mikado - AZL
        • 4-8-8-4 Big Boy - AZL
        • Dash 9 AZL
        • E8 - AZL
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        • PA1 - AZL
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        • SD-70 - AZL
        • 4-6-6-4 Challenger - AZL
      • Micro Trains motive power
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      • Searails motive power
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    • Z scale Links & Info
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    • Who makes what in Z?
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        • Advanced Module Construction
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      • BFY - Big Freight Yard
      • Tools to bring to a "party"
      • The BFY, large yard module
      • "Raising the bar" on modules
    • Scenery
    • Z Track
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      • Tam Valley turnout control
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    • Z Scale Layouts
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      • Figure 8 test track
    • Z couplers
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    • Powering your layout
  • DCC
    • DCC manufacturers detail pages
      • QSI DCC
        • QSI Installation tips
        • QSI Programmer H/W & S/W
        • QSI Titan
          • Titan sound files
          • Titan smoke
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        • QSI Revolution / Magnum
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        • QSI Programming Tips
        • QSI cheat sheet
        • USAT QSI
        • QSI AirWire & GWire cab
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      • Zimo DCC
        • Zimo MX10 / MX32FU
          • Getting started the first time
          • Quick manual for the MX32
          • Customizing Images
          • Zimo firmware notes
          • Zimo consisting tips
          • MX32FU charger
          • Greg's Zimo system cheat sheet
          • The Zimo Database
          • Switch/turnout configuration tips
          • Entering loco information
          • Zimo, Zigbee & Wi-Fi
          • Interfacing to the MX10, JMRI, etc.
        • Zimo decoder
          • Zimo Resources
      • Tam Valley Depot
      • NCE DCC
        • NCE Mods & Tips
        • NCE decoders
        • NCE USB, serial, JMRI interfaces
        • NCE PowerCab
        • NCE ProCab
          • NCE Procab backlight mod
        • Portable NCE System
        • NCE cables
      • Pricom
      • LGB DCC (MTS)
        • LGB Decoders & Sound Boards
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      • C.T. Elektronik
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        • MRC AD322
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        • Bachmann / Soundtraxx "Thomas family" OEM decoder
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    • Advanced DCC Topics
      • Aristo "DCC" socket
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    • DCC decoder & loco install overview
    • Z DCC
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    • DCC Systems - How to choose
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  • Computers & Misc
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          • GP40
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          • Aristo-Craft catalog
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        • Bachmann motive power
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            • GNR Stirling single trains
            • Modifying Emily to a Stirling
          • 0-4-0 Bachmann saddle tank porter
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            • Improving the K27
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          • Passenger cars, smoothside
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            • HW Lighting
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          • Misc. Version information
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            • Bettendorf BB Retrofit
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          • LGB 50' flat, lowered, Kadees
          • LGB Center Flow Hopper, lowered, Kadees
          • LGB 50' modern box car
          • LGB SG trucks and lowering mods
          • LGB "fun" cars 41170 & 42170
        • Lionel rolling stock
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          • Caboose, extended vision
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          • Box car, 40' PS-1
          • Box car, 50'
            • Hydra-Cushion kadee install
          • box car, 60' cushioned underframe
            • 60' box cushioned underframe & Kadees
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          • Hopper, 4 bay
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            • USAT Intermodal Car & Kadee 907 Centerset Couplers
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            • USAT streamliner disassembly
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            • USAT Modern tank & Kadees
          • Tank car, 29' "beer
          • Kadees for Bay & Extended Vision Cabooses
          • Wood sided caboose
          • USAT 70 ton hopper, Repairs & Kadees
          • USA Trains American Series Woodside Reefer & Body Mount Kadee 789s
          • USAT Heavyweights
        • Misc. Rolling Stock
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        • EggHaulers
      • Layout Planning & Design
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      • Wheels & Trucks
        • Stainless Steel Wheels for Aristo locos
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        • SS wheel investigation by Ted Doskaris
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          • Aristo Turnout Motors
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        • Flex track and rail benders
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      • Couplers
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        • Kadee Body Mount Considerations Vignette
      • Lubrication
      • Ted Doskaris' Vignettes
        • Ted's vignettes pg 1
          • Adding weight GP40
          • AML Bettendorf Truck Vignette
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          • Aristo Bettendorf BB Retrofit
        • Ted's vignettes pg 2
          • Aristo Covered Hopper, Lowering & Kadee Install
          • AML Reefers with Kadees and AML coupler boxes
          • Aristo streamliners - lowering & Kadees
          • Aristo E8 Coupler
          • Aristo Evans Car Improvements
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          • Aristo Flat & Gondola, Lowered, Weighted, Centerset Kadees
          • Aristo Fruit Growers Express RBNX Insulated Box Car
          • Aristo GP40 & SD45 Kadee Retrofit
          • Aristo GP40 4 Axle Loco
        • Ted's vignettes pg 3
          • Aristo On-board Camera
          • Aristo GP40 Problems - Smoking Motors & Debilitated Wheels
          • Aristo HW Pass. 3 axle trucks
          • Aristo Knuckle Coupler Tests
          • Aristo Lowered Floors for 40' cars
          • Aristo Mallet
          • Aristo Metal Wheels Issues - Freight
          • Aristo MKT Double Door box car
          • Aristo Napa Valley Wine Train
          • Aristo PWC Power
        • Ted's vignettes pg 4
          • Aristo Revolution 15 Amp Base Station Implementation with PWC / Linear control
          • Aristo Rock Island 100 ton hopper car
          • Aristo Roof Walks - New Style
          • Aristo RS-3 Weights
          • Aristo SD45 Weights & Railing Installation
          • Aristo Signal Bridge ART-7110 Electrical Nuances
          • Aristo SS 90 Deg Crossover
          • Aristo Tank Car with Body Mounted Kadee 907s
          • Aristo Triple Heading U25Bs & SD45
          • Aristo Truck Spring Installation
        • Ted's Vignettes pg 5
          • Aristo Turnout Motors
          • Aristo U25B Potential Instability
          • Aristo WR Turnout
          • Cotton Belt Blue Streak Freight Train
          • Custom Kadee Coupler Boxes for Aristo Locos
          • Kadee 880 & 980 Coupler Gauges
          • Kadee #1 vs. G couplers - Metal Coupler Box
          • Kadees for USAT Bay & Extended Vision Cabooses
          • Layout Experiences by Ted
          • Lionel Flangeless Drivers, Adriatic
        • Ted's Vignettes pg 6
          • Proto & Model Turnouts
          • SS Wheels for Aristo Diesels
          • USAT 4 Bay Hoppers & Kadee 830s
          • USAT GP 38 - Kadee & Various Mods
          • USAT SD70MAC Experiences
          • USAT SP Hydra-Cushion Boxcar & Kadee 830s
          • USAT Intermodal & Kadee Couplers
          • USAT Streamliners with Kadee 906 centerset couplers
          • Aristo Heavyweight Passenger Car & Body Mount Kadee 907s
          • LGB Modern Tank Car - Weighted, Lowered, Kadees
        • Ted's Vignettes pg 7
          • LGB SG 40' Box & Body Mount Kadee 906
          • Kadee Body Mount Considerations
          • LGB 50' Flat Car, Lowering & Kadee 907s
          • LGB Center Flow Hopper Car w/Kadee Couplers
          • SplitJaw Bridge Clamps
          • USA Trains SD40 Snow Plow Relocation
          • USA Trains Modern Tank Cars & Body Mount Kadee Couplers
          • USA Trains 60 foot Box Car Body Mount Factory vs. Kadee Knuckle Couplers
          • LGB Modern 50 foot Box Car & Body Mount Kadee 907s
          • LGB's American Standard Gauge 1/29 Scale Trucks & Mods for Car Lowering
        • Ted's Vignettes pg 8
          • Aristo FA1/FB1 Lowered & Body Mount Kadee 907s
          • USAT 70 ton hopper - repairs & Kadees
          • Upgrading Aristo-Craft Loco Motor Blocks from Sleeve to Ball Bearing
          • AML High-Cube Box Cars & Kadee Body Mounts
          • USA Trains American Series Woodside Reefer & Body Mount Kadee 789s
          • GP7/9 & body mount Kadees w/3d printed components
          • USAT F3 Experiences & Kadee Centersets
          • Aristo 50 ton 2 bay hopper car & body mount Kadees
          • AML Stock Car Experiences & Kadees
          • Aristo's "Plastic [In]compatible" ELECTRALUBE Legacy!
        • Ted's Vignettes pg 9
          • USAT SD40-2 experiences, including Kadee centerset couplers
          • USAT 44 Tonner Experiences & Kadee Couplers
        • Resetting Errant KitchenAid Oven Latch
      • Santa Fe Prototype Info.
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      • G Scale For Sale
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    • Z trains
      • New to Z Scale?
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        • Micro Trains motive power
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      • DCC manufacturers detail pages
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        • Zimo DCC
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            • Greg's Zimo system cheat sheet
            • The Zimo Database
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        • Tam Valley Depot
        • NCE DCC
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        • Pricom
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    • Computers & Misc
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