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2013-05-24 Model Railroads - n scale code 80 track:

All code 80 track should have rails which are the same heigth.  You might notice a difference in the spacing of the ties and/or their color. These are merely cosmetic issues.  However, if the tie thickness

2013-05-23 Coin and Paper Money Collecting - Pennies:

Hi Matt,    Cleaning coins is bad.  If you try to get the mint red color back on a circulated (worn) coin, you've just ruined it.  No collector will want to pay top money for cleaned coins.  If you do

2013-05-23 Model Railroads - Level / Railroad Crossing Automated Systems.:

Hi!  Again.  Most crossings are already protected with warning devices, bells, lights, gates etc. and I doubt if cell phone ring tones would add much additional protection against accidents.  Most accidents

2013-05-22 Model Railroads - Level / Railroad Crossing Automated Systems.:

Manually operated gates over automated drop down barriers have a large edge on preventing crossing disasters.  Years ago British railways had gates that completely closed the whole width of the road way

2013-05-22 Model Railroads - Level / Railroad Crossing Automated Systems.:

In my 70 years, I have never seen a manually operated crossing anywhere in the United States.  Where I live in the Hudson Valley, about 40 miles north of New York City, the last manually operated crossing