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	<description>where real, model and virtual trains meet</description>
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		<title>Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sept/Oct edition of the free Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine is out now. In this issue, out of the many articles i found zip texturing, modeling tree stumps, farm fencing were particularly useful and informative.
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		<link>http://www.passingloop.com/?p=3499</link>
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		<title>Model Railway for sale, comes with free house</title>
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A house in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, UK has gone on the market for £105,000 and it includes a 1,000ft miniature railway in the backyard.  The railway is extensively detailed with a village, castle, fairground. It even has bridges and waterfalls around a  Koi carp pool in the center.  
The railway and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.passingloop.com/?p=3492</link>
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		<title>British Railways &#8211; Wash and Brush Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[British Railway&#8217;s old 1953 film showing a steam engine going through it&#8217;s regular maintenance tasks.


Direct Link to clip, if the embedded video does not show up above
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		<link>http://www.passingloop.com/?p=3487</link>
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		<title>HO Scale: Faded Brick Sheet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been working on creating HO scale bricks and siding sheets using a graphic tool (Corel&#8217;s PaintShop). This is my first of my brick series.  
Click on the image below for a HO scale faded brick sheet (PDF: 450kb) that you could use in your scratchbuilding projects.
Faded Brick

Previously: More free sheets.
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		<link>http://www.passingloop.com/?p=3471</link>
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		<title>Friday Fun: RENFE Pop-up advert</title>
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Amazing pop-up advertisement introducing the new fleet of trains for the Spanish National Railway Network(RENFE)  
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		<link>http://www.passingloop.com/?p=3466</link>
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		<title>Movie Trailer: Unstoppable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tony Scott’s upcoming action drama Unstoppable, involving a runaway train is loosely based on two separate incidents in Ohio. Chris Pine and Denzel Washington race against time in a separate locomotive trying to stop a runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals. The train shots and the crashes look good in the trailer. 
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.passingloop.com/?p=3461</link>
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		<title>Hotel Room for the Railfan in Tokyo</title>
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The Washington Hotel in Akihabara, Tokyo has a L-shaped train “diorama” in one of their rooms which you can stay in. The train room opened in June and costs $265 per night and already there is a month&#8217;s waiting list for this room. In addition to the model train, you could also see the Shinkansen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.passingloop.com/?p=3451</link>
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		<title>America in Color (1939-1943)</title>
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Old color photographs taken between 1939 and 1943 by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information show the life and people from around that time but particularly interesting are the railroad photographs (46 thru 54. cannot link to them so some scrolling is required) showing the thriving industry and the people behind it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.passingloop.com/?p=3443</link>
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		<title>50% Railworks Expansion Pack Sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Railworks (via Steam) is offering 50% off on its popular expansion packages. 

1. The Isle of Wight at $14.99 (org $29.99)
2. The Rascal and Cottonwood at $11.99 (org $23.99)
3. The Colton and Northern at $11.99 (org $23.99)
You must have Railworks installed in order to use these packages.
Railworks on Steam always offer items on sale from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.passingloop.com/?p=3427</link>
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		<title>How subway cars are made</title>
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English Russia show us how subway cars are made in a two part series. Part 1 shows the welding and framing shop. In Part 2 we see the assembly, electronics  and paint shops.
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		<link>http://www.passingloop.com/?p=3422</link>
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