The Rip Track
The Rip Track is a website that collects and disseminates information on prototype and model railroading. Regular features include Modeler's Moments as well as research topics in railroad history worldwide.
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2006
 
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The Rip Track Now part 3 is exporting to mp3 format as well. Next task: finish the show notes for both parts and upload them.

Tue at 7:37pm
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The Rip Track Episode 11 part 2 is assembled and exporting to mp3 format right now. This part has announcements from North American Railcar Corporation, Imagine That, Blackstone Models / Soundtraxx, Deluxe Innovations, Märklin, Model Railroad TV, Monroe Models, Timberline Scenery, Wheels of Time, and finally Atlas Model Railroad Co...mpany. I'll be working on the show notes and will have it uploaded soon.

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Tue at 5:28pm
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The Rip Track I'm still not sure what made the new episode repeate the first ten minutes, but it's at least got everything that I wanted to include in Part 1. That'll teach me not to skip listening to the entire file through before uploading it.

November 20 at 6:13pm
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The Rip Track Let the downloading begin! Episode 11 Part 1 is now ready and on the site.

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There are three major model railroad shows in North America that have become known in the hobby as shows where many manufacturers announce and debut new products: the National Train Show held in conjunction ...
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The Rip Track I have part 1 of Episode 11 assembled, now to finish the show notes. Part 1 includes announcements from Walthers, Intermountain, Lionel, Athearn, Kato and Brooklyn Peddler, as well as some of my own questions for the manufacturers.

November 18 at 12:11pm
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The Rip Track I got a little more than 30 interviews with manufacturers that were showing products at Trainfest. Episode 11 will be a multi-part show so I can get all the announcements out as soon as possible. I hope to have the first part uploaded soon with the rest by the end of the week.

November 16 at 8:48am
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Matthew Nitka
Have you heard how attendance was this year? First time in awhile I had to wait in line to get tickets and get in. Hopefully that's a good sign.
November 16 at 9:59am
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The number announced on Sunday night was 19,599. The trend is upward from previous years.
November 16 at 6:34pm
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The Rip Track Are there any questions that you want answered from the manufacturers who will be at Trainfest this weekend? I can ask them and put their answers in the podcast for you.

November 11 at 8:05am
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The Rip Track The biggest model train show in the Midwest is coming up next weekend. I'll be gathering audio from talking to the manufacturers at the show for the next podcast, so look for a new episode the following week.

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The Rip Track Well, here it is. The first double-digit episode!

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For this episode of the podcast, we're going to focus on model railroading and save the prototype history and data for a later show. It's October, and now that the days are getting colder and the ...
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The Rip Track The mp3 file for Episode 10 is now put together. Just a little bit to finish the metadata and show notes, and it will soon be there.

October 5 at 8:18pm
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The Rip Track I had a nasty cold this week and wasn't able to record the intro and outtro segments until today. But, now that that's done, I hope to have Episode 10 finished and uploaded later today.

October 5 at 8:00am
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The Rip Track I've got some great raw materials, now to edit them down to become Episode 10.

September 27 at 5:14pm
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The Rip Track I'm going to try something new to get Episode 10 out soon. Here's a little teaser... There are a lot of model railroaders out there, and they've all got great ideas for building models.

September 26 at 5:01pm
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