Anyone in western pa/ eastern oh/norhtern panhandle of wv interested in some round robin modeling/operating? I'm in Beaver, PA. I don't want to...
now that you mention it, I do recall having a hell of a time putting the atlas joiners on the peco turnouts! I may have forgotten more then I'll...
scotchloks work well and are super fast. They require no stripping of the wires Car parts stores and home depot, as well as online carry them. can...
Are they all the same? I have peco turnouts and various kinds of flex - I think it's all the same code of rail but it's been packed away for...
What do you all use to cut, as in shape terrain, when building with foam? I hear there are 'hot knives' out there - what's a good one and where...
well, I have a lot of locos I want to one day use...so I may be soldering at some point. Or adapting shells. And thanks a million for those links!
Thanks for the info. Back when I was into it one had to rewire and insulate the motor from the chassis and solder very fine wires to install a...
A bit of looking at MBKleins site shows: Bachman GE44 tonner, dcc equipped...how sell does somthing this small actually run? I have peco insulfrog...
I'm getting back into the hobby after about 5 years out of it and when I left I had some HO dcc stuff from a club I belonged to, but my home...
this area started with System One (NCE) when DCC was new and then most seem to be using digitrax, with the occasional MRC or Lenz person out...
I'm waffling between a Digitrax zephyr and NCE powercab. Both offer radio which is not cheap. Digitrax offers IR which is cheap. Anyone use a...
It's only 2 amps of power and some folks feel the 2.5 amp zephyr is a bit weak. Here NCE PowerCab Debut | Tony's Tips at Tony's Train Exchange....
I looked at the NCE Power Cab and it's very tempting. But I want 2 cabs and it would be nice if both can be walk around. But adding a booster and...
Here in the NE it's used for insulation and the 1" is carried most everywhere, 2" is harder to find (i think HD carries it though). $15 to $20 for...
I asked a similar question last week and what I got in response was the that the zephyr can read a decoder where as the empire builder can't, but...
I can't predict, but my observations: I was into trains as a kid/teen, the 70s. I got out of it in college and such and back into it in the late...
Will do. I think I'm going for the throws with the positition signals on them. I just have to figure out what turnouts to use...and maybe what...
I've used caboose hobby groundthrows on wood layouts and of course had no problems. I'd like to use foam as my base and foam for sub-roadbed. How...
the sound i last heard sounded weak and kinda dumb to me. I was more into N then and sound wasn't something I was at all interested in. Now that...
I was under the impression a seperate programming track was a PITA (my 'experience' is limited and 5+ years old now). What I've recently read...