On a quick check, --ists an MRC Tech 4 Dual Control for about $60. Google would show other places they can be had. That might be the fastest way...
The new Kato SD45s wouldn't seem to fit into this scenario very well. Too bad. (I have the same problem with my Hagerstown Maryland theme.) You...
Google shows a couple of shops that say they still have them.
I think Skipgear posted something a month or so ago about a wagontop he found listed on sales site that can remain nameless. I'm not so sure...
Just to confuse things, the East Columbus tower picture that I posted was on PRR/B&O trackage, and the caption indicates that it was a B&O tower...
Here is an wooden interlocking that I found Googling PRR interlocking towers. It isn't right, but what the heck...
After N&W picked up the Nickle Plate and P&WV, N&W and WM ran mixed lashup trains from Hagerstown through Connellsville into Ohio, Webster City I...
Sounds like a good reason not to use ops programming to me. All you need is one persons to goof it up. It's really tempting Murphy's Law. If it...
Usually, the charge is for handling as well as shipping, which is intended to cover at least some of the cost of maintaining the inventory of...
The Zephyr does have separate programming outputs, which is one of the things that I like about it. I just using a straight section of track...
The problem seems to show up when you use CV 19 to set up the consist, which is advanced consisting, I think. I haven't really done a lot of...
For some reason Digitrax ships decoders with BEMF enabled for normal operation, but disabled when consisted to another locomotive. That's how you...
The big problem seems to be when one locomotive has BEMF enabled, while the other does not. For some reason, Digitrax decoders are shipped with...
The key may be to change CV 57 from 6 to 102. This is the CV that enables BEMF (which Digitrax calls Scalable Speed Stabilization). Digitrax...
Well, if you think you have the spur set to running power, but it is set to program, what happens if you run a locomotive across the insulated...
I really like the programming track on the Zephyr. It is a safe and easy way to check decoder installation, and it is an easy way to check and...
I have a Zephyr as well, and am very happy with it. My suggestion would be to start by running one train at a time, and then add the capability...
There is a description of the Bearden process at http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?t=105456 There is usually an exploded parts...
There is a website that covers the Western Maryland and other roads that were part of the alphabet route. It is http://www.alphabetroute.com/ ....
I think the LL GP20 is pretty much the same as the LL GP18. TCS has pictures on the installation of a CN-GP decoder in the GP18 that replaces the...
