HELP!!!!! I just recived 2 very nice athern GP 38-2s . The problem is I am so used to the newer DCC plug installed units that when I took the shell off I was kind of suprised to see all this brass contact stuff and no wires! I am clueless as to putting DCC and sound into these units. Any help would be greatly appreceated. Thanks in advance.

Hey everyone. Got a NCE DCC question. I know you can use 2 power cabs on the same layout. NCE directions say you can use youre power cab as a pro cab on the club layout. What i want to know is will it function as a 2nd power cab allowing me to use all the functions, or will they "fight for control" with each other? I am using the SB3 booster with the 5 amp power booster. Any hints will help.

You ever have one of those "Man i wish i had the camera rolling moments!' ? Well tonight i went over to a friends house to watch him operate his HO scale layout. Things were rolling well untill train #104 a 25 car double stack train led by 3 UP AC4400 sound equiped locos headed into tunnel #1. Unkown to the engineer, Catzilla had taken up refuge inside the tunnel. Well, you want to talk about the shocked out of your mind treatment? This was for sure the most shocking operating expirence of my life!

I was just looking at another blog about BUG problembs and i was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on evicting "guests" in my case spiders, from my buildings and scenery. From what i have been told they are a realitive of the daddy long leggs and although harmless, its a pain dealing with spider webs every day. HELP!!!

Hey guys. Was wondering if anyone had any recomendations for a power pack to control only the lighting on my layout. I have been using an MRC tech 4 witch has been fine up till now. When I try too add more lights it goes into overload mode and shuts off. Should i just get an additional pack or is there one out there that will do all the lights by itself? Thanks for any input.

Its a sad day in America today. Taking some time off from my hobby to reflect on the horror in Colorado. Life is precious. Tell youre family how much you love them. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and thier families.

Recently a friend of mine brought over a couple of older proto 1000 GP20s and has asked me to install DCC and sound into them. They are nice locos but are very tight on space. i think i can get a tsunami sound decoder into them but where to put the speaker?  It looks like the only possibile space is to black out the cab windows and put it in the cab. I am really beginning to think that simply replacing the older locos with newer models might be his best bet. I have done speaker installs in cabs before and have not had the results i would like.

I have three MTHSD70ace's. They are fantastic models but one of them will not remember its sound setting once its set with the F6 key. The other two are fine. The one with the issue starts up on the loudest volume setting every time. I also have tried the pot switch and that also is not working. Any tips on mabey CV programing or do i need to send it back to MTH?

I have 2 older walthers GP15s that a friend gave to me. They were dc models wich i have converted to DCC. They run great with the Tsunami decoders but i cant seem to find a good place to install a speaker. Any hints or Tips?

Thanks,  Cliff McKenney   UP MAN