1st of all they really should add a help topic choice for I am sure it would be well used.

2nd of all my problem.

       The locomotive in question is an all metal engine with pickups in the tender I am not sure if it is shorting but it sparks as it goes around and it stops and starts. Do you think it is something with the tender wheels? I will hopefully get pictures up soon.

I am working on turning a K-Line Golden State Limmited end car (Golden Divan) into an executive car for my railroad. The main modifying will be making an end platform, and giving it a new interior. Also, the end light will be adjusted. Enjoy!

This Month I look at all the lighting options to light my railroad. Some design points to look at when thinking about lighting your railroad. I look at old and new ideas. lighting a 900 square foot railroad is not cut and dry. We are one step closer to finishing the mainline.

Got some time for train therapy over the weekend, and built these excursion cars for the AV&W:

Well the images and video speak for themselves this is built on a flatcar base with a Lego mounting for the snap circuits fan.

Bloopers:

I bought this kit from M.B. Klein:

I thought I would try it as the originating station for excursions on the Little Trees and Surfside. The listed dimensions were a tad big for the place it has to fit, but I figured if I left off the platform (which for some reason seems to be on the back of the station) it would work. This is the chronicle of what I had to do to make it so.

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Sadly, my layout has been fussy. There's a small grade on it that the trains can't cope with, and nothing seems to make it past 5-6 laps before something goes wrong! I am faced with only one choice: tear down the roadbed and start over! Here are some final pictures of the half built mess, before I get down to it:

We made remarkable progress installing feeder wires before the kids (and teachers) had a week off for Spring Break. I was disappointed that we didn’t quite finish as I had hoped that the break would be the pause before we started operating. So I snuck in during the break and finished up the feeders.

Ok, here's my dilemma: 

Still running DC.. 1 block - 1 engine operation on a small layout…

I recently installed a Micro Engineering turnout. Unbeknownst to me, the through track of the Left turnout, leading to a spur, is dead after the frog. The frog is double gapped on both sides of the frog. I have feeders soldered to the tail track that provide power to the through track and diverting track. There are also two feeds on the other side of the diverting track. Please see diagram:

Well I rarely spell the name of this car right so I will try not to but below are some images and videos of it being one of my favorites I wanted to show it to some people though I am sure mostt people have already heard of it.