Hey everyone I am trying to speed match my locos but I have found about 7 of them that just run too fast on speed step 1.  I have decreased CV2 to 0 and they still go like a rocket.  I read on another post that you could try and lower the CV5 and CV6 to a lower value.  I have done this as well and still the same result.  Its like there is no super slow speed and I can't figure out how to change it or even slow it down.  I am using mainly Digitrax decoders with a couple Lenz thrown in as well.

My mom is my greatest critic, whether it's my acting work or my train modeling, I can count on her to give me honest critical feedback. She had a few things to say about my first photos of the Lionel FA... well, she actually had a single thing to say: "top not rusty". Hopefully I have fixed that to her liking.

Encouraged by others who are sharing their experiences here, I thought I'd try to create a thread about the process of creating a HO scale GP9 of Northern Pacific Number 261.

I have models from Z to G - Z, N, HO, Lionel, and 1:29, to be specific, and one of these little gems is a Lionel ALCO FA from the post-war era. Originally, the FA was painted for Union Pacific, but somewhere in the late 1980s I decided that it would look better in a different scheme. First it got a stylish dark blue and dark grey scheme with silver trim, and then - for reasons I cannot begin to explain - I repainted it gold. Solid gold. Solid metallic gold.