I've been looking at the Details West joint bars and fishplates for the main reason of detailing my track, but part of me wants to do away with the track joiners and solder the track together with the brass joint bars; where insullation is needed I would use the the plastic kind. I've already planned on using drops on all sections of my track, so using the joiners for current would not be an issue. Anyone ever do this before?

Thanks,

Burt

Question? I have to turnouts that work fine in one direction, but if i run the trains in the opposite direction they will derail most of the time. I am using a Bachmann train set in HO scale. They are electric turnouts.

There has been some mentions about derailers and there placements on other treads in the forum. I want everyone to help gather the information in one single tread so we can all easy find it and help fellow modelers to use the proper placement.

I am myself wondering where to place them on sidings and spurs. I'm planning to install derailers on my layout but don't know where they are placed on the prototype. I know a little about there placement on the Norwegian railroad, but not the american railroads. Any help will be appreciated.

   I was wondering if it was posible to put an N scale decoder in an HO engine. I thought I saw an add in

   one of the model railroad magazines that Digitrax was advertising one of thier N scale decoders would

    work in tight spaces. Has anybody out there done this.

     ron netti