I want to mount a Caboose Industries ground throw onto a Walthers Code 83 turnout. Looking at the throw bar, there is  a small vertical hole & a bump with a horizontal hole on either side of the rails. Looking at the ground throw, there is a bar with a vertical pin protuding down. If I remove the bump with the horizontal hole and enlarge the verital hole on the throw bar, it looks like I can mount the ground throw directly on the two long ties that suround the throw bar. Is this a good thing to do? Or will I be wasting a turnout and a ground throw?

Doug Maddox

  While we have some nice days left this summer, I wanted to get some more done on the FreeMoN module.  Plus the next meet is fast approaching in October, and it will be here before we know it.  I took advantage of it tonight after work and dragged the modules out onto the sawhorses in the back yard.  I looked at a couple of track weathering articles (MRH article) and carted the airhose, airbrush and equipment out there too.  I had been planning on this for awhile, and picked up some Pollyscale rust at th

hello...i am modeling an "N" scale layout that will have a 2-2.5% grade on the entire layout. my question is: if i have a siding that i want to park a string of cars, how do i keep them from rolling down the hill? i have considered a helix, but unfortunately i don't have the room..can some one out there HELP me

vinny... a frustrated "N" scaler

I finished up the crossing at Meredith Drive on my IAIS Grimes Line layout. Meredith is the only grade crossing that features gates on the prototype so I wanted to include all the bells and whistles. The crossing uses Tomar gates and flashers controlled by a Logic Rail Technology Grade Crossing Pro circuit. The gates are powered with a Tortoise switch motor and two Circuitron Remote Signal Activators. An ITT sound module provides the crossing bell.

James