Hello! This may be something someone may have already encountered. I have never used magnetic uncoupling ramps before. So, I bought a 2-pack. Placed them loosely on the track. Ran a Bachmann GP7 sound equipped loco over it and the loco grabbed the magnet and dragged it along. ?? I have never seen nor heard of this. What is the K.I.S.S.? If I glue the magnet down, will that slow the loco down when traveling over it? Or is there a better solution? The GP7 has the speaker in the fuel tank, right above the rails. Morgan Bilbo, PRR in 1952

I have become enamored with the flowing look of track built on spline roadbed. While I model in On30, the track gauge is the same as HO, it does require longer ties and more center to center spacing. With that in mind I lowered a section of my bench work about 4” below where the other, plywood, roadbed is already in place to allow a few more riders and some room for scenery below the track level. 
 

Hello all, has anyone tried to model old short lines or branch lines with bad trackwork? With dips and rises when laying the track (handlaid). Now I am not talking a huge deal, say .010 to .015 inch with small shims staggered about. Have seen some lines on YouTube that were really bad, but looked really cool watching the small train rocking and swaying back and forth. Just spit balling here guys. Thoughts   God Bless Ya   Dave

N-scale. Using Peco live frog turnouts, Peco switch machines, and the add-on (PL-13 Accessory switch) that does frog current switching automatically. Testing on bench was all good. Then after being put in layout, would not work. Apparently, the bottom current switcher, PL-13, was causing binding.