Has anyone experienced replacing a fried motor on an Atlas N Scale GP 40 ? Getting a hold of Atlas is ridiculous. Any info will be appreciated.

Thanks,

I was recently contacted by a fellow MRH subscriber about making some custom signs for his layout. He wanted some vintage billboards to go on the side of a warehouse he is working on and the source materials were very limited.

It was certainly an interesting project and it came with 1 significant challenge. This was the only photo of the billboards to work from - show here at full resolution...

I would like to use a sound decoder in a boxcar while controlling the locomotive on a non-sound decoder in the locomotive.   

Can anybody suggest an appropriate value for a resistor to put across the motor leads to replace the motor load.

I am guessing that I should also turn back EMF off on the sound decoder?

For all the usual reasons, I really like using doors for the base benchwork for my RR, but I have never found a satisfactory way to route the wiring.  Typically I run a wire from the track down through the door and collect it all underneath.  My wiring works just fine, but I feel like someone out there has a better way.