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Remove Peco switch springs after installing

I've some Peco turnouts on my switching layout. I installed them with the springs for manual operation. Now I want to install servos and would like to remove the springs, but the turnouts are completely fixed, glued down, ballasted. Do you have any ideas how to remove these springs without ruining anything?

Looking for info

Hello All

New here to this site.

I am looking for info on a article that was in a sister magazine, I believe it was in either a Railroad & Railfan, or Railroad Model Craftsman magazine.

It was titled Those horrible Helpy humps, about repowered locomotives.  I made a couple of models based on this article, how ever in my moving out of BC Canada, my bus was broken into and all my models ( HO Scale ) were stolen along with all my model railway books, so am looking to buy another magazine so can start over.

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Ebay to no longer use Paypal?

Has anyone seen the type of info discussed here?......

Special ProtoThrottle Faceplate Pre-Order

Prior to our next ProtoThrottle production run, we are offering you the opportunity to reserve one of several special faceplates by purchasing one before we commit to the quantity of each variant to be produced.  The special faceplates being offered this time include:

    Black
    Olive Green
    Grey Blue + Aux Lights text
    Black + Aux Lights text
    Olive Green + Aux Lights text

Dullcoat as primer

The instructions for my Campbell Scale Models barn suggested using Dullcoat as a primer on the aluminum roof.  While I haven't painted the roof, yet anyway, it got me thinking.  I have a plastic kit where the paint is not bonding well, and thought about using Dullcoat to prime the plastic

A first experiment seemed to work, but I am not sure.  Does anyone have experience using Dullcoat as a clear primer?

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My RGS - video tour posted

With a bit of trepidation, I got inspired and filmed a short video tour of my layout.  It moves pretty quickly, and has more of a drone feel than typical layout videos; I wanted to do something different.

Anyway, here it is -

DCC sound equiped

never mind found some articles 

Small Diameter Flexible Tubing

Can anyone lead me to a source of highly flexible small diameter tubing?  Perhaps I am pursuing too much realism in trying to disguise the DCC wires between the steam loco and tender as water hoses and brake lines.  The subject loco is too closely coupled to the tender to fit a TCS of 6-wire connector between the units.  A pair of three-wire Miniatronics connectors are too stiff over such a short span.  My only alternative is to hard-wire the loco and tender.  So, if that is the best option, I would like to disguise the wires in some manner.

A Place....

Here are two diagrams of the two halves of the layout.  I believe I've reached the end of track in terms of major changes within the current foot print.  There are three railroads which can be represented in a reasonable fashion.  Conn River line (CP/B&M), Central Vermont over


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