Installing DCC into older steam engines often requires multi-wire connections between tender and engine.  For those who cannot leave engines permanently coupled, there seem to be few connectors offered directly to the hobbyist.  Depending on scale, some of these connections demand higher power connectors than others, while all can be challenging to fit into the limited spaces. 

I'm trying to decide the best material for roadbed to get a reasonable degree of sound deadening.

At the moment I am considering:

• Traditional cork
• Closed Cell foam (3mm or 5mm)

Does anyone have any first hand experience of using Closed Cell foam or is there a better alternative?

Thanks

Rob

Cornhill & Atherton RR
Freelance 1930s Steam

I know that this is a bunch of questions, but I hope to open up a discussion here.  I have hopes that Verne and several of the other On30 modelers here on the forum will join in on this discussion.  I am at that point where N scale is just too small for the ol' eyes anymore.  It is really getting hard to see the rail joiners lining up on N scale track.  At this point I doubt I have to worry if more than one car has the same road number.  I can't see it going by. 

These are some pictures I use in my Gatorfoam® (GF) clinics. My clinics revolve around my experiences with using GF for firm, lightweight, mostly benchwork and control panel uses.

Dave Myers is nice enough to lend me some of his actual HO models to bring to my presentations. Dave has won  awards for some of his work, including 1st place at the last NER meeting in Syracuse, NY, for his Johnson Woolen Mill diorama. When you see the picture below notice, that with Gatorfoam®, dioramas don't just sit on the shelf but become part of the layout.