A friend and I came up with this idea for interchanging cars between out railroads.  It's based on the type of interchange some people have used (I don't know where it's documented) where they run an operating session and then notify the other person about what cars have been sent and what they are loaded with.  I've heard of people exchanging actual cars, but I think it usually involves duplicate cars on each layout.

I have not looked at this for a few years, The Alps printers are gone and I was wondering if there is any new technology for printing white or metal colors for decals and signs. I am hoping for a home solution that will not break the bank. Any information will be welcomed.

Regards,

John

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I've chosen a few unique industries to model on my present-day layout and was looking for some information as to what loads are setout at each of them.  I have a general idea of what is required in the manufacturing/transportation of each but I was unable to find information on how a railroad would service these modern industries.

Hi all,

Been lurking here for a while but haven't posted much.

I recently bought a Bachmann 70 tonner as they got great reviews.

Initially the little engine ran fine but after about an hours use it became a bit lurchy and unwilling to run smoothly. Out of the box it comes with the very basic Bachmann decoder installed that does not allow you to program much more then vstart, and acc, dec and some basic lighting functions.