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I have cut the first plywood subroadbed. I have decided to start with the east end of the railroad and work my way west.

I have made small changes already to the plan - I left out a siding because it looked too crowded - but in general my ideas seem to work out so far. It certainly helps that this is the third edition of the G&AM, doing it over and over again can improve your work!

Maybe someone can help streamline my research here.  My brother recently asked me to repaint and decal an Alco FA and FB unit into New York Central livery.  He wants these two to match another FA that he has that is in the NYC black paint scheme.

Am I correct in thinking that NYC had two different paint schemes at the same time that they were applying to Alco F units?  Is there a particular decal set that would be proper for creating a pair of black coloured F units?

Any direction in this regard would be appreciated.

Marc

Hi,

I bought a Bachmann 83054 Amtrak Acela #650 (N scale). It is decoder equipped. It runs far too fast (~ 300 mph) and I have no idea how to make it slower. It doesn't react on programming the cv's 5 and 6 (max speed and average speed). Nor does it react on programming the cv's 67 to 94 and changing cv 29 accordingly.