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Track location vs Scenery vs Buildings - a Layout Design Question

Mon, 2012-02-06 08:45 — Highlandsoft

This question is about a design aspect I haven’t seen discussed much.

Question: to how much detail did you plan the location of scenic features (ie, rivers, canyons, etc) and structure placement before starting to cut roadbed for a mainline?

Body mounting an Athearn Shell

Sun, 2012-02-05 20:11 — dcforbes

I have fine tuned an old Athearn SD40-2 and would like to cut off the lug mounting system on the side and attach the shell with screws, somehow. Does anyone have any suggestions or pictures on how to do this? Thanks.

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PECO curved Code 83 turnout spring

Sun, 2012-02-05 16:24 — johndrgw

I have several PECO code 83 turnouts, mostly the curved ones that are DCC friendly. These turnouts have a spring in the throwbar which keeps the points in place whichever way the turnout was last thrown. I plan to use Tortoise turnout motors. Should I remove the throwbar spring or is the Tortoise motor strong enough at 12 V to override the spring?

John

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Less than Class I Ballast idea

Sun, 2012-02-05 05:54 — herronp

I've been having pretty good luck using various colors of sanded grout (has more body than unsanded) Spread it with a brush, spray it with wet/water (a little soap added). When dry, use a Que-tip shaft cut at an angle to run along the web of the rail and a brush to get it off the tie tops. When it is all clean hit it with some hairspray to totally fix it. Run a rag on the end of your finger with a tiny bit of acetone to clean the top of the rail. Done! Also works great on wet plaster or paint-sort of like zip texture with a twist.

Peter

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bachmann n switches

Sat, 2012-02-04 21:05 — bshs7086

my two swiches work ok but one will swichoff the power to the track whilst the other one wont. they look different on top any suggestions as to why. being able to swich one of enables me to set up on this line whilst running on the other so tks bshs7086

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Stoney Mountain Classic Castings

Sat, 2012-02-04 19:48 — ron netti

For anybody out there Does anybody know if Stoney Mountain Classic Casting is still in bussiness

Passenger Cars

Sat, 2012-02-04 19:41 — lwv-dlw

Help me understand

Sat, 2012-02-04 19:39 — Bluesssman

I have been spending some time drooling over the 2-10-10-2 locomotive. I thought the Big Boy 4-8-8-4 was the largest steam locomotive ever built. Was the 2-10-10-2 larger?

Thanks,

Gary

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EBay Buyers Beware (MTH item)

Sat, 2012-02-04 16:24 — Leaky Valley

I recently purchased one of MTH’s new FA-1’s on E-Bay. It arrived within just a few days with the unopened Made in China cardboard box packed within the shipping box. When I finally got the engine unpacked, I noticed that the front coupler was broken. This was one of their new automatic couplers that can be operated from your controller.

Two North American A4's are coming back to the UK

Fri, 2012-02-03 21:48 — NormanW

Nestling in two museums in North America are two all-time classic British railway locomotives. At the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay Wisconsin is the A4 Pacific "Dwight D Eisenhower", this link takes you to the page http://www.nationalrrmuseum.org/en-Us/exhibits/exhibits/default.aspx click on the slideshow and it is picture 11.

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