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FRED
Hello.
Anybody have an idea how to make a FRED/end of train device.
Im not runnig with caboose and need a way to see if the last car are with the train.
I think about something to hang on the coupler.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Hans Ole
Location of Block Sub-Buss Connection
What is the preferable location for the connection of the block sub-buss? Is it one end, in the middle or whatever is physically convenient? Is one better than the other? In my case, the blocks won't be more than about 8 feet in length.
Doug
Track Cleaning with Atlas Cleaning Car
I recently received the Atlas HO Track Cleaning Car with various attachments including a vacuum. I am having trouble with the DCC portion. I removed the DCC Blanking Chip as instructed and inserted a Digitrax DH123P decoder. Do I have to program this decoder somehow? The vacuum moter does not work when power is applied. (frustrating get a Christmas gift you can't use)
Thanks
Danea
What's in a kit
I'm sure many of us who have been in this great hobby any length of time have heard a conversation similar to one I heard yesterday in a local hobby shop. Dad and mom had gotten their son a train set for Christmas. The family was in the hobby shop to get more track, and maybe some more rolling stock. The employee was doing a pretty good job of explaining track questions, and steering them to nickel silver (they don't stock brass: good for them). But he couldn't answer questions about the differences in kits, having little or no experience.
Dap Ready Mixed Concrete Patch?
While I was at a local swap meet earlier this month I ran into a guy who was selling bundles of a years worth of MR for $2 a bundle. Not bad for 12 issues.
I grabbed the one from 1992, since that was a date I know I wasn't in model railroading and thus would not yet own any of those issues.
24"X48" Ceiling Tiles for road bed Least expensive method
I have been checking on the ceiling Tile for road bed to replace homasote topic. In the states Home Depot sells 8 pieces of acoustical panels in a case lot ea tile is 24"X48"X5/8" thick for $31.36 that's a total of 64 Square feet or when cut into 2" wide stripes thats 384 feet of roadbed where a single sheet of homasote is 4'X8'X5/8 = 32 Sq. feet and cut into 2" wide strips thats 192 feet and sells for $25.00.
The PWRR 8 - The EBT Part 1
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Track Plan Critique
Hello all! I've spent many hundreds of hours going through designing what I thought would be the perfect track plan for the area that I have. I've solicited opinions and help from a few people. Now I have a plan that I like, but I just want to make sure that there aren't any glaring deficiencies...
My Newest Caboose
I had been hanging onto an old MDC plastic caboose kit, ( I detest ready to run), I finally broke down and built it today, one because I found I already had the correct decals on hand, and two I was bored, so here she is, still needs a brake wheel standard, but I will use Athearn parts for those since the MDC parts provided weren't correct.
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