Hello friends and modelers.

This is my first post on MRH. My name is Glenn Holland, I'm a young mechanical engineer in the rail industry, and my modeling efforts are done with Lego bricks. I've been building and seriously modeling trains for about 12 years now.

Here is my newest model: I chose the Buffalo Creek & Gauley 2-8-0 Consolidation #13.

well i finally got to build up some older mc keen rolling stock i have, (like six kits) well parts are missing, like weight, frames, etc.

but one i have almost completed, took the weight from another kit,  but the "peg" that is the center for the couplers is to big in dia for the little brass plate for the kd number 5 couplers.

Q:  anyway to make this smaller in dia?

or just remove the whole built in pocket and replace with a kd coupler box?

With the implementation of the new ESU - LokSound V5, I have a few new options to consider going forwards with my sound decoder installations.

I’ll be sticking solely with either a LokSound - Select Direct and/or a 21pin LokSound V5.  The options are related to the addition of a keep-alive on future installs.

The following table shows the options I have:

This might seem a bit strange to ask, but how would you go about troubleshooting an old MRC power pack?  I've started in on testing some estate sale rolling stock using this old Control Master II, and it seems ... wrong.