Throughout the late 1960s up through the 1990s it seems to me our hobby was heavily focused on the coal mining industry in the Appalachians and even the Rockies. However, these days there is much more attention being directed at the Midwest and even eastern farming areas where both industry and agriculture coexisted. This blog is about modeling grain elevators and feed mills along with supporting industry and operations.

OK, I'm not going to ask which to use for DCC stranded or solid, but a friend of mine gave me a bunch of stranded wire, both 14 and 22 gauge.

I noticed when I stripped the ends, the wire is tinned copper vs. copper. 

Is it OK to use this type of wire for DCC ?

Thanks in advance.

Bill. 

I had one of those old Roundhouse Climax kits and finally decided to scrap the original useless chassis and motor and put the great climax body on top of a Bachmann 44 ton switcher, following Geared Steam's original description from way back when on his blog. Thanks! But I have run into a bit of a problem and need your advice. Take a look at these.

If you were given a chance to do it all again, knowing what you know now, what time period would you choose to model. It can be as specific as you like from a particular day to a decade to model or more if so inclined. It could also be a moving time period such as Joe F. did on his layout changing year by year as he moved from the beginning to the end of his decade.