MRH ended up with an extra ESU LokSound decoder tester, so we're offering it for sale. ESU recently redesigned their tester, so this is the latest new tester design.

This is a brand new unopened tester, which ordinarily sells street price for about ~$48 plus shipping.

We'll sell it to the first taker for $40, postage paid.

Last night I was building a train on the departure track in my yard and a question popped into my mind I had never thought of before. I set the caboose on the departure track, then got my first cut of cars which had been blocked already according to station order. I set them on the departure track, connected to the caboose, then uncoupled from the train to get the next cut. 

I have a Bachmann 2-8-0. I would like to buy a Bachmann 2-6-0 and use the tender for my 2-8-0. I was wondering if anyone can tall me if the electronic plugs between the loco and tender are interchangeable between Bachmann locos. A while back, I got a Light USRA Bachmann 4-8-2 and bought the extended Vanderbilt tender (that originally came with the Heavy C&O Mountain) and it plugged into the light 4-8-2. I was wonder if the same would work with a 2-8-0 loco with the tender from a 2-6-0.

Any advice would be great.

Robert Gross

Hello everyone, I have three Atlas Dow Chemical Plastic Pellet Hoppers with the same road number. I would like to do one of two things. a) renumber two of the cars or b) re-decal two of the cars to have different road names. 

I'm just beginning in the hobby, so this will be my first foray into changing the looks of a model. I will also want to do some graffiti and weathering, but that is for a different topic.