DC - Electrical

Rivarossi 0-8-0

Tue, 2011-10-18 00:34 — Rich49

I have acquired a 40 year old rivarossi 0-8-0 loco which is in perfect condition except for part of the motor.

The casing which goes around the cogs which lead to the drive shaft has eroded and is breaking up, in fact a piece has broken away. As I live in the UK, parts are extremely hard to come by.

So any suggestions on how I may repair this item would be greatly appreciated

green Bay and Western ho scale creation

Tue, 2011-09-27 08:13 — green bay western

Hello all I am building a ho scale railroad on the GB&W in ho scale come and see my progress so far on youtube ...

blog soon Paul B

Moderator edit: Put YouTube inline using the media button on the edit control bar (looks like a film strip).

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HO Scale Live Steam?

Sat, 2011-09-24 23:34 — Scarpia

Well, I should say OO scale live steam. My friend in the area Norman showed me his Hornby live steam OO scale A4 locomotive yesterday, sadly I only had my old iPhone with me.

Battery power

Wed, 2011-09-14 15:03 — robbo

   On the subject of battery power - Yes it is possible.  The defunct British company Tri--ang, (now Hornby) made an O guage battery set some years ago called the 'Big Big Train'.  O.K., it was a 'toy'   and O guage but the basic accuracy of its mouldings  was as good as any, and on repaint looked pretty real..  Running on Peco Streamline track it ran several years in my garden very reliably using rechargeable standard U2 and U11 cells.  Being battery-powered made track laying easier because there was no need to solder.  T

Summer Shunting Shelf Project

Thu, 2011-08-11 16:11 — M.C. Fujiwara
My nine-year-old daughter & I are building an N-scale shelf switching layout for the summer. Even though layout design is one of my trades, my daughter brushed aside my ideas & jumped on Byron Henderson’s “Alameda Belt Line”: a 1’ x 6’ shelf designed to fold in half for portability.

How to wire LEDs into a control panel to indicate direction...

Thu, 2011-07-21 21:28 — chesticus

Hello all.

I hate to bother people here,but I have a question regarding LEDs wired into my control panel. Iwas not going to add these, but I have to admit that it would make routing and indication of active track/ turnout direction easier for the operator. So...

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Help with a lights only decoder

Mon, 2011-06-27 12:25 — abehlerjr

Hello all,

            I am about to attempt to add a TCS lights only decoder to a loco with an existing decoder. I plan to use the TCS for the rear ditch lights that are currently attached to the rear headlight. I would like to have the ditch lights flash when the horn is sounded just like the current decoder works, but am a little fuzzy when it comes to the CV programming. Any suggestions or hints would be greatly appreciated.

Controlling Sound Modules

Sun, 2011-06-19 12:42 — Leaky Valley

Besides installing sound decoders in my engines, I also like other sounds on the layout: church bells, industrial whistles, coal breaker conveyor, running streams, crossing bells, etc. With the exception of the crossing bells, I have all of the sound modules activated by an on/off switch. I’ve been looking for some type of random timer or generator to activate them.  I contacted a couple of electronics manufacturers, but they couldn't help.  Some of you may be interested in what I found out.

For Sale Lionel trainmaster transformer

Thu, 2011-06-16 07:06 — George Buras

Removed 'for sale' announcement per MRH policy.

Charlie Comstock

Questions for Flashmaster Users

Sat, 2011-06-04 12:42 — waxgroove

Hello –

I have some questions on use of the Flashmaster with optional optical sensor (#8004) two track arrangement.  There are no sensors spliced (i.e six sensors).

All connections have been checked – as per instructions.


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