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The Kadees are only a buck or two cheaper, for a pack of 12, than other brands such as Proto or Intermountain. Given a choice, I would...

As a newby, I thought nobody else is feeling my pain, but it seems others have. :)

What threw me off was Kadee's use of the term "insulated axles", which I wrongly assumed meant the axles are attached to the wheels with...

I use the drop on the workbench surface and listen for the "plink" vs the "thud" method. One could also lightly scratch the backside...

Some of the trip levers are actually below the top of the rails even on properly installed/gauged coupler boxes. Even to the naked eye...

Yup, I picked up the insulated version of that gauge, and am working through my cars one by one. My fleet has tripled to 20 cars...

I recently upgraded my rolling stock with Kadee metal wheels. At times I lost track of which were the plastic wheels I removed from the...

Yes I realize that and am in the process of fine tuning the Kadee couplers. These Kadees seem to have a lot of variation as far as the...

I guess so, one actually has a hardhat on!

Your layout, your rules :)

I'm just resurrecting my dad's basic 4 x 8 DC layout from the 1980's, and fine tuning everything as far as wiring, trackwork, upgrading...

Normally I wouldn't make a post for such a minor thing but I thought it would be a good way for me to re-introduce myself and my...

Yup, compared to my layout, this one looks finished. :)

Like Gary, You're ahead of me as well. My track is where I want it, but a long way from being "scenicked". You're doing great.

In a DC system, you need a positive track and a negative(ground) track. Each tracks polarity can alternate depending on which direction...