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  1. kjd

    Help

    Sounds like some questions that could be answered by reading about the history of your line, gauge, commodities, traffic, etc. You could also look at narrow gauge lines nearby. As far as scale, that depends on your ability or skills you can develope. If you’re not mechanical, look at On30. If...
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    Not moving

    You didn’t answer if you consisted the locos using NCE. That could cause the issue you were describing when going back to Digitrax. The fix is CV19 to 0.
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    Not moving

    Not sure what you are trying to do. The DCC standards should allow any DCC system to control any DCC decoder. Did you consist them together in NCE? If so set CV19 to 0. NCE builds consists with decoder CVs while Digitrax just keeps track in the command station. If you didn't consist them it...
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    FS: 90s era equipment, decoders

    For sale: Atlas Trainman ACF 3560 GWIX 2049 $14 Atlas FMC 5503 Double door Longview Portland and Northern 52073 $28 Athearn 4740 covered hopper Farmland 637 $16 Athearn FMC Box Meridian and Bigbee 4067 $16 Walthers 60' Express Box Amtrak 71008 $15 Athearn GP38-2 Burlington Northern 2091...
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    Well, that ain't gonna buff out...

    So I was giving my daughter a bit of grief about crunching the car. Today I crunched our other car, got the fender, headlight and hood. A combination of not having driven the car in a couple months, worn tires, rain, speed, a corner and a tree. Fortunately, the impact was about as hard as...
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    layout height

    14”? From the floor?
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    Coal Hopper Question….

    The coal is abrasive, keeping them clean below the fill line. In modern times, after loading they are sprayed with a latex surfactant to keep blowing dust down. It acts as a glue, gluing blowing coal dust to the side of the cars above the load line so the car has a black ring around the top...
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    Well, that ain't gonna buff out...

    There was that time the train hit a barge by Ft Madison, IA.
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    Well, that ain't gonna buff out...

    I said the same thing when my teenager brought the car home a few days ago. It was only one corner though, not the whole thing.
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    Help on Locomotive vents

    See if Plano has something. Traditionally, you cut them off another shell, sand as thin as you can and glue to the new shell. For doors look at Cannon and Company.
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    Adjusting height of Chooch bridge abutments (resin cast)

    I guess it is polyester resin, when I did a lot of casting that is what we used. It is soft enough but challenging to cut, a bandsaw makes long floating strings in the air. Maybe just occupational exposure, but some people I worked with have developed sensitivity to polyester resin and have to...
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    Oh boy, I'm going to be in trouble now......

    You only bought a loco, I bought a car. And I don't even have a job at the moment.... oops.
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    Bachmann locomotives

    I have never bought a decoder specific to a locomotive. Is there not space or is there a different reason only a specific decoder will work?
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    Bachmann locomotives

    I tried to find similar images of the Bachmann and prototype to compare. Look at where the red stripe is on the radiators and windows. Notice the relationship between the windows and top of the hood, shape of dynamic brake blister, etc. For $280, I'd pick Scale Trains or even Athearn with...
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