Recent content by southerncoastline

Thanks so much for the photos and the description. Evidently my Custom Line turnouts are very old, as they don’t look like yours, even though they are #6. Mine have round, hollow rivets, a la Snap Switches, and they are starting to have dead points occasionally. They have what looks like stamped...

I noticed some comments by santafewillie on another thread about how he fixes Atlas frogs with .020 pads in the flangeways. I have 26 Custom Line #6 turnouts in my yard that all have this problem. Does he make his pads from styrene sheet? Also, what method could be used to correct poor...

Active highway Here's an idea I had but I haven't built one yet, so Take it for what it's worth. I got the idea by watching how an animated Fisher-Price "aquarium" for babies was laid out. In fact, after my kids broke it, I kept the mechanism out of it. Basically if you can picture how a belt...

Thanks for the info. I'll keep looking around for a good cheap 18v 8amp power supply. Something will turn up. In the meantime, the 5A PS515 is working fine, and I can always revert back to it if needed.

Thanks for the reply, Jim. I studied all the Digitrax specs when I got ready to buy. When I purchased my system I decided to buy the largest capacity unit so that I wouldn't outgrow it in a few years. I have a large layout (12x55, two levels, with a big yard) and although I usually operate 4...

Hello everyone, I have an 8A Radio Super Chief running my layout using a PS515 Digitrax power supply. Can I use a MRC Power Station 8 to up the amp supply to 8A without any compatibility issues? What about any other power supplies from other sources like automotive, electronic supply houses, or...

Rex, I need to send you the herald I created for my Southern Coast Line RR, the merger of The Southern and SCL, both of which ran thru my hometown, Cordele, GA, when I was a kid. I have it on a different computer, and I'm away from home until Thanksgiving, so maybe I can email it to you when I...

I can't wait to try it. Sounds like I might not have so much trouble consisting after all.

I just started ising JMRI to program the 90 or so locos that I have, but haven't learned much because I've only done about 3 or 4 locos using it. It seems really easy-how does it simplify consisting?

Wow, George, that is an impressive helix!! I built a single track helix with 4 1/2 turns on my layout hidden inside a mountain, with the train breaking out onto ledge "window" tunnels so the operator can be sure the train is still moving every couple of turns. It was tricky to build, but so...

Thanks, George, I assume you keep together as a consist (A) units that run well together and (B) ones that you have programmed with the same address. Then you are sure to keep this consist together until you break it up and reprogram the individual locos, which with DecoderPro, isn't bad at all...

Hello everyone! I realize there are thousands !!! of posts regarding which DCC system is easiest to use and I believe I have read every one. I am a little bit familiar with DCC systems, but ultimately decided to buy Digitrax because all the clubs around my use Digitrax, and now I'm on that...

Hello, everyone, I am William Smith and I am new to the forum. My son Justin and I have begun laying track on our layout that we have been waiting several years to build. We have completed the first 180 foot mainline(it will have two) and have laid the yard ladder (about 22 feet long). We took...