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Same here, see them in staging where stock is placed on the rails and then run by hand over the re-railer.

Without kinking I can get it down to about 3.5" diameter, if you can set the trucks on a 40' car to be perpendicular it goes around and...

Depends on how you cut the plywood, if you make a 5" wide, 36" radius (cut in sections) a 4' x 8' will be more than enough.

Some things I thought about the H.O.G. and your railroad: I would still put triangular pieces in the corners, it should not affect your...

Yeah, back in the seventies, block control, rotary switches, throttles tethered at best, had to stop your train every time you moved...

You can build one deck above or below another. Vertical spacing based on depth of shelf and how much space you want. Do you want to...

Yes, but you will need to stick the tip of your tongue out while you are doing this.

Reversing loops do not affect the locos. What it does affect is the track polarity, so you have to insulate both rails at both ends of...

HO is 1:87, so multiply your measurement by 87.

I'll bet it was a leap day glitch. All gas stations in NZ were down for 10 hours due to a leap day glitch. Not like this is the first...

Unlike many, you have a plan! :-)

The worm cover is horse shoe shaped with the ends clipping over the gearset. I used a small flat blade screwdriver to pry one side out...

Consider an along the wall shelf railroad so you can put it at the height that meets your needs. Make the depth so you can reach...

At the age your kids are they definitely want to be hands on and not just watch trains go around. With DCC all of you can be running a...

I'll assume HO scale and nickel silver track. I would suggest drops from the track to the power bus every six feet of track. That will...