trailrider

Kemtron and Tenshodo machines, hunh? Sounds like you and I are of the same vintage. Those give good, positive turnout point pressure. Do...

If you use a SPDT toggle switch, be sure it is spring-loaded center off. You could also use a rotary switch to show which way the points...

You still need a momentary pushbutton in series on either the red or black wire, upstream of the CDU on each motor connection.

If the side-mounted turnout motors are twin-coil solenoids, they must have only momentary application of power or they will burn out the...

Oh, I absolutely had to have DCC and sound. Why? Because my wife kept asking why my "choo-choos" didn't go "choo-choo"! In spite of the...

I go back to the '40's and 50's, so C.B.&Q., GN, NP, Milwaukee Road (a few), one UP F7A, Grashhook, Galesburg & Western (division of the...

The only danger would be trying to run DC motors on tracks connected to DCC. The DCC current would overheat the DC motor.

The problem that caused gear cracking is the plastic the Chinese manufacturer used shrinks with time against the steel axles. Athearn...

I bought one and the fourth car back then. I rode the original as a kid, so it means a lot to me.

The problem is that although the software was such that the previous unmanned flights could approach, dock and undock, Boeing changed it...

Although I have kitbashed ten-coupled locomotives ()2-10-2's & 2-10-4's) that will run on 18-22 in. curves, I've had to blind flange all...

Yeah, but the "fighter mafia" wants to get rid of them! Personally, I'd turn them over to the Army for close air support. The Buffs are...

Great job! Now if it was only a Burlington Route shell... :-D

If you know the exact position of the holes, it will probably be easier to drill and tap first, then anneal, bend and re-harden...

Absolutely! A freight train, even today is again' the laws of nature! The C.B.&Q did not call them cabooses, however. They were...