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To answer the Athearn question: Why are the prices going up? Simple there is a new person in charge of counting the beans. Do not be surprised when the RTR engines jump in price too. Remember Athearn got bought out by a bigger company. I agree the quality on the RTR couplers and hand rails just...

IT Systems Administrator for the last 14 years, the grumpy one that doesn't like to deal with people's computer questions. If I had a dollar every time someone asked me the line "I have a quick computer question" I would be retired.

Thnak you. Lots of trial and error.

Thank you.

Here is the link to my facebook album. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3378284582795.160320.1439795029&type=1&l=0a0b234585

Hmm...ok sorry about the double post. Here is my layout as of 03/01/2012

Weekly photo/update Well it has been a while since I have been on here. I 've been busy with that for letter word (work) and going to school. So here is a little recap from 7 months ago.

Hello, I bought a Broadway Limited Blue Line 2-10-4 C&0 a number of years ago and it said it was DCC ready just add a decoder. Well, the decoder was added and it just sat on the tracks doing nothing. So I had my local hobby guy change out the sound board and put in Soundtraxx. It ran fine in the...

Thank you Michael for welcome. I have included a couple of pictures of the layout and the mountain, they were taken with a cell phone so the quality is not the best. I also have to say after watching some You Tube videos my mountain is more like a mull hill compared to some of those I saw in the...

Bigger is better...mine is in the garage. The cars are parked outside, thats why they have paint.

Well, I’m new to the hobby the last layout I had was a HO scale layout about 10 years ago. So much has changed; it is like starting a new. My wife and I moved into a house with a garage. Well, she got the house and I got the garage. I think I made out like a bandit. :D I am modeling a new...