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Jerome et al, So sorry to hear of Mark's passing. I bought a lot of trains from him over the years. He was extremely helpful, patient, and kind. Thoughts & prayers to his family. Take care, Brad

Thanks guys! I appreciate it. Brad

Hey guys, I'm an HO modeler. I have little experience w O gauge and the value of older items. A buddy of mine has access to purchase some of the following pieces. I'm trying to give him an idea of their worth so he can formulate an offer. Any help is appreciated... Brad

I reduced the BEMF setting (cv56) to a value of 128 (half of default max 255). Seems to run better now in the consist. I had a few dirty patches of track too.

Mark, I did try that and it ran like absolute garbage after.

Mark, Thanks for the advice. I'll try that when I get back home tomorrow. I tried changing cv52-55 to fine tune a rough running motor but it didn't have much positive effect. Brad

I think I found the answer. Looks like setting CV49 to a value of 18 should turn it off. 19 is default.

Hey guys, I have a Intermountain ES44AH ho with LokSound Direct oem installed board. It started to not consist nicely with other engines. I have ruled out track wiring issues. I'm thinking that the BEMF function of the decoder may interfering with its smooth operation in consist mode. I've...

Tony, I have some NS rolling stock I'd like to part with. About 10 cars all told. Brad

--Put in longer passing tracks. --put in lower level staging or at least the ability to add it on later.

I'm very "manic" when it comes to hobbies. That is, I get really into something and then some of my intense interest wains, after some time. Good news is the interest in all of my hobbies has never completely wained, it has just ebbed and flowed over the years. I can't think of a single hobby...

Tony, Check your PMs. Going to have to do july 3 if your around. Brad

Tony, Glad your back. I got another 30 hr layover in syr coming up next week. I'm there all fri 29may. Thinking about going to Horseheads and going to Lantz. You game? Brad

If you go the preorder route, try and find a retailer who won't mind if you don't close the transaction. It can take 2+ years for the product to get to you and during that time modeling tastes and financial circumstances can change. Aka you may have gone from modeling the modern era to steam...

Cnn, and almost all the press, in general are just terrible at journalism. Case in point is illustrated when it comes to transportation issues and accidents like these. Cnn in particular hires a wind bag like Mary Schiavo who has little knowledge and no real world knowledge about other than...

Cnn is reporting that it may have taken that curve at 100mph...yikes

There's a modeler on eBay that occasionally sells his models from his imaginary road called "SH*T." There is no asterick point in his paint schemes font. But the way the font is done it fools the eye into telling the brain "I know what it says, but it's such a pleasing font it doesn't offend...

This forum and things like yahoo groups are the way to go. You have to be patient and sometimes you have to do a little more legwork. I've had tremendous success on the ho yahoo groups over the years and mostly avoided eBay. The no fees of the yahoo groups is worth the smaller but targeted and...