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Hi guys , its been a while since I have been able to " play trains " but now it looks like I am finally going to get to retire and enjoy some much needed unwind time . I have also taken over ( with permission from SWMBO ) a larger room . I thought that would solve a lot of problems for me but...

I just picked up a few used cars and on a couple of them they are missing a small metal piece that snaps down over a molded coupler box and pin . I don't know what brand of cars they are , I can not find any name on them . The piece that is missing is similar to the snap on top of a Kadee gear...

When I first started model railroading I bought a couple Atlas engines and was very happy with how they ran so I stayed with Atlas throughout the years . Unfortunately Atlas does not seem interested in putting out new releases in DRGW anymore and they don't make steam locos . I did by a BLI...

Does any one make HO scale bulk packs of junk and clutter that you would find out along the buildings and in the yards? I guess I am thinking something along the lines of sets of one hundred figures only with misc. boxes , barrels , old tires , bicycles , car pieces , all those treasures that we...

I am just finishing up a Walthers sanding tower and dry house kit. The kit comes with 2 towers . Would it make sense to use both towers or would the railroad have taken the tower for steam service (smaller tower) down when they put up the diesel service ( larger tower ) tower ? I am modeling...

How do you do it? I was wondering what the most common ways of turning your loco's around were on our model railroads. In my case , I think I may have to go with a turntable . I cant , at this point put in a reverse loop and a Wye would take up more real estate than I care to use . I could just...

What was the typical size for a coal car in the transition era? I need to get a few to deliver coal to the coaling tower but not sure what to get . Thanks.

Well , its looks like model railroad season is coming to an end up here in the northern hemisphere . Board traffic has really started dropping off and that usually means that spring has sprung!!!

I am in the process of finishing a coaling tower now and have a color question .After looking around at coaling tower pictures ( all I have found are washed out older photos and black and whites ) I think that from what I can tell they were just unpainted wood and lots and lots of coal dust ...

I have a few cars that have wheel sets that are a bit wider than they should be and I was wondering how I fix this? Can in be compressed to proper width or is it a new wheel set fix? If it is a compression fix what is the best way to do that? Thanks.

How do you go about attaching a structure to the layout ? My thoughts were just a couple small dabs of silicone so that it is stationary enough to landscape up to ( roads or parking lots ) but if you have/want to move it you don't have to destroy it in the process .Opinions or alternatives?

Any body heard from Tony ( wombat) lately? Hope he is OK.

Where do those photos in the header above the main menu page come from?

I have the NCE power cab and I was trying to increase the number of recall , but I cant seem to make that happen . I hook up the cab to the program track set-up . go into cab set-up and find the recalls and change the amount to 4 . Then plug the cab back into the mainline and it only keeps 2...

In the real world , how would the railroad handle this situation? On the trestle I am building now , I have all the full length bents done and now I am getting ready to do the ones that go up and down the incline . Lets say that my cross ties on the bents are 10 feet apart but with the...

How are these decoders at improving slow speed performance?

Are the Atlas Classic series DCC ready? I have an opportunity to buy a couple decorated for my road but if they are not basically plug and play , they are beyond my dcc skill set.

I don't really understand anything about decoders and setting CV's and such , so I figured I would just ask those that do understand , my questions. I have a Bachmann 2-8-0 that is decorated for Durango and Silverton RR and the slow speed performance is poor . I figured it might be when I bought...

I am looking for these locos , DCC and sound , and it seems that the only ones available are Bachmann's or Athearn Genesis . I have one Bachmann and although it is not a bad model , I would prefer to get something a bit better . I have an Atlas S-2 that is way quieter , smoother and better...

Guys , I should have started my other threads here to begin with so it would all be contained in on spot , but as they say , hindsight is 20/20 . Anyways , I will post the rest of my escapades here so that other new people like me can maybe learn through my mistakes instead of making them on...