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    DCC system

    The best advice that I can give you is to buy what your friends and/or local club has and are presumably at least moderately happy with. My local club has a Digitrax system, and while not everybody is happy with it, you can't make everybody happy anyway all of the time. That being said, a...
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    10 cent ditch lights...:)

    I still haven't figured out a way to solder wires to mine... What do you means by a "station"??
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    Digitrax or Soundtrax

    I just put a DH165LO in a lifelike GP9,and added a soundbug module to it. Total cost, less than $70 bucks, including a 0.62 inch speaker. Sounds pretty good to me. Sound volume moves up and down with the throttle, and it's got all the fancy CV options. Plus, you can download different...
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    DCC install for non DCC ready Proto 2000 E8/9 locos

    I cant see it.
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    Athearn moving to China?

    I agree completely. Half the fun of model railroading is creating and modifying the stuff that's out there for YOUR use. While I do agree to some extent with the "instant gratification" mentality, cuz we all have done it, instant gratification taken to extremes leads to social degeneration...
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    Athern HO scale kits

    You need to do two things. I've got plenty of Athearn blue boxes, and you are not alone in your problems. 1) When you assemble the kits, make sure you put in a nylon washer in-between the body of the car and the truck. Also put a washer next to the screw head (before you screw it in). That...
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    tempory track solutions on a budget.

    When I was in college, I used some Atlas track and had a large shelf that I made out of cinderblocks and some wood. So yeah, it doesn't have to be pretty, but it's a conversation starter. Lets just say I owe that little layout some things....chicks dig trains...
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