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  1. conrailocs

    Painting track with Switch Throws

    Thanks! I'll do that.
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    Painting track with Switch Throws

    OK, thanks. How do you seal the powders on? Dullcote?
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    Painting track with Switch Throws

    Forum, I am satisfied with all of the track and wiring on my layout and am ready to airbrush the track. I have already installed Caboose Industries switch throws though. Can these be painted or should they be masked and left black? Thanks, conrailocs
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    Atlas Code 100 switch throws and Caboose Industries Throws?

    Thanks! I was just wondering how they attach before I order them. -conrailocs
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    Atlas Code 100 switch throws and Caboose Industries Throws?

    I read the whole thread ad examined the photos but couldn't gain any information on conecting the throw to an Atlas turnout. Could you explain what I'm missing.
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    Atlas Code 100 switch throws and Caboose Industries Throws?

    I'm using Atlas code 100 #4 turnouts for my layout. How would you suggest attaching a Caboose industries throw? I know they sell a version that has attachments. Does one of those fit or is a home-made device better for joining the two? Thanks! -conrailocs
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    Operations Wye/Yard Question

    To answer your question the locomotive coming from staging will do no switching. A yard switcher will work the yard and a separate loco will switch the industries. The branch off the the left will make sense. It goes to serve a steel mill. The area in the bottom left will contain many...
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    Operations Wye/Yard Question

    On my small train layout I am debating which way I should lay something out which will depend on how I choose to operate it. I'm looking for some advice as to what the most prototypical way to run trains would be. The layout is meant to represent the end of a branchline. I'll try to show this...
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    Turnout on a bridge?

    I was thinking that I'd use a plate girder or deck girder bridge. It would have to be scratchbuilt because no retail bridges have turnouts on them and even if they did it would be hard to find one with the right spacing. Another example of a turnout on a Bridge is on the CSX bridge over the...
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    blue line or not

    Kurt, I have models from both lines and I believe that the main difference is Blueline locos are sound equipped and DCC ready while Paragon2 locos have sound and already have DCC. There might also be a few differences in the quality of sound and/or detail but to my untrained eyes/ears I don't...
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    Turnout on a bridge?

    Here is a picture.
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    How can amperage be measured on a layout?

    Hi, My dad and I are building a large layout and currently have a small section of it connected to a NCE Powercab system. We are looking to purchase power boosters and expand the operable territory in the near future. In order to gauge how many boosters we would need, we wanted to run a test...
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    Turnout on a bridge?

    Hi, On my railroad I will have a penninsula with a creek running across it. On one of the bridges which is about 4 inches long and single track I will have an Atlas number 4 turnout. I know that this isn't the best location for a turnout but the turnout can't be moved at all in either...
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    How can I avoid problems with track expansion?

    Ok Thanks very much.
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    How can I avoid problems with track expansion?

    I live in Pennsylvania and we have temperatures well into the 80's during the summer and will have a high of 2 degrees on one day this week. With this change in temperature I've noticed that on the HO railroad I'm building with my dad a few sections of track will expand/contract during certain...
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