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    cat litter as ballast? Sounds crazy but....

    ballast I thought kinda the same thing at first, I should have mentioned in my post that he put the litter through a strainer as he needed it. I don't know about the dust factor but I would think that if you are using small amounts at a time it should not be a problem, plus once you glue it...
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    cat litter as ballast? Sounds crazy but....

    I am just starting to ballast my track and in the area that I am modeling, the ballast is a white/dark gray/light gray mix. Anyway at work the other day a truck driver that comes in all the time overheard me talking to another guy about my layout and we got to talking and he is into model rr. We...
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    Modern Chicago SS/South Bend passenger cars?

    I posted last week asking if anyone makes the 60-70's era CSS/SB passenger cars in plastic and as I figured no one offers them. Does any company offer the modern day passenger cars they run? Thanks.
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    MRC dcc prod. advanced question

    I was wanting to know, can I operate non dcc locos with the prod. advanced system? I will be getting the system before I have my loco's dcc ready so for the time being will I be able to run them? Thanks,Mark
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    loco size question

    Is a c44-9w the same size as a sd40-2 snoot nose? If it is bigger, how much? Thanks!
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    New to DCC, can I do this?

    Thanks I am starting to get the DCC concept, I just need a little help. I have been checking here and there and I think that I am going to go with an MRC system. I like what I have read,the price is good and it will do way more than what I need.Digitrax is nice as well but from the guys I talk...
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    New to DCC, can I do this?

    From what I think I understand I can run several trains at one time without having the block and toggle switch setup. Here is what I would like to know. Lets say I have a train running on my main and one in my yard putting trains together can I set my train that I have running on my main to a...
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    When is the right time to ballast?

    ballast Thanks all for the input. My track is all down and wired and it has a base weather coat on it. I REALLY took my time laying the track and made sure that everything is as smooth as it could be and I fired it up for the first time tonight(5/9/08).I ran it about 3 hours using a new...
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    When is the right time to ballast?

    Do I ballast first and then bring the ground scenery up to it or do the ground scenery first and then ballast? I think that it would be better to ballast first but what do you think? Thanks
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