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  1. dennis461

    What trains did you run today?

    Mantua 2-8-2 with DCC, Sound, Keep Alive and can motor. Moving to train shed, passed up by Kato RS-2 consist.
  2. dennis461

    strange one

    9-pin or 21 pin? If you replaced a 9-pin with a 9 pin, then the new decoder is bad. Make sure the GREEN and BROWN wires are cut off, not used, or connected correctly
  3. dennis461

    My poor track laying causing derailments, any fix?

    Cut and remove 6" of one of the tracks. Cut a new section to exact length and put it in. More fun than fixing 1/4 inch...
  4. dennis461

    MANTUA 2-8-2 MIKADO

    I've bought random motors from ebay/china... Every once in a while I get lucky!
  5. dennis461

    MANTUA 2-8-2 MIKADO

    Good job, I have one too, LED and DCC and sound and can motor... It pulls a lot of cars.
  6. dennis461

    HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!?

    The thread title brought back a memory. In 1992, before computers took off in my line of work. We had weekly meetings with a group of engineers and a supervisor. The supervisor would pick up a memo from his desk, wave it in the air and proclaim, "Have you seen this?" Of course we tried to get a...
  7. dennis461

    MANTUA 0-6-0

    what is motor part number, specs?
  8. dennis461

    MANTUA 0-6-0

    Hmmm, maybe I'll do one, with DCC and sound.
  9. dennis461

    MANTUA 0-6-0

    Good job on the lights!
  10. dennis461

    DCC Reverse loop section on the mainline

    rgeiter, you described my layout exactly... A modified dogbone with crossover in the middle Here is the left half, the green track currently has a DPDT switch. I may buy an automatic reverser some day,
  11. dennis461

    MANTUA 0-6-0

    Be careful, I have destroyed wheels trying to do this. Are the wheels brass or zinc?
  12. dennis461

    MANTUA 0-6-0

    https://www.kadee.com/hocc_mantua
  13. dennis461

    MANTUA 0-6-0

    Kadee coupler conversion instructions https://www.kadee.com/hocc_mantua Headlight, drilling all the way through the boiler is dangerous, you could destroy something. Use tiny black headlight wire, run outside, just like a real locomotive!
  14. dennis461

    Need Multi-Way Switch

    OK, this can be done with a SPDT center off switch, and LED's. The SPDT center off switch actually has three positions.. Power to pole A Power to no poles Power to pole B Now with LED's and current limiting resistors you can build a LOGIC table. If two LEDS are in parallel with IDENTICAL ohm...
  15. dennis461

    Walther's refuses to honor Life-Likes Life Time Guarantee

    Tell the OP to spit in the back of it and whomp it!
  16. dennis461

    so many questions, so few answers

    Here is a good discussion regarding N scale couplers and magnets... https://forum.trains.com/t/magnetic-uncouplers-under-track/69633/3
  17. dennis461

    Need Multi-Way Switch

    A mechanical rotary switch like this...
  18. dennis461

    Quick Rant

    I use abandoned pallets and pallet wood. My layout legs are 2x4. I buy very little wood...
  19. dennis461

    Factory Reset CV: 08

    you can use the single CV menus to get to CV8.
  20. dennis461

    Who Needs a MRR Anymore, When:

    PowerCab, you are free to go.




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