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Most magazine reviews will list the amps a loco pulls - use this to determine how many locos you can operate per booster/command station. If each loco uses 1/2 amp, you get 2 locos per amp. If your systems is 2 amps, that is 2 amps x 2 locos = 4 total. Sound decoders take more power as do...

Ask and ye shall receive... Seeing a demonstration of the Lenz Uninterruptable Signal Programmer that cost about A$70 that has to be connected to a Lenz Gold decoder about A$70 I was very impessed with how good it works How to build your own "stay alive" circuits to many brands of decoders...

OR... Build a booster yourself and save some cash. Here is a loconet booster based on a pic microchip (sorry, German) SpaXbooster / SHMDBoost Version 4 Older versions (also in english) http://freenet-homepage.de/Stefan-Haack/shboost_e.htm Another loconet booster by HDL...

I believe that he is saying that drop-in boards for specific locos can be adapted to other diesels if you are in a pinch.

Actually I'm asking if others would consider this setup as an option - considering the features and prices of other known wireless systems. Just the fact that it features 21 functions puts it at the Prod advance squared territory. feature to feature comparisons - it seems like a very good...

While searching the online catalog at Bachmann's US website - I came across item #36505 - The new Dynamis DCC offering (wireless) for the US. The MSRP is listed at $300.00 (I'm sure actual price will be lower). What is everyone's impression of this offering? Would you consider Bachmann as...

I will consider the staging - if I can find a place to fit some it. The story about the layout design said that the hidden tracks (which help in the elevation changes) are long enough to hold an entire train (short one). So an alternative to just letting the trains "run around the layout" -...

This will be mostly for my enjoyment (and for my two little ones). I enjoy scenery and structure building. I enjoy running trains but wouldn't mind some switching for "fun" (not really into the whole "operate like a real railroad" operations). Perhaps some card game switching puzzles...

I had actually been considering "squeezing" slackjaw and trottwater in the middle to narrow the reach and also vary the trackage as to be not as straight. A search of the MRR index online didn't come up with the trackplan - it doesn't look like it references MRP or GMR. I think I only have...

Layout at a glance - HO scale 8 x 12 Free-lance short line Location - No. California Period - 1930's Walk-in horsehoe style 53" layout height (would be 48 inches for me) L girder benchwork roadbed - 1/2inch celotex over 1/2 inch plywood Length of mainline run - 63 feet (72 with continuous run...

I've edited the trackplan to be darker - I'll try doing a color scan tonight. Combining Trottwater and Slackjaw would eliminate some of the depth of the layout. This would drop the number of times the loco would "criss cross" the area before returning to Bog's landing. I am leaning towards...

8x12 layout - continuous run with removable bridge section for out and back operation. Good scenery to track ratio. Has a turntable, small city scene, dual trestles over gorge (want to do a John Allen thing), lots ot depots (want to do some passenger runs), a small mine and a waterfront scene...

I have been searching for some small layout designs to fit my 8x12 space. I have mostly been looking through my old copies of MR from 1981-86 and looking online. I came across a design I really like, and fits my overall desire for running with a little switching thrown in. It even depicts...

I know the system is $99 (euros), will most likely be more here. If you like the big screen and soft buttons, check out the mulitmaus for Roco/Lenz. Very cool stuff (makes classic Lenz and digitrax look downright OLD). From the looks of it, the buttons under the screen look to be...

Remember - it's a lower cost (cheaper materials) version of a more expensive system made by ECOS. I believe the Marklin and Trix systems are also the samesetup with slight changes (the ECOS system has two rotary knobs instead of a joystick). I personally would have liked a knob design over a...