Recent content by LostinTime

Why not just add a resistor in the power cable to the motor? You should be able to get as many engines as you like to match in speed. Resistors are available in many different values -- just try different values until you get the speeds to match or buy a potentiometer (variable resistor) and...

Nice Catenary Picture Thanks everyone for your replies. I thought that you might like a look at a picture that I took while in Europe. I took it thru a window on a train that I was on, while in Hungary. While the picture resolution here is Not the Best (640x480), the original photo has...

I have a Klein Modelbaun locomotive with working pantographs and two matching passenger cars. 1.) Which brand of track would you recommend to use? (Currently only have two pieces of Walthers bridge track code 83 with code 70 guard rails and the pieces seem to roll fine on it.) (I dont...

Kato will be better.

I am a newbee to the model railroad hobby. I live in a mobile home so am very limited to the space for a layout. I have decided on a shelf layout (see diagram below). I need help on some of the design factors. I already have the train set for the layout. It is a Klein modelbaun locomotive and...