Recent content by MopacNut

I always check Trainworld when I'm going to make a purchase. They are a little gruff on the phone, but it's a N.Y. thing- they're great to deal with, their stuff is always the same thing other places are selling and their prices are outstanding. They're making good money, so it seems your LHS...

I have a bunch of those in my staging yard. I ended up putting them in without taking the time to add the lights, but I considered adding the lights even though I use DCC because I have shutoff switches to kill the power to each yard track. With the lights, I could confirm that I've turned the...

They seem to close OK. I've been running it on the layout for a couple days now, and haven't had any problems with it at all. Well, at least when I remember to throw the turnout properly and don't foul it!

Honestly, I've been pretty impressed with the response from Walthers. They were concerned as soon as I described the problem, and within an hour they had checked their stock and confirmed that they had the same problem. The guy I talked to asked me what I would do since he knew I needed the...

Regarding how severe this problem is, check out these pictures! I brought out an Athearn 60' hi-cube boxcar (these come with fine scale wheelsets) to get a grip on how severe this problem might be. It was as bad as I had feared. Here's a picture, and a closeup: I decided that I was...

Thanks for the great feedback, Fred! My thoughts exactly on the options. I'm not comfortable venturing into the handlaid track yet, especially since I'm using foam roadbed. Option 1 is my favorite at the moment. Option 2 makes me nervous because I'm not convinced ACC is stable over long...

My guess is that they didn't notice the relatively short (but critical!) area was out of tolerance. As far as I can tell, only the short (1" or so) ahead of the points is completely out of gauge. I'm convinced that the mold must be improperly designed in this area, because I can't imagine...

I did try a 3-point gage. The rails are too far apart for the gage to engage them.

Hey guys, This weekend I was working on replacing a broken curved Peco turnout and I decided to try out the better looking Walthers Code 83 32"/36" radius right hand #8 curved turnout it its place. This looked like a really good option, because this turnout is used where my single track mainline...