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I have been having switch machine problems and traced the problem to non-functioning Kadee pushbuttons on my control panel. (If I go under my control panel & touch a wire to the PB case and the PB "stinger" the switches throw fine. Pushing the button with my finger however results in erratic...

I haven't seen this discussed before, but I was finding it a bigger problem than cats on layouts. When guests come over you naturally opffer then a drink, pop, coffee, beer, whatever. aussie You go down to look at the layout and sooner or later the drink container ends up on your layout...

Why does science refuse to recognize the strange physical properties of duckunders that cause them to lower themselves one inch per year? Probably something going on at the sub-atomic level. :) I know this to be a fact; 20 years ago I would plant one foot under the duckunder, bend, turn and...

I passed a sports card kiosk in the mall the other day, and was intrigued by the neat little plastic cases they sell to preserve your treasured sport cards. There's a heavy-duty plastic case, almost a thin box. but there's also a lighter plastic envelope. It would seem that there must be some...

Years ago I recall reading about an informal daily "race" between New York Central's 20th Century Limited and Pensy's Broadway Limited, when departing Chicago's Central(?) Station. This took place in the late 1930s or perhaps the post-WW2 1940s. This seems like a pretty dramatic event...

Really stupid question, but if I don't ask now I'll just be stupid longer. WHAT IS THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE FOR POSTING PHOTOS WITH MY MESSAGE? Is there some other website which explains this? I presume that to post "real" photos, I need a scanner, (which I don't have). I presume the...

Have just spent the day under my layout (which I started building about 1978), cleaning up wiring, checking circuits, adding feeders, etc. Here is a helpful hint for new modelers: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, ......N E V E R design a layout with a @##$!?*&!# duckunder...

My #2 sad story :( I built a CD switch machine power supply per Peter Thorne's book "Practical Electronic Projects for Model Railroaders", chapter 5. It worked fine until I fried it one day when I shorted something while wiring up an other switch machine. I bought a 2nd home-made one,(someone...

Do you pre-bend rail for hand laid track curves? if so how do you do it without getting kinks? My sad story :( : About 2 years ago I soldered together 3 lengths of code 70 rail & Gooed it to hand laid ties on a 180 degree 24" radius curve. Looked great at first. Now thermal...

Does anyone know the height of a prototype passenger car floor above top of rail?:confused: I'm sprucing up some Rivarossi heavyweight passenger cars (new trucks, new couplers., etc.) But now I don't know if I need to shim the trucks, what height to put the coupler, etc. Seems it all depends...