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There may be a design flaw in current production of Model Rectifier Corporation Railpower 1370 power packs. I'm trying to get to the bottom of this issue and not having much luck. I have 2 MRC Railpower 1370 power packs purchased 2 years ago. Both have full wave 120 pps output, same...

Here is an interesting site with videos of Z scale trains running in a club setting and set to a musical background. http://www.platelayer.com/video.asp

Am not into DCC but am wondering about DCC decoders in MTL F-7s. A wiper user now wants to go DCC and was asking me about this: The standard decoder outputs 12 volts. Too high for 8 volt MTL motor rating and some concern about burn out. It appears that ZDCC installs can and do get away...

Am starting this discussion to learn the pros and cons of body mounted vs truck mounted couplers. The benefits of each have always been somewhat mysterious to me and would like to get other's experiences on this. There is some mention in various places in the archives, but as far as i know no...

Tough call where to post this - kind of a technical scratching and bashing, done to Z scale but can work on other scales. Just won a Marklin Z scale Freight Starter Set. Comes with one 0-6-0 tank loco and a 2 axle freight 'wagon'. The locomotive electrical pickup is only on 4 wheels and it...

The link below is for several photos of a Z scale railroad (the Val Ease Central RR) built into 3 suitcases (valises) for travel and display. These photos were taken at the Eurospoor train show (Utrecht, Netherlands) last weekend and show some very fine modelling by the builder, Jeffrey MacHan...

A couple questions on DCC decoders - can anyone help on this? Checking the NMRA specs, it seems that the ability of a DCC decoder to operate on non-DCC trackwork is not mandatory, it is only recommended. Does anyone know of any brands /models of decoders that do NOT revert to standard...

Was intended as a dust and little-hands cover, but found it has another use as well. This is a real problem - Abby stomps people and trees flat on unprotected layouts. I'm sure others must have a similar problem. Has anyone ever tried a Relco or Gaugemaster electronic track cleaner to...

Anyone know some good railroading jokes? Here's one to get the thread unravelling... A small RR that shall remain nameless was inherited by a less-than-brilliant playboy from his Daddy. While Dad had made a financial success of the line, Junior could not run the RR profitably. Pondering...

The attached picture is the current state of a dam built in 1874 in Allen, TX by the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. A photo of the dam before restoration can be seen at http://www.cityofallen.org/parks/historical.htm click on "Historic Dam Site picture" This is the only known...

I use N scale Peco electrofrog turnouts, the points are notoriously poor for electrical contact to the stock rails once dirt sets in and need an auxiliary set of linked contacts to power the frog reliably, such as a microswitch or turnout motor contacts under the table. In the LHS the other...