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    Track Cleaning Cars ???

    I am wondering if anyone has any strong feelings for track cleaning cars? Do they work? Are they worth the cost? Which ones work the best? I am running DC and for the most part my track seems clean. At lower speeds, sometimes I hit a patch where the train either stutters or stops, and I...
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    Removing 1" from 2" pink foam ???

    I guess when I said cleanly, I ment smoot cuts. The mess doesn't bother me to much.
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    Removing 1" from 2" pink foam ???

    I am looking at carving a river into my layout. Any suggestions how I would remove (easily and cleanly) a 1-inch deep "channel" out of my 2" foam base?
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    N Scale Tram Questions

    I am adding a small 2'x3' urban section to my layout. I am looking at using Tomix trolly track and modern street trams or LRV's. My questions are: 1) I cannot seem to find the Modemo Toyku 300 series trams for sale anywhere, are they no longer selling them, or am I just not looking in the...
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    N Gage Layouts

    Kato has some track plans on thier website (Kato USA: Precision Railroad Models).
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    First Layout Progress...Mountain Side Town

    The WS town set was really a good buy. I bought mine from wholesaletrains.com and was able to save about $30 on it. The Tomix train really runs well. The center car is the powered car, but both the front and back cars have working headlights and tail lights. I don't have any experience with...
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    First Layout Progress...Mountain Side Town

    I have been working on my layout quite a bit the past several days, unfortunitly, it has been on things that don't show much progress. First, I redid the wiring of the layout. I found that in order to add and wiring before, I would need to pull out the entire layout. Now, I have all the wires...
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    How to best clean wheels?

    What is the best way to clean wheels on rolling stock? Also what are the benefits to using metal wheels versus plastic ones?
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    Surface mounting wiring

    I just re-wired my layout 2 days ago because I got tired of crawling underneath to do wiring. What I did was mount the terminal blocks to the front of my layout, and used self-adheasive wire clips to run the wire to the front. Now I just have to reach under the layout and grab the wire, and...
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    First Layout Progress...Mountain Side Town

    The new addition (the white part in the photo above) will have 3 layers. A subway level, a streetcar / tram level, and an elevated level. Here are the current plans for each level (the older part of the layout is to the right of these plans): Subway Level: The subway level will be a...
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    First Layout Progress...Mountain Side Town

    Here you can see the exsisting layout, pluse the track for the subway. The subway will be a single track loop with one station. There is a second track that will run through the station for visual effects but will not have trains on it.
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    First Layout Progress...Mountain Side Town

    Wow! Nearly 2 years and no updates by me :-(. After a couple major life changing events (all positive BTW), I am finally getting some time to work on my layout again. I am currenlty in the process of adding a 2'x3' urban section with a subway, street car, elevated passanger line, and a small...
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    ??? Adding a handheld throttle to an exsiting throttle

    This is exactly what I am thinking of doing. Could I get a schematic from you? Thanks!
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    ??? Adding a handheld throttle to an exsiting throttle

    What would you recommend using as the throttle itself, a rheostat, a potentiometer or something completely different
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    Running power over CAT5e cable

    I am wondering if there would be any problems with running all my power to the tracks over CAT5e cable. I am running DC, and CAT5 would really help with the cable management
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    ??? Adding a handheld throttle to an exsiting throttle

    I am thinking of trying to build a handheld throttle for my layout and looking for some advice. I am running DC. I have my current throttle/powerpak running to the track. I am wondering, if I could put a secondary throttle between the primary throttle and the track, ie: AC Wall -> DC Power...
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    Purchasing Tomix EasyTram Track

    Thanks for the info. I look forward to them re-opening.
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    Has anyone bought from www.1999.co.jp

    I am curious if anyone has bought anything from 1999.co.jp? If so, how was there service? I am a bit nervous ordering internationally online.
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    Purchasing Tomix EasyTram Track

    Am I missing something here? It looks like they only have 9 items for sale.
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    Purchasing Tomix EasyTram Track

    I am talking about thier track that is similar to Kato Unitrak. They have some very tight radius track for urban trams.
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