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I have a question about flex track. I'm using Atlas code 80 N scale. With sectional track you can put a test layout on top of your board before you put down roadbed and lay out and ballast your track. Now with flex track on curves it flexes out unless it's glued or nailed down. I have not done...

I am using atlas sectional track code 80. In my layout, one side of the track slipped out of the rail joiner. Of the four rails of track that come together by railjoingers one of the three is out of the rail joiner, but only one side. So out of a combination of four rails joined by two rail...

Have any of you tried the new and improved formula for ballasting. According to the advertisments that I remember and the directions you do not need wet water to ballast. Is that true? Have any of you tried the new and improved formula to cement your ballast without wet water? How did it work?

I'm using atlas sectional track code 80. I've decided to try nailing track down. I was able to nail down the cork and I sort of liked the result. Now, I've tested out nailing one piece of track and I ruined two little nail holes because if the nail goes in the least bit crooked the plastic tie...

Do you guys notice that when you first layout your track on top of the wood board before you place down cork and so on that there are parts of the track if your using atlas section that are wobble or do not rest completely on the board? I working on a new layout and I'm test running it on track...

It works in one direction, but when I try to switch in the other direction the knob-lever will move, but the track won't switch. I can do it manually by using my finger to move the metal prongs after moving the lever and it will then move back. About 1/4 four times it will switch by moving the...

How do you guys oil your engine? How much of it do you take apart? Any websites that show how others do it? I'm just curiouis to see how others do it. I don't think I'm doing the best job possible.

Are they the same? I mean hob-e-tac has tac in it. Are they the same thing basically? I like hob-e-tac for making trees, but Aleene's is cheaper.

I've taken apart and done minor work with Bachmann F-7As and Lifelike trains, but this GP-30 (Penn Central) looks like it could be a little more difficult. It looks like I can just pull off the body and the body nose, but the walkaround and handrails looks like it could make it more difficult...

What are your wet water recipies? I've been using the suggested recipe from Woodland Scenics (1 cup of water and 2 drops of dish washing deterget) and spraying the water in a mist from one of those misters you can buy at K-mart or Target. Can you make even wetter water? How do you make it...

Can someone give me a primer on glueing track to cork road bed? A lot time ago with my HO I nailed down track, but I want to use glue to lay track to cork. I'm using atlast code 80 N-scale track. 1. What type of glue? White Glue? Elmers? 2. Any specific tips on applying glue to the track for...

The guy at the hobby shop suggested that I use a foam board. I've read some previous threads about types of foamboard. Can any of you guys suggest a baseboard. The pros and cons of getting some plywood from the lumber yard vs. a foamboard. I'd like a 3'x4' or so layout on N-scale, but I'm...

I have some bachmann e-z track that I want to secure to a wooden board for a moble layout. I know e-z track isn't the gold standard and so on, but for what I need to do it'll work out good. Would you glue it? What type of glue? I think maybe glue is the only way you can do go to attach it to a...

I'm going to chicago next week and I'll be staying in the loop area--sorry I won't be taking amtrak, but I'll be taking the El from Ord to downtown. I've been to Northwestern Station and ridden Metra and the El before, and I'll try to take a trip to Union Station but I would like to know what...

Anyone done this before? Is it better to buy the trucks? I see the pin holding the trucks in now are pins and not phillips head screw-drivers. Can you just monkey around and jigger out the plastic rapido coupler and put in a red caboose unimate?

Anyone done it before? Going from Rapido to knuckler. I have the Micro-Trains 1131 magne-matic adapter kit? Any special tools or advice? I've got a pair of fine-point tweezers and small screw-drivers and a swiss army knife? How did it turn out? Would it be better to do just a half-switch with...

I would like to listen to the railroads. I understand they broadcast on VHF frequencies so what kind of radio/scanner do I need and what type of antenna (size and so on)? Can a small fold up and down antenna work? Can I get this stuff at radio shack?

I've never understood the logic at train shows or hobby stores. At bookstores they hardly do that. I mean they actually want you to browse the book. I mean you're forcing us to judge a book by its cover. Plus, it sort of feels creepy. I mean the only other type of bookstore that wraps its...

These are the magnetic couplers. I have a basic bachmann set with regular plastic couplers. I am interested in buying a Penn Central Loco. I see that Atlas makes a Penn Central Loco the 630 that comes with accumate knuckle couplers that are magnetic? I have a bachmann track that connects...