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Only thing I would add is taking liquid electrical tape and covering the bottom of the chassis, as well as the bottom strip. That worked well in my SW1500 that I converted. Also, if you can solder a wire then use a regular decoder. Solder the grey and orange wire to the motor leads, remove...

With 2 1/2 feet wide space, you could have a 6 foot hidden staging yard, with a 3 track interchange yard in front of that. There's a Yahoo group called "Small Layout Design." They have some great ideas for layouts. With 14 feet long, you can lengthen almost any of their plans. Tell me what...

I guess I have to answer this question twice. My worse "modeling disaster" happened while working on "distressing" the canopy of a B-24 Liberator airplane model. I was drilling bullet holes in the windscreen when the brand new, surgically sharp Xacto blade slipped and quickly slid into the side...

Here is an old N-scale locomotive that I weathered. The Chicago & Northwestern weren't as bad about cleaning equipment as the SP, but they might have been close. Technique used was yellow, green, and black pastel chalks applied with Q-tip, brush, and finger. Messed around with it until it...

I use nothing but Atlas CustomLine turnouts. With DCC, I have no problems operationally. Even with short wheelbase locomotives, I dont have any troubles. I use a small spring to hold the points so I can throw the turnouts manually.

This weekend is one of the busiest of the year for me. We have 2 services on Thursday, 2 on Friday, and then 7 am and 10 am on Sunday. Saturday is spent at church setting up for the Easter breakfast, then coming home and cleaning house for Sunday, when we will be entertaining (after a nap of...

Here's a map showing the track for the Augsburg & Concord Railroad.

Grocery Warehouse Here's my entry, Walther's background building, turned into a grocery warehouse.

This weekend, I hope to get more work done on the lumber yard buildings. I am using Walther's Clayton County buildings. I also hope to work on a small photo diorama. This will be something I can haul outside and use for photography of rolling stock and locomotives.

Not sure what I am going to do. I am considering Camera Ready Artwork with Rail Graphics, but I don't know. I really liked his work, as well as his price.

The turnouts will be thrown manually, using a v-shaped spring underneath the ties. This holds the points against the stock rails without using a ground throw or switch machine. For uncoupling, I will be using the bamboo skewer. Control is DCC, using a Digitrax Zephyr and UT1 throttle.

Well, I got downstairs both last night and this morning. I have gotten almost all the track laid on my 10 x 8 shelf-style layout. (HO scale) Here's a link to the tracklaying web page. http://www.pegnsean.net/~revnjeff/ConcordInd%20Pk.html Comments are welcome. I admit to not taking time to...

Kurt, Love the track plan. Looks like it has some great possibilities. By the way, I plan to use the CNW MP15DC put out by Atlas to switch my layout. (Or at least one of the locomotives). Jeff

There is an area on the North Side of Chicago where there is plenty of street running and urban decay. The link is for the web page titled "Chicago Northside Switching Operatings" http://www.mannresearch.com/chicagoswitching/v4/ Jeff

Thanks for all the wonderful feedback. I have taken some of your suggestions and made some changes. Let me know what you think. By the way, the tracks do look close together, but they are on about 2" centers. It should be fine. I suspect the compression of the plan makes them look closer...

Here's the layout that I am currently working on. It's an L-shaped layout, 10' x 8' with the width being 2'. Any feedback would be welcome. Jeff Augsburg & Concord R.R. (a fictional shortline in Central Illinois) Come see us on the web: http://www.pegnsean.net/~revnjeff

City Block in Augsburg IL (fictional town) Fire Department parking lot with commuter train in background. Jeff Augsburg & Concord R.R. (a fictional shortline in Central Illinois) Come see us on the web: http://www.pegnsean.net/~revnjeff

To get to it, join the Yahoo group: Car Cards. It's an open group, just follow the instructions to join. THere's no Moderator approval to join. The CC&WB program is in the files section. The program was written by Dave Huseman. For more info, check with me off list. Jeff Augsburg & Concord...

There is a Car Card and Waybill Generator program that is available as freeware....sort of. You need to have MS Access 97 or 2000 for the database to work. It allows you to input your cars, locomotives, and then make waybills. The program prints them up nicely. I did try ShipIt! from Albion...