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So I have been in the planning stage for over a year and a half. I have finally said to heck with the planning and started building. I have a good solid basic plan, and I plan to just go with it and make changes as I go. You can only pan for so long before you loose interest or go nuts. I was...

Does anyone have any recomendations for an online supplier that sells code 80 flex at a discount when you buy alot of it? I was looking, and most everyone just sels it at a per section price, regardless of quantity. I just figured if I was buying a whole box, and they don't have to open it and...

I have discovered 2 things in the past few weeks. I like XtrkCad better then Atlas RTS 7, and I know what I want, but can't seem to design a layout to save my life. I designed this with Xtrkcad, and I am fairly happy with it. I know it is not very prototypical, and there are some operational...

I read somewhere awhile back about a pinwheel yard. I am in the final stages(yeah right) of planning my new layout. I was playing with a pinwheel design in RTS trying to conserve space, and I am still not sure about it. I was wondering if anyone here has done one, and if so what were your...

I was sooo happy with my new Atlas Southern Pacific Dash 8-40b I just had to have another one. So I went down to the LHS today, and ended up with an Atlas GP40-2 in Souther Pacific. He had a great price on it, mainly because it had been in the display case for awhile, but it is new and runs...

So I got my new Atlas Dash 8-40b, and I don't have any complaints about it, I will cover that in my other thread. Anyway, I got it running and wanted to pull some cars, what else is it for. Well it came with Accumates, and I have all rapidos. So I converted the engine over to rapido with the...

So I got my new Atlas Dash 8-40 today, can't play with it, I mean "test it" untill I get off work:cry: . I am just wondering what is the best way to break in a new engine? Should I just run it or is there a better way? I know when I was doing the RC car thing, we would break our new electric...

I am about to purchase my first new N-scale engine ever, unless you count the Santa Fe f-7 that came with my Bachmann Highballer set back in 94. Everything else has been hand me downs. Well I come to you knowledgeable people with a question or 2 or 3, well you get it. I have decided to go...

In my new track plan idea I was thinking of having the end of my yard ladder, which is just a singgle track, cross the main line at a 90 degree angle. It will only cross at one point, and it was an idea I had to connect my container yard to my main yard and turntable on the other side of the...

I am getting ready to buy my under table switches and I am looking at the Tortoise because it just seems like the best option for what I need. My question is directed to those who have installed them and used them. What is the thickest plywood base these will work with? I am going to be...

Hello everyone. Finally after 11 years I am getting back into N-scale model railroading. I am sooo excited I can't sleep from all of the ideas going through my mind. I built my first layout when I was about 14 with the help of a friend of the same age. It turned out pretty good, for being built...