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Would you guys kindly look at my request in the general tab about a sawmill detail kit that is out of production. Many thx.

I recently bought at a train flea a lovely kit of 'sawmill details'. The box is full of many sealed bags of boiler, motor, saw, etc parts. Unfortunetley there are no instructions. This kit was produced by Paige Enterprises of Wilmington DE. It is a Century Limited Kit #2201. My search of the...

I use Lemanco turnout motors (old but reliable) with DPDT toggles on the layout. I have a situation where it would be handy to have a turnout operate from two separate toggles each on opposite sides of the layout. Can this be done without shorting or burning out the motors? How is the wiring...

I recently was given (good luck hey) three old brass HO engines by United and Tenshodo from the 1960s? I am considering taking them apart for a thorough cleaning and also strip the paint off as it is on a bit thick and chipped in spots. Can I do this without harming them? How do you recommend...

I have just about finished the assembly of the Walthers Cornerstone kit 'Glacier Gravel'. However, I do not like the appearance of no window glass in the window openings. I see in the Walthers catalog under scratch building supplies by Midwest that they have several products which I could use...

Fellas, I have a small ore mine as well as a quarry operation on the layout. However, now I can't seem to find a suitable structure(s) that would logically take the products of ore and rock. I was hoping to find some kind of crusher/separation/grading facility kit for these products. Many of...

Just a bit of a recap here for your info. Sometime ago I posed a question regarding a problem I was having on a reverse crossover track. I made the crossover too short for my trains and with metal wheels on the rolling stock the Digitrax reverse manager would get very confused as the train...

Fellas, I have a Proto 2000 GP7 with sound on board. Sometimes, when a good short occurs on the layout this GP7 starts going nuts. That is, even when it is NOT being used and sitting idle on a spur track, the short on the layout causes this loco to start up, bells and horns commence tooting...

Fellas, I have noticed, with ever increasing frequency, an issue with a short length of reverse loop (rl) track supervised by an auto polarity changer from Digitrax. It is NOT consistent and therefore a bit confusing to me. Basically, I run trains with metal wheels longer then this short rl...

Cleaning my ns track with a bright boy is getting a bit tedious. Can anyone offer an opinion on the 'Aztec Annihilator'. Thanks Eric

I recently bought a die cast kit for an engine service yard oil column. It is a nice little detail but I realize (don't laugh now) I don't know exactly where these devices would have been located or what/how it was used! Can you advise please. Thanks Eric

Fellas, I am considering adding a new steamer with DCC and sound on board, to the Algoma and Rideau. I am leaning towards either the 4-6-2 K4 Pacific or the 4-8-2 heavy mountain. These trains will not likely haul much more then 15-20 max weighted cars but will have to negotiate a 2% grade...

The Algoma and Rideau has an area of about 2ftx5ft that I wish to incorporate a small logging operation with the A&R. I was planning on having the tracks leading into this area and from the mill on grades. How does one keep rolling stock in one position on the track without it rolling down...

Some weeks ago I posed the question as to where I can acquire prototypical railway signs! The answer is from two Canadian manufacturers: Osborn Model Kits and from Signalisation. Both companies have decent web sites for info...take a look yourself. Now the question. It seems to me that most...

I have a DPM Freight Depot kit unfinished. The brick work is a Tuscan Red. What color would CP likely have painted the trim work on an older stone/brick structure. Was there a standard color? What color would CN, ON or other Canadian railways have used for their trim paint? Thanks Eric

I just bought two Proto 2000 GP7s with DCC and sound on board. VERY NICE locos. However, when they were packed in China, they were placed very tight into the styro form with false coupler shanks to hold the locos solid. Unfortunately, they were so tight that the rear platforms are now...

Fellas, I have just acquired a Proto 2000 GP7 with DCC and sound on board. Fabulous looking unit and GREAT sound. The problem I have is how do I shut down, to quiet mode, the loco when I am done operating for a bit? With my Digitrax DCC I can easily stop running it but with the sound unit...

Fellas, I am in the process of building my layout. I have several sections of track on elevated main line roadbed that will run into an engine service area as well as a small mine site that are not on roadbed. I have made several graduated ramps out of what we call bristol board in Canada (it...

Fellas, Some months ago when I first started using my Dt300, I thought that every click on the throttle adjusted the speed by about 1-2%. Now I notice that each click varies by 3-6% and sometimes more. Can you explain to me why this is or what has happened? Is it something to do with the...

Fellas, I hope you don't mind me posting regular (daily) questions in this forum but I am trying to get our new layout up and running on Digitrax DCC and we are having problems. Todays question is this. Before we hooked up the DCC we made sure the layout ran ok on DC except for the reverse...