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I had the same problem. What cleans it for me is erasers from pencils. I even used the big 2 inch long erasers without the pencil part. and went over the whole track. I ran my loco in circles and when it slowed down I just passed my eraser over it and that was that! If it still wont come clean...

The track is brand new :P Note: Read replies, its fixed :P Thanks anyway

Oh... Well somehow When I was trying to program it, it returned the error D nd and still actually programmed the address into the loco. I changed it to 44 without know I actually succeeded... I wasnt able to read back the current address either receiving a D nd error. Some reason it finally...

Thanksssssss :)

Plaster looks too messy. What the thing with news paper? I never did it before but I assume you use glue water and newspaper.. Then maybe put grass n turf over it

Thanks guys for the help! Hey nazgul, thanks for coming. trainnut65 got me on yahoo messenger and helped me. I got it working. Thanks!!!

Yes, I created another piece of track to hook up to the prog terminals on the back.. And Yes, I moved the jumpers to digital mode (if i remember correctly, toward the front) Note: I ran it in DC mode for a few days. Could this screw it up somehow? What is the chance of it not being dcc ready (i...

Yes I tried to do that but I cant even run the train with factory settings.. Note: It runs in DC mode on my old DC powerpack..

thanks a lot :)

I didnt want to go to dcc forum they take too long to respond:oops: I got my zephyr today. I tried doing a readback of the trains address (factory set to 3) just to see if the decoder could be detected cuz it wouldnt run earlier. It got a "D nd" error, meaning the decoder couldnt be detected...

Mine runs fine, ive been running it for a few days it sems fine... Only problems I get are when the turnout points are pointing in wrong direction

I do want to add grass and dirt to my scenery, should I do that first?

I believe my next step is ballast if I am not mistaken. After wiring my track is ballast right? I am doing modern era freight trains. What is a good color, I think im looking towards a gray ish color, something not too dark but I dont know. I am open 100% to suggestions. What color/size etc...

Next time I make another layout whenever I will use peco thanks :)

It has lots of wiring cuz I have a bunch of turnouts above it, I soldered feeders to every one of them lol... Thanks!

Update: I have been wiring up my switches... I had success in wiring double switch machines to 1 control box, i like the results. The wiring looks so crazy to me! lol... (from the picture) I also decided to palce my control boxes on the side, It's the best place for it so go I think. My zephyr...

I have never calculated grade before. Isnt that like 25% grade? lol...

Yes thanks everyone I got it fiured out. For some reason I was confused, I guess its just easier to try it out hands on to solve ur problem lol...

I have a bunch of atlas under table switch machines and I want to wire up two switches to one control box, so they both switch at the same time. If both the switch machines are facing the same way, and the wires are color coded to same way (green on left, yellow in middle, blue on right...you...

a 180 degree angle from a point to another point =P or "without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path."