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The following is an unsolicited review of the Bachmann Dynamis DCC system. The opinons expressed are those of the author, and not those of Zealot forums. When I first saw the Dynamis system, I was quite excited. I had seen the ESU ECoS system, and was impressed by its’ capabilities, but at a...

My buddy called me over to see his newest toy... it's pretty sweet! Runs very well, and the sound is incredible! Video soon (once I get the :curse: batteries in the camera recharged - they died just as we started filming the sound sequence wall1)

Anyone else getting these "database errors" when they're trying to post? Or is it just me? *EDIT* OK, just to cap it off, when I submitted this thread, it came back telling me "no thread selected"! :curse: What gives? More maintenance?

OK, I've looked at, but never played with a Zephyr. I've used Digitrax systems (way back to the original Challenger days, plus the new DT400 units). If you are running one loco, say address 3, forward and at speed 10, and another loco is running in reverse say loco 8, at speed 20... ... what...

I've just checked all my thread subscriptions, and they're marked "instant" notification, and yet it's been 2 days since I've received any notification of activity in those threads - even though there's new postings! What gives? :confused: Don't you love me anymore? :p

Here's 12 great photos from the master Jim Shaughnessy. I got the link from a railfan newslist I subscribe to. About 50:50 Canadian and American subjects, all great photos. Enjoy.

OK, rather than hijack my own thread on the super-cooled maglev trains, I thought I'd post this here. Wait (or fast-forward) to the clip that starts at 2:40. While there's tons of great video here from Emery Gulash (I have vol 1&2 goldtoth1 ), I thought that the little tidbit highlighted at...

This is pretty cool! :cool: http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/vidplayer.pl?IDLink=3858408 Pun intended! :p

I used to be able to look at The Gauge's "front page" (for lack of a better word), see all the new posts, and link directly to them. Now whenever I click on one of the posts it takes me to the Zealot forum index. What gives? Don't tell me you're getting rid of this page? It's the most...

Here's what happens when you forget to check tunnel clearances before running your trains. CP is apparently re-routing trains due to the flooding in the midwest. This one almost made it through the Detroit River Tunnel. :)

I thought I'd take a stab at stretching a track plan that Brakie was looking at, to fill a 2x5 space. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention, so the first time around, I drew it in a 3x5' space. It seems like not a bad layout for someone who wants to do some switching, let me know what you...

So, I was leafing through my old (1954) copy of Small Railroads You Can Build, and for one of the projects, they listed the estimated cost of materials. I got to wondering how the cost then compared with the cost now. I used three different indexes, just to give a range of values. They're...

I posted a note listing some pictures from the Walthers site. Yesterday they worked fine. Today they show a gif that says "Visit Walthers.com for product photos". What's up with that? Is it Walthers being silly, or is it a Gauge thing?

I'm wondering if anyone has used paint on the clear decal films? I've got to do a couple of large colour panels that are trimmed in gold. I have dry transfer decals for the trim, but rather than masking and painting the background area, I wondered about the feasability of painting the film...

Here's a layout I've repaired for a client. I thought he did a pretty good job on it, and since it was a sunny day, and the layout usually lives in a coffee table, I'd take it outside and get some pictures to share: The layout: And some scenes:

Woohoo! Nice work Peter! ... but you're only halfway there. Loosen up the restrictions on file size, and you'll have hit a home run, baby! :)

Once upon a time you used to be able to get a wiring harness with a female DCC plug attached, so that you didn't have to hard-wire a decoder to a locomotive. Now, since most manufacturers seem to be making DCC-ready locos, it appears nobody seems to think there's a market for these... based on...

Many moons ago, Kalmbach had a short movie about modelrailroading called Model Railroading Unlimited. They would lend it free to any MRR group in the US. Being a young Canadian MRR'er, I always felt this to be grossly unfair. I have no idea what brought it to mind recently, but I wondered if...

CN 398, Paris Jct. 18:00 17/03/2007 5 Railroads, 3 countries. CN 2661 NS 9830 UP 9211 TFM 1653 CSX 4736 How cool is that?

I spent a lot of time looking around for this, I finally found it mixed in with some old papers: