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I just received my BLI, C&O SW7. I am playing around with it in dc and wondering if it will perform better with dcc. The biggest problem is that it has to go through start up every time I reverse direction. This is quite a pain since it will be constantly switching. Will performance change if I...

I've come to a conclusion after kicking HO around in my head, that I would still like to stay in n scale. I really want to build a new layout in C&O steam especially since there is so much nice steam now that is prototypical C&O. The only problem is, there are no n scale prototypical C&O...

I have been working like the Devil to find a small C&O engine for a small layout that I want to build. Unfortunately I run in to dead ends. The Bachmann 2-8-0 that is coming out in C&O doesn't resemble a C&O, the BLI 2-8-2 is a ghost and so is their C&O phase 2 sw7, and the Proto 0-8-0 being...

I need a steamer for my small Chesapeake & Ohio layout and the only one that really fits that bill prototypically is the Lifelike 0-8-0 but the price almost put me into shock. It's as much as a really nice O gauge engine that has all the bells and whistles like the Railking B6 0-6-0. Either the...

I have been in n for a while but now I am wanting to build a small HO layout, probably 4X8, and I can't make up my mind about sound and dcc or just dc and no sound. I would like to hear some takes on that. I also would like to say hello and a big thanks for letting me join your forum. Thanks again.