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Hi all, I'm building an automatic staging yard (hidden) on my layout and I'm trying to find a Cost Effective...Reliable....Motorized turnout to use. I'm considering the Bachmann E-Z track #5 turnout even tho I use atlas code 83 flex elsewhere. I basically want something very very very...

I'm a bit of skeptic about the magnetic uncoupling. Having worked on the real trains, I know someone actually has to be there anyways to pull the pin up on the knuckle. I'm actually considering removing the little metal wire hooks from my couplers to help improve their appearence. Has...

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Hi all, The topic says it all! I'm considering bashing a couple GP-40MCs for my MBTA commuter trains. MBTA GP-40MC Picture The chassis I'm leaning toward is an Athearn GP40X high hood. Although probably not a perfect match, I find the body is quite similar to the MBTA version with the...

Thanks for the ideas gentlemen! George... thanks for setting me straight about the F-40PH's. Although the downeaster calls for a modified dummy I may consider using a powered Kato engine for one of the MBTA commuter trains. I had previously planed to use GP-40MC's for them but after seeing...

Thanks guys! I appreciate all of your input! The way my area is set up I can easily strive for 36 inch radius. The track is actually going to pass thru 2 rooms... It will be a dual track main line traveling allong the perimeter of 3 walls in the first room and 1 wall of the other. I plan...

Hi all, This is my very first post here! I haven't touched an HO train in about 15 years... However, I've recently decided to build an indoor HO layout of modern New England-area trains such as the Amtrak Downeaster, MBTA commuter rail, and Guilford Rail System. I have quite a bit of...