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Fifer Hobby has the SC wired set for 347.99, radio for 489 btw.

A word about the radio throttle. I bought one about a week ago, and just returned. Whenever you want to change loco addresses, or do programming, you have to be plugged into a loconet panel. I found myself being plugged in more often than not. Plus the thing killed a battery in only 4 days. So...

http://forum.zealot.com/t157566/ Check out this thread. It was the first one in this forum.

While the cost of turnout is certainly high, it's nothing something you must do in all one shot. Spread out the purchases over a year and you'll get it all done without breaking the bank (too badly). I've been working on my layout for just over a year now, have about 20 turnouts total. I...

There are just the DCC controllers. I'm not familiar with HO track, so if your turnout has an little snap motor attached to it, only the DS64 and DAC10 will work. If it's just a piece of track, you'll need a turnout motor. Tortoise are the best out there, and you can get a good combo pack of...

Just to give an idea of the price involved for 40 turnouts: - Digitrax DS64 - 49.95/each - Need 10 - $499.50 - The Hare Genn II - $29.95/each - Need 40 - $1,198.00 - The Hare Genn I - $24.95/each - Need 40 - $998 - The Wabbit - $23.95/each - Need 20 - $478 - The Wabbit w/feedback -...

Correct. you have to purchase the proper decorder to fit in a particular engine. Sorta. You will need to purchase "Stationary" decoders for your turnouts. There's a few options, all with pros/cons and varying price points. - Digitrax DS64 (4 turnout controller) - The Hare (for Tortoise) - The...

If money is no option, Digitrax Super Chief I also use all Digitrax decorders, though I thinking of trying one of MRC's N-scale sound decorder in an AC4400.

NS7202 leads a coal train up the grade and into the siding, passing GERN's processing facility that's under construction.

Another thing you may find is if there are younger "gen x" model railroaders, they may not be as open about it as older hobbyist are, and I use myself as an example. I fele anyone from teens to late 30's who've never been exposed to the hobby think of it as more a kids hobby, unlike saying...

Something like this? N-Scale EMD NW2 - KATO USA : Precision Railroad Models

Just to give an idea of where the wiring panel is actually going. I first mounted a 1x4 to the wall studs underneath the helix, then screwed in some 1/4" screws into that. The panel then simply hangs on those two screws. It actually touches the floor, so the mounting screws primarily...

Just playing around with some video. YouTube: YouTube - BNSF Hopper Passby N-Scale HD Version: http://gallery.sodh.net/railroad/layout/videos/KatoSD40-2.m4v.html

Completed the wiring on Panel #1. Just need to get it back installed under the layout and wire up the turnouts I have installed so far. Here's a (not so great) photoshop of the panel up close before going back under the layout. Top to bottom we have - BDL168 for block detection - 2...

28 yr old, happily married with a newborn daughter. Current permanent shelf layout in our new house has been in the works for just over a year now. With my line of work and the baby, I expect (and hope) it to take several more. :)

Hmm. I think I have a cordless dremel floating around in the garage still packed from the move last year. I'll have to dig around for it.

Thanks for info guys. I think I'll try using a razor saw. The roof does come off so that I'll probably make the job a little easier, won't have to go through the whole thing in one shot.

It's all styrene. It's a kit from Summit USA

Of course I'm kicking myself for not really doing this first, but I'm looking into ways for cutting a completed structure in half. I'm kinda wanting to chop a little bit off the back of my Taco Bell structure, so it's not as deep and more like a semi-background building. It would fit better in...

I use a BDL 168 from Digitrax that can detect 16 blocks. It's a single board with a connector card with all your pins. 16 for the blocks, 4 for common zones, 2 for power, 1 for ground. Mine looks like this: I then run a 14 gauge wire from the terminal block under the layout/block, and tap...