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After 11 years of Air Force Communications and Missile Crew Commander, I went into Federal Government (General Services Administration) in the Federal Telecommunications Program. Retired after 33 years and am now working, partime, with an IT firm in Maryland, doing consulting and federal...

When you do the install, please do a description and pictoral review of how you did it. I have put one in my SW1200 as well.

I, too, have an n-scale Atlas engine (GP-9) that I bought decoder equipped and have been disappointed in it's performance (Doesn't start rolling until speed step 26) :( . However, I have purchased other Atlas and Kato locos that take the drop-in decoders and they all work just fine. Slow...

Don, I have 3 of them. All run very well at slow speeds. I have DCC in 2 of them and they creep very slowly at speed step 1. It takes them about 5 minutes to move 2 feet. Pulls 12-15 on 2% grade All of the engine are very quiet. They run as quiet if not more quietly than the the...

You're kidding, right??? I've been there before. You just took a picture of the depot and posted it here :) :) :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

I found one of my old 72 vintage Arnold Rapido heavy Pacifics last night and decided to see what it would do. 58 40'boxcars, gondolas and tank cars on the flat but only 55 on the 2% grade. The Pacific rolled along great after the first loop. I made 3 loops and then put it back in the box...

It might not be as bad as your camera is making it look. From here it seems to be a bump every place that you have inserted a track nail. You might try loosening each nail and check again with your level and camera. If the track nail is the problem then you cure that when you glue the track...

You don't really have to special order that stuff. Just go to a Michaels or Wal-Mart for the paints and the cheap brushes. If you need the "artist" quality brush Michaels would be good for that also. I picked up a package of 10 miscellaneous sized brushes from Michaels for less than $5.00...

I used #22 for feeders on my layout - about 200+ ft - every other section of track and it seems to work fine.

I think that I would have swung it down instead of up. That way you eliminate the hinge on top. and the rail rotates out instead of in.

Good luck to you guys and be safe. Our prayers are with you.

I used my Kato Mike with the traction tire to pull 45 freight cars on a 2% grade. Ran out of cars to add. I have had 24 behind a Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-0 on the same grade.

I third the idea. I want to do something similar in a coffee table. An overhead would be a good substitute :) :) :) BTW - very nice work Tyson - as always.