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I, too was a HAM a long time ago (K3CWB and K0VEZ don/t know how to make the /zero). Seems to be a lot of them in Model Railroading. I have learned a lot of things but the most important thing is that the hobby is full of great people as we have here on the Gauge. You can get an answer for...

If you can find small shunter diesel (Plymouth is one of them that I remember from a while ago) or perhaps one of the old Atlas 0-4-0 switchers they should take that small radius. I have even had a small 0-6-0 on a 12"circle. Didn't run to long as the engine finally died. I never did finish...

Thanks guys. Been in and out off and on but have enjoyed helping when I can. I am trying to get my act together and start building again - so maybe it won't take as long to get to the next milestone.:)

Just to add to your confidence in the product, I have had the 546 and 509 for over a year and they both run exceptionally quiet, good low speed, and good pulling power. I have had them set up in a consist pulling about 23-25 cars for quite a while. I put the D-trax decoder in mine with the...

Andrew, In my case I only have one controller. I am the sole operator. And I clear (dispatch) the locos at the end of every session. I am leaning toward the theory that Steamhead mentioned. I did have an engine short a turnout as it left the yard about 10 minutes prior to my noticing the...

Whatever you did, you did it well. That was an impressive roll by. Your weathering just makes the realism standout.:)

joesho I took the trip on the Royal Hudson back in the 80's from Vancouver to Squamish with the family when we lived in Seattle. Loved the ride. That train had to be 20 cars long, and at that time I don't think that it had the diesel along with it. We watched it turn at the Y in Squamish...

Salvage a tube from the Glad wrap or Reynolds Wrap and tell her it is for your hobby. Maybe you can talk her into building the silo :grin: :grin:

Another thread in one of the forums is titled "The reason I love this hobby". It caught my eye when I browsed thru just now and I thought I might share a thought. At our church's Men's group monthly breakfast this morning, I salvaged the cardboard tube that came from the 36" wide roll of vinyl...

Hope it helps.:-D :-D

My experience with my 2-8-0's over the 200 ft of main and at least 20 turnouts (Peco 6 & 8s LHand and RHand) is different. The only problem that I had was when I put a turnout immediately after a curve. Moved the turnout to allow about 2" of straight track before turnout and the problem went...

Thanks Jim. I usually leave this 2-8-0 and train along with a GP9 and train on the branch track - which is powered all the time. I think that I will change my shutdown process to put them in the yard which is powered down when I throw the turnouts leading into the yard. No electricity=no...

Has any one else experienced this? I use the Digitrax Radio Chief on my layout. Some times I just run multiple trains on the mainlines. I have had as many as 8 separate trains (which includes 3 sets of 2 MUed locos) moving at a time. Last night I was just running 3 trains on the 2 mainline...

Try Tony's if you want a decoder equipped loco. I forget what I paid a few years ago but it was less than $80.00. I originally ran the 2-8-0's on an oval with Atlas 11" radius snap track before I had my layout complete and they did not derail. They even take the #4 Peco turnouts which are...

Great looking module Bill. Did you use castings for your rock facings or just carve them in? :-D

I didn't seem to have any trouble after reading the first posts after clicking on the Gauge in the Forum Box. my login and pw worked the first time and this reply is my first entry also. Maybe all the bugs have gone somewhere else:)

In addition to checking the wheels, I would suggest using that NMRA gauge on the track also. I found out the hard way that when installing flex track you can narrow the gauge in so many ways. That will cause a wheel to ride up on the rail and derail. Something as simple as removing a track...

If you are trying to go with knuckle couplers for all of your rapido equipped cars look at the bulk pack of Micro-train couplers. The coupler is truck mounted and they come with several styles of trucks (i.e. arch bar, bettendorf, etc.) Most of these are short shank I believe but should take...

I can relate to your experience. It was rain back in 2005 that flooded my basement after I had begun to build my layout that kind of "drowned" my enthusiasm. We had water in the dry wall, carpeting, some stored clothing and books. etc. The carpet is gone now as well as the plywood overlay on...