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Hey Kent I believe they come apart much like the Athearns and Stewarts come apart: In the middle of the train, between the sets of wheels, the shell should pull out a bit for the plastic ledge of the frame to pop out. Most of the time, I can just finger nail it, but on one of my stewart's I...

Good Lord, that's a treasure trove of rolling stock! That's a great "Oh yeah!, I forgot!!" moment. Better than finding 20 bucks in a coat pocket.

Someone at our club, an anonymous member, donated the Disney version of the same train. It doesn't do well on the tracks. It just showed up one day in our cabinet and no one has claimed ownership. The kids get a kick out of it, but it needs the 5 digit command control assistance getting around...

Hey Russ, I spent this morning soldering wires to connectors for drops. Anytime there is a connection, I am dropping wires. I am using DCC, the Zephyr system, and it's a very nice unit. When I was having issues, I cleaned the track, wheels, and then checked connections. The issue is that...

Egads, what a mess. I have officially taken down my layout, carefully wrapped my stock and engines and safely put away my buildings and mountains.... then attacked the benchwork with a hammer and prybar. Oy! That beaded foam is all OVER the place! My wife came walked in when the stuff was...

A buddy of mine at our club has one of these in HO. Its a freakin' MONSTER on the layout. He is thinking of handing it over to the Wire Guy in our club to switch it to DCC. It looks really nice, as Marv does a great job weathering his stuff, but when you see it coming down the track towards...

I agree insulation is the key, where ever the Train Room ends up. (or down...) Solar brings to mind an article in the Sunday paper that talked about this guy from around here who put this Photovoltaic film on his metal roof and sells his excess power back to Idaho Power. He is not using the...

Should I or Shouldn't I? That is the question that haunts me now. I am having some issues with my layout. Our club has been doing some adding on to our current layout, and I have now seen the proper way to build benchwork. My benchwork is slightly wobbly and some of the legs are 1/4 to 1/2...

While the wife was away, I decided to bring out a model and put it together. This way I would still be doing something for my layout, but would not be leaving the wee kiddies alone in the house after they went to bed. Here is the Cornerstone model: Thinking the brick needed some mortar and...

Hey Michael, Believe it or not, I have done alot of thinking on this. We will be too far out for natural gas, but I am thinking of getting a propane tank for the house and garage. I have looked into some cost effective radiator style heaters that run off of gas, and it looks to be somewhat...

Oh, man... someone open the window! That pun has got some stank on it. lol...

Good LORD that engine is HUGE!

We are going to plumb the garage, with a sink at the very least. If I can swing it, I will put in a sink and stool for the train room. And I think I like the carpet squares... they can be replaced easily and cheaply... comparatively.

I love it! That is a great shot. That should be sent into a magazine or something. Holy Schnikies. George

So a friend of ours is building a house with a detached garage. He had them dig out where the garage was going, and put his shop into the garage's basement. The floor of the garage, is a honey-combed pre-fabbed cement that was actually cheaper than pouring it on site. You give the specs, they...

Boy howdy, Mountain Man, you put a spotlight on something I had not considered. How does it stand up... If it weren't for my 2 feet, I think I would dropped every tool, including my exacto and box knives, on the floor. (Side story, I had just replaced the blade in my box knife, turned around...

Hi all We just purchased some land, and in a year/year and a half, we are going to be building a house with a separated garage. Said garage is going to have a full second story, to be a train room for me. I couldn't believe my ears when my wife said that. I thought she wanted a guest room...

I have a Proto 2K stock car that I am attempting to put together. I think they got the name for the company from how many $#%@% parts there are to these things. But this is actually a good thing. I am sure someday I will want to model my own cars and will need to know how. But schnikie, does...

D'OH! I knew I was forgetting something... :mrgreen::mrgreen:

Hey Deano, I went out to a usual haunt of mine today to take some snap shots of the UP yard in Nampa, Idaho today, but I was turned away due to some road construction. Well, I don't give up that easy, so I went down some side streets, twists and turns and came up to this road... Then I...