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Are you sure that 1' will give you enough clearance? Between laying track, scenicing, and lighting, methinks things may be pretty crowded. Just something you may want to consider.

Beeeeeeeyouuuuutifullll. If I don't take a shot at it myself, I know a contender for the custom paint jobs on two locos I'll be needin'.

Well, managed to tear up about 6" of fully ballasted track, move it over a smidgen, then relay it to eliminate a kink that was causing derailments on my N-Track module. I also helped another fella solder his track on his module together. That's all ready to go now, next step on his will be the...

Well, you've probably heard this before, but if you want to model long modern trains, N scale is a better bet. Since that's what I do, and I'm not a track planning junkie, I fear there's little I can contribute to answering your scenario, except ask one more question: How were you planning...

Okay, so I just noticed as I was going to put it away that MDC includes a pair of their "dummy knuckle couplers" (not actually dummies, they just don't uncouple like the MT and Accumates) in with my 2-6-0 Mogul. I immediately say "cool", and proceed to switch out the rear coupler, tossing the...

What scale? Knowing that makes a big difference. Also, what era, how hardcore are you on "prototypical appearance", because the answer to those two questions gives some idea on what radius can be used on the curves. Are you going to be modelling one of the Great Lakes iron lines with their...

Another option, the practicality of which depends on the lineage of the baboons who will be handling the module in transport, is to simply use Funtak. Even faster than hot melt, removing the structures is easy, but they will stay in place as long as the module isn't banged around. Another plus...

Actually, driving slower than the speed limit, much less slower than the prevailing traffic, is a common indicator of driving under the influence. Combine that with departing from a comedy club, which they may have staked out, and statistically speaking, its a good stop. I managed to...

Actually, driving slower than the speed limit, much less slower than the prevailing traffic, is a common indicator of driving under the influence. Combine that with departing from a comedy club, which they may have staked out, and statistically speaking, its a good stop. I managed to...

If you can use a half-lap or saddle joint to connect the vertical 1x2 to the green foundation 2x4, that would be a good thing, as it would vastly increase the surface area for gluing.

Did they bother to share the MSRP, specs, or features? I have one AC4400W, and plan on getting another three.

Nuts! You've shamed me into working on something, anything. That, or I'll go eat some rocky road icecream for dinner. mmmmm, ice cream...

Hogwarts Express Lego Trains. :wave:

I'm experiencing a rather odd phenomena on my little 2x4 oval of Kato Unitrack. My locomotives always slow down on the straits, even directly over the power feed. Hit the curve, they speed up, back on the straight, sloooowwww down. Any ideas what may be causing this, and what the solution may...

I'm confused. Aside from the packaging, why should any of the rolling stock or locomotives be ruined?

When making mountains, it is most amusing to seed the layout with molehills, then fertilize with some brouhaha. :p

Consider the base cost of a Chief unit MINUS the cost of the controller that comes with the Chief starter set today. That's your "MSRP", and from there you calculate the value based on how frugal you are, how good of a friend he is, how difficult it will be to get another controller if...

Okay, I need to get a sense of what the best looking Diesel locomotive that is available in N scale is. Paint scheme/roadname doesn't matter, as I'll be doing a custom (really, really custom) paintjob on them. What I need is a loco (or set of locos) that the general public can "connect"...

Manufacturers are beginning to install decoders into locos from the factory. In N-Scale, only Atlas is doing this, in HO a variety of companies are doing it. HO locos can also be had with sound installed already as well, but to my knowledge, no N locos are thus equipped. On the stationary...

Why Kato doesn't have a wider line of locos than Atlas? They DO! Its just that Kato is serving 2 (or more) prototype markets, North American railroading and Japanese. Compare the FULL loco line of both Atlas and Kato and my guess is Kato produces more different locos than Atlas (roadnames...