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Ok, the K&W construction co, under contract from the new layout owner, loaded up all their New CAT equipment on flatcars, along with a work trailer, and headed towards an unfinished area of the layout . It seems the owner has been slow at finishing grading and laying ballast and track.sign1 On a...

Deano- Great looking backdrop:thumb: :thumb: Zigzag- Welcome aboard:thumb: Excellent grand entrance:thumb: :thumb: Wayne- I've never seen anybody take the time to dissassemble and crush a car like that, but it looks very authentic:thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

bday2 aussie balloon6 aussie bday1 I bought my son an complete Athearn Southern Pacific Daylight Passenger set, which he still has and is in great shape 17 yrs later:thumb: So definitely go buy him his 1st train, even if its a Thomas mobile, sheet set, pacifier, bottles, diapers, etc....:thumb:

You can find it at Walmart, if your lucky.:thumb:

Hehe, good luck trying to get model railroader to drop Athearn, they usually have 1+ full page adds monthly. But I will say this much, there are alot of people who see this site, either by searching thru their fav search engines, or by just knowing its here, and word of mouth on here is almost...

Heres a couple of local yard shots from last week in Cols, GA Pool power waiting to go back west Sd40 working the yard

CV = Configuration Value ie is the data for a certain register to react the way you want it to; you would program certain cv's to respond to when you push the "F2" button, the ditch lights would correspond to flashing alternately. I did install an A6X in my Genesis Sd70m and had to setup 2...

My children are teenagers, and ask them if they dont think I'll tear their butts up still:thumb:

What you've got to remember Andrew is that you and I are talking from experience with laying flex. This might be going in the Academy for new hobbiest to learn from. If you take 6 ties out of joint of flex and then bend to desired curve, it will kink and be out of gauge. Your looking at 1 3/4" ~...

I'm glad you found that Pdf, and its free! Although, I'd have to argue with it. It says to remove 3 ties from the end of each piece for curves. Now you have a section of track, 6 ties long with soldered rail joiners, with nothing to keep it in gauge. It says that he removes the ties first and...

The driveline should slip before burning out the motor, unless you have traction tires on it, but it would still slip.:thumb:

For $8.95, you can download it. I beleive info such as that should be public knowledge. We pay high enough prices for the items we get, $100 for a loco, $100 for a set of freight cars, $200+ for track, $100+ for scenery and buildings, $150+ for DCC setup, + benchwork. Information should be FREE...

Accurail kits are nice but time consuming (open autoracks). The Life Like cheapy rtr cars are ok if you take the time and convert them to body-mount kadees. Athearn BB kits are excellent also. Bachmann has improved over the past few years, to putting body mounted couplers. Broadway Limited is a...

Gary beat me to it.sign1 RTR means "Ready To Run", not in kit form. Most RTR's cost considerably more than the kit of the same model. In kit form, you can have the chance to do a lil kitbashing, before the finished product goes to rail.:thumb:

Ok, if you follow the original F7 link hard left to the same point as my pushpin, you will see the 4-8-4 as it goes thru a crossing.:thumb: Ok change the direction of view to east and you'll see it.

Haha, I said it was active, and it dissappeared, cant find it anywheresign1 It was a 4-8-4, looked to be an ex CN:thumb:

I followed the link on the F7 and found this ACTIVE steamer: http://local.live.com/?v=2&sp=Point.rkhsks4sbbvj_steamer___ Choose Birds Eye, and East view and you'll see it.

I see 6 probs with the diagram: 1-4: you have to include the 1/3 18" radius pieces when using the switches to complete a circle 5-6: must remove the small straight pieces from the middle of the loops on the figure 8 Eric:thumb:

I use an xacto to shave down the spike heads and get under the rail. It may take a little longer to do it this way, but the visual effect is worth it.:thumb:

Dont remove the ties, just trim the opposing spike heads so the joiner can slide where it needs to. When I lay my flex, I trim nothing but the spike heads. I do this to avoid the "sectional track" look. I do even it up when I get to a switch. The most important thing to remember about flex is to...