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If they've sat that long, maybe they need grease and oil and a bit of break-in running.

You're breaking the rules. I use Firefox for a lot of personal browsing, but you're not supposed to talk about it crashing or having issues. Same thing with Apple. You can only complain about Windows-based systems crashing :) It's an unwritten law of the Internet (well and the office). It...

I've ordered recently from N Scale Supply. They were quick and accurate with a message about an item they'd have to order first. I wound up changing my order around too, and they handled it well. I have no complaints, and plan on ordering from them again.

Nice stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing how the theater turns out as well. I got some of the little Coke machines on eBay and wasn't too thrilled with the look, so I think once I get around to using them I'll file down the side with the sticker and give one or two of them a face lift...

I agree about the more work and not seeing the whole thing at once. The latter is probably more important since I'll be modeling rolling hills and flat, so no tunnels or huge obstructions to separate areas out. A little more switching would be nice, but I don't think I have enough space in the...

Yeah, the MRC is near-drop in for the actual board (a few chips require a bit of filing, but it's the speaker for the sound that takes a bit more filing/milling than I'd care to try, so the $20 exchange at Aztec ought to work well for it. Hopefully I'll have the milled frame by next week. I'm...

Not just money, but time... man with my skills that'd take a year and I'd probably have to convert it to a "condemned" freight house. Awesome work, which I'm sure is worth it every time you or someone else sees it.

Can Sellers actually use negative feedback anyway? I mean buyers can decide not to buy from one or two really harsh recent negative feedbacks, but can a seller reject a bid because he sees a comment that the guy is a deadbeat? Jason

Ding ding ding. We have a winner, and a I'll be the loser. Yeah, the loco was cheap ($40), and I think put in the wrong box. The auction ad didn't mention DCC so I was pleasantly surprised. I've taken it apart now so I can swap out the frame for an Aztec frame, and there's a plain old PCB...

So I grabbed a Prodigy Express a few weeks ago on eBay, and today my Atlas U25B came in the mail. I tested it out on a piece of flex track w/ye old DC transformer and she crawls beautifully. So, I figure I'll give setting up the Prodigy Express to the track a whirl, and see how it goes. As...

Of course now with the internet, boutique businesses can get by where a local store could not. So it may not be instant-buy, but it's easy for someone to make useful stuff in a garage and ship it out himself. So it's probably easier now than ever to succeed at say making really good handmade...

Of course, every time you post you can choose to include or not include your signature, and as mentioned you can filter them all if you hate them. A bigger bandwidth pet peeve for me is choosing to quote a message in the reply when it's one or two messages before with 6 photos and the 6 photos...

Crazy. Eerie without sound. Reminds me of YouTube - Train vs. Grain Truck

Yeah, I was using a piece of flex-track figuring that it would have to be worst-case with the molded "spikes". So far a Life-Like SW8 and a GP-18 have run on it without issue. I'm waiting for an Atlas U23B to test on it too, but I imagine it'll be a non-issue. Now if I could just find a place...

Option C Pros Open operating space Huge yard Space for some scenery and non-"customer" areas Least intrusive helix One of the larger lower deck areas covered by the upper deck is yard, so no tall buildings/big scenes there Feels point-to-point, but has a reversing loop on each end so could run...

Option B Note: The three turnouts in the middle would lead to industry trackage that I haven't laid out yet. Pros Bigger Yard Operating Room Reverse Loop that I can imagine backing through into the yard I can imagine 6-8 industries here too without a second deck I can still run a helix around...

Option A Ok, so while stocking up on eBay and the hardware store (have some 2" blue foam -- BTW Dow Utility Fit Styrofoam Insulation seems to be a brand they recognize when asking about it) I've been doodling off and on on my track plans. I've distilled things down to three options, with some...

I've been thinking about using Micro Engineering Code 40 track for my layout. I plan on hand-laying, but I got a piece of flex-track to test it out and see if it was something I'd want to go with. My Intermountain cars, cars with low-profile MT wheels, et cetera roll on it as smooth as glass...

Nice scene there; love the history in miniature.

Cool thanks for the ID! Someone is probably sitting out there with a turntable missing it's control box :( Maybe I'll find use for it some day.