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Try The Red Caboose in Manhattan. They usually get PFM moving through there regularly. George.

Jimnrose, You're correct about plastic wheels collecting dirt. They get caked with a dark almost claylike matter from lubrication which collects dust and fibres into a mess that can cause a derailment as well as a host of other problems. Plastic or metal, no matter which way you go, you have...

Hello Guys! Virginian, try this. Paint EVERYTHING. Steam clean the carpet, even consider getting a new one. Don't relocate that dresser, TOSS IT. Depending on climate and location, what does a paint job last? 3-7 years? Once you get that layout up, it's a pain in the butt to get around it...

I have to agree with Gary on the intracacies (temperment?) of the various manufacturers turnouts. where I was in my early years of the hobby, all we had was ATLAS. Now I know that the only time a train leaves the rails on a turnout, is when it's ATLAS. The quality of Shinohara products, if...

The vote was announced moments ago. Congratulations Beijing! Ontarian taxpayers didn't need another lotto anyway, and it gives us something to look forward to in 2012 if Toronto gets it then. Frankly, I'd like to see it in Berlin. Hey Woodie! It's close for you by comparision. Think...

Hello Jim! Perhaps the best way around this is to try and purchase truck frames from Kadee which will fit their wheels? I don't know of they sell truck frames, but it seems like the logical way to go. If they do, perhaps your dealer will do a credited swap. Good Luck. George.

YES GUYS! Terminal Joiners are a railjoiner with a stub cut and bent to the side with a lead soldered to it. Mystery Solved George.

As much as I'd like to see Canada get it, I'd rather see it go where it hasn't been, like China. Hey! We'd get some great background reports about the live steam still there! George.

Hi Gary! If time permits, perhaps a visit in the fall. When's the Hoboken Railfest? I hope they didn't cancel that this year. That's a worthwhile excursion for anyone in the east looking for something completely different. I won't glue anything down until I know the basic principle of the...

Hello Gary! Yes, you're right. Old habits die hard from the cab control days. I still like to isolate an area and power it from the same source. That way if I decide to use multiple throttles in the future, the bulk of the work is already done. I understand what you guys are saying about...

Hello Bob, et all! It sounded to me as if you were cutting the rail to splice in a feeder. All you have to do is put the feeder at a joint somewhere in the isolated run, not cut in separately, and placing it one extremity of the run if forced to won't mess you up. Gary, I have to agree with...

Greetings Lynn, and Welcome Aboard! We hashed out the thread/expansion isue in a thread about telegraph lines and seemed to agree on an acrylic thread that is not affected by the swing in humidity, but your idea is worth looking into if it provides a more realistic "line sag" than the acrylic...

Hello Nopoop! We've thrown this one around before. They don't run very well, need a lot of work, provide hours of frustration and enough people have told me that if I didn't own my own metal lathe, to forget them! Therefore, if you're a master craftsman with a lathe, no problem! Good Luck...

Hey Shamus! Thank goodness for small miracles! See you then! George.

Bob & Woodie, Woodie is correct on overpowering a layout. I asked someone, I think Shamus, about how far should a run go before you feed the rails again. Whoever it was told me "Every eight feet". I thought it might be excessive, but consider the source....Woodie, what's your take on that...

Hello BillK! Plywood to Homasote - Simple - Full strength Elmers Carpenter glue, the yellow stuff. That's what most of the articles on it have said in the past. Liquid Nails would probably work out as well. Myself, I just screwed it down and have had absolutely no problem with it at all for...

Woodie, I have to agree with Charlie. Those wagons look ancient and probably are. Depending on how well maintained they are, if it's a long distance haul, gloss. Local, flat finish. george.

Hi Woodie! You guys are lucky you don't have "Crawl Spaces". Sheer wasteless space that's hell to get into. That's where the axe murders stash the bodies in bags! Woodie, if you put an addition on your house in the United States, the municipality in most cases jacks up your taxes to the...

Hi Bob! Glad we could all help. God knows in years past a quick answer meant wiating a week or two to get to a hobby shop and talk to "That Guy Behind the counter" who knew boundless more than I did. If we can save you hours of frustration as we used to have without a tool such as TG for...

Power to the track- Spare yourself the mess of soldering and get Terminal Joiners - They're separate rail joiners with the wires already soldered in place. At the rail joint where you want to put a feeder, drill a small hole in the centre of the roadbed between the ties. With a small tool...