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From what I understand, No. You have to have DCC.

Yeah, I actually read that somewhere before hand. The nail heads stick up about 1.0mm and there is plenty of clearance. I found out today I was supposed to break the cork down hte middle and flip it over. I didn't do that. I really don't want to pull all the track up again so I will try to...

I'm too new to know who ESU is. But Athearn just came out with sound in their Challenger 2-6-6-2 steam. expected Aug 2006 From what I've understood this would be the first N scale with sound. I'll have to look into ESU.

The challenger will have dcc sound: whistle, bell, conductor, brakes, etc. Not only will it have exciting things like that... It will handle a turn with a 9.75" radius!!! This is EXCELLENT news for the mini N layout guys like me! I just heard an EMD F3 with DCC sound at my LHS (HO scale) That...

about 900 feet high! wholey moley!

oh and 60103 - I missed your post earlier, but I didn't have a problem with the nails. I used a small finish hammer and a finish nail driver and all was fine. I am somewhat used to working with this kind of stuff, I help my father-in-law build cabinets once in a while (only when they are being...

After 100,000 pokes in each fingertip from the rail joiners, and once slipping and darn near slicing my right index finger off, I got the track laid down on cork. The only problem is I think the cork is too narrow now. Hopefully I can make it look right with the finishing touches.:(:oops:

zedob, Thank you very much! Now I have proof :D

John, Dawg gone, that's great. I was trying to think about how I wanted my Sac. Station at that siding on the bottom left, but that top right siding is more fitting. Then East to the Sierra's!

Okay, I removed the drywall last night. (The nice birch is much prettier also). I just got back from the LHS with a box of cork roadbed and I'll lay the track tonight and post some pictures. I really want some elevation on my layout and was thinking of best placement. (perhaps jetrock would...

So should I just nix the drywall and nail the track right to the plywood, or is the cork roadbed pretty mandatory?

Going to 4' will also save the added expense of a 3rd sheet of plywood!

some thoughts requested Should I start by just nailing this track down to the drywall, and then changing it a bit later because I want some elevation (bridges, mountains, etc)? What about under the track? It looks like alot of your layouts have an elevated track (couple scale feet above...

It seems this is a very difficult thing to figure out when staying NON-TMCC. My dad just bought himself a new Berkshire with Railsounds, etc. and he is running it on the same very small layout (a large oval with 2 turnouts) He had to configure the trains so that one is in neutral while driving...

divide by 160. So a typical 12' wide road would come out to .9 inches or just over 7/8th of an inch. 12 divided by 160 = .075(feet) .075*12= .9(inches) .9 = 9/10 = 7.2/8ths of an inch So if you wanted to accurately model a couple cites around 25 miles apart, you would have to have a layout...

You're right about Cal-Pac, I thought SP was alot later than the 1880s, I though that was well into 1900s - regardless, that's the timeframe I want anyway. So thanks, SP it is. So where is 'just down the road from you' ? Are you in Elk Grove or Sactown?

Yes, the 3-rail track is the Lionel O-gauge oval. I haven't posted pictures of my N-gauge track yet. Thanks for the tip on the snap-track. Is it pretty easy to kink the curves of that? The good 'ol eyeball will prove sufficient? again, thanks!

okay, so I think Atlas' name "snap-track" is a little misleading, or I'm missing something. Does the track actually snap together? Or do I simply connect them with the rail joiners and hope I have a perfect radius, straight line, etc.?

Around the outside is my son's O gauge Lionel Mickey's Christmas express. I am just starting my initial N setup right there.

Okay, so here goes with my mini N layout. I first started with a 26"x48" surface of 3/4" birch plywood. I then carved a 26"x48" square out of a sheet of 5/8" drywall to provide the roadbed. I haven't seen anyone use drywall and I don't know how well it will work, but since I have leftover...