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If using the atlas rail joiners will i have to file the code 100 track to meet the code 83, and how does that cardboard shim work?

Best way to transition from code 100 to code 83 I want to know the best way to transition from code 100 to code 83. Thanks

Well, I broke down and ordered a Walthers 130' turntable. I really want to get my trains running over christmas when I home from college. Can anyone woh has one tell me that kind of power supply they used to power the indexing and motor? It says it has to be bought separately. Was wondering if...

I have a Bachmann Spectrum Class J 4-8-4 steam locomotive. The conection between the locomotive and tender is a pernamently attached piece of plastic(has screws to take it off, but you can see its harder than others to take apart). This plastic bar makes the steam engine very unflexible. If the...

I have the Norfolk Western 2-8-8-2. I also have a NW Class J 4-8-4 and USRA Heavy Mountain NW 4-8-2. I hope to get the NW 2-6-6-4 also once I can get the money to buy a Broadway Limited(expensive when I got college too). Does anyone know the minimum length turntable a 2-8-8-2 wil fit on? I...

They finally replyed to me and were a great help. I guess the holidays are bogging them down.

Has anyone had problems with Walthers customer support. I have sent two emails and called 4 times and can never get a person to talk to me. just wondering if the LifeLike buyout is still on the table and slowing things down. Thanks

Well, I bought the 2-8-8-2 second hand and got a really good deal on it. My layout is modern ear with diesel engines, the 2-8-8-2 will be running passenger cars on my layout for a tourist attraction like many places do now a days in real life. I like both steam and diesel so I figured this was...

I need a turntable to put on my layout. I have a 2-8-8-2 and would like to think about a 4-8-8-4 one day. The Walthers turntable is about the only one out that is motorixed and either already put together or easy to construct(full time college engineering student, don't have much time at home...

Im doing the Norfolk Western lines through Virginia.

I was looking on the net and it seems by the time I buy other brand turntables, put them together and buy motors and indexing kits its the same price, or more than the walthers.

Im am gonig ahead and wiring my layout for block detectors and signaling. I have a digitrax system, but not yet gotten the money to buy the detector cards and signaling cards. But I was wondering if anyone could tell me of a book or magazine or someone on here that could give me some info on...

I have a 2-8-8-2 on my layout, and I want a truntable and roundhouse to put it in. Im having troubles finding a good turntable for this large locomotive. Im also trying to find the best bang for the buck, Im a college student trying to build a layout, and with no job this hobby gets expensive...

I have a 470 ohm resistor on each power lead to the bulbs. But the light is dull. I would have thought the 470 ohm would have made it brighter. I only messed up the common solder pad, but figured it out and the other two pads are ok. The decoder works still. The lights that came on the train are...

Can you tell me what the difference in the plain white and golden white? Just the intensity of the light, or is there a color difference too?

Im installing ditch lights in my Bachmann Dash 8-40's and Im looking for a 3mm or smaller LED. Well I can't find them at Radio Shack or any computer store. Can anyone help me. Thanks Nick

Thats is what is called a service pole, only purpose really is for that light, it is connected to another pole off the picture to the right.

I have a DH163P Digitrax decoder. I am hooking up ditch lights to it. Well atleast trying to. I am using 1.2mm 1.5V 30mA bulbs. I have one hooked up to fuction one and on hooked up to function 2. Both are also hooked into the blue wire in the harness (the solder pad was too small on the...

Can anyone tell me what the best curved radius is for a Rivarossi 2-8-8-2 Mallet. I have mostly 22inch radius curves, so I hope that is good. Thanks

I emailed them to see what they would do, I took the cover off the engine and set the decoder out where it could get air, and just let it set still and run the engine noise and even then it would cut off