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that was me! hey russ, that post about modern frieght cars was mine i havent gotten around to reposting. thanks for the info! Thanks agian :wave: Chris

pic Just thought id post the prototype pic i took at Allaire State park in Wall Township, NJ. This is a 3-foot guage 3 way stub. Click here Hope you guys like it! Chris

jon, these are some great photos, enough that i may try to model this yard! anyway i was just wondering if the A/D tracks connect to the yard anywhere other than here is there another cross-over before the A/D tracks turn away from the yard? Thanks for providing this great...

hey bill, Your post and the fact that i saw a capacitive discharge unit at the LHS for 30 bucks led me to search out some schematics on how to make my own railroad electronics and if you have a lil experience with electronics and are willing to do a lil work you can have all kinds of cool...

Pete that is a great looking model, i didnt think that MDC kit could be made into a 2-8-2 but you certainly proved me wrong! i was just wondering were you got some of your detail parts(especially the outside drive parts) as i think i would like to try and convert a 2-8-0 to a 2-8-2. Thanks...

well i have both a mitter and table saw and pretty much all work needing a mitter saw can be done on a table saw though the opposite is not true. a mitter saw is good for cutting long boards to length quickly(for benchwork, legs, griders and such). a talbe saw can also be used for this but it...

Hi everyone i just recently got interested in HOn3 and was wondering if theres anyway to get this engine for....well less then $500 i dont need a collectable, 50 year old brass import, i just really like the this narrow gauged 2-8-2 loco with the very eye catching mechanism. so anyway i was...

like fred i also suspect a new video card but one things i would try first is to check your system tray(icons down by the clock) and if theirs more then say 2-3 close some of them out as they take up alot of ram also hit Ctrl Alt Delete and see if theirs alot of programs running in the...

Ralph, Thanks for posting the drawing i really like the idea of having switching that doesnt interfere with the main and the hidden siding idea seems like just the way to do it. something ill have to consider for my layout. Thanks again for the inspiration! Chris

standard hobby supply is also a good one with prices as good as trainworld and some products that they dont carry. www.standardhobby.com they have a catalog online but to view all of thier products you have to download a .pdf file. i think they ship overseas but im not totally sure....worth...

Ralph, I was wondering if you could post a ruff drawing of your whole layout as it seems well designed for operations which is what i would like to do! Nice design:thumb: Chris

well if it helps i work at a hardware store and we carry liquid electrical tape not sure on the brand or price but i can check....you might want to try looking at home depot The stuff deffinatly exists anyway hope this helps Chris:thumb:

Hi all chris again, thanks to everyones advice, some thinking i decided on a rather less mainstream roadbed idea. i put homasote on 1/2" ply for my sub-roadben and cut 1/8" by 1 1/2" pine strips for under the track. the advantages seem to be that the pine is a hard flat surface, that's easy to...

This is true i do not have an HO standards gauge. Before starting to hand lay i didnt really need one but now i think i should pick one up. so the standards gauge has a gauge for the distance between say the wing rails and the frog or gaurd rails and stock rails? oh, one other question when i...

Thanks for the feedback! i would have to agree that the wing rails are a little off but i set the outer guard rails using a frieght truck and it seems to work ok i would have to say i also should have set the frog angle perhaps on the bench or maybe just payed more attension as its more of a...

thanks for the advice looking at it again i agree that the run around track is a little short ill have to fix that. thanks for the cut and paste job! i wanted to do that myself by i think i need to download the right software. those links look good to ill have to check em out. thanks again chris

hi all, im fairly new to this forum and have gotten some good help so far so i thought id start a topic! so any way came upon this modular switching plan and i like it i was just wondering what other people thought and perhaps if theres something i could change to make it better or more...

Heres a pic of my first handlayed turnout sorry about the poor photo quality. Chris

Well i layed my first turnout! and id have to say for a first try it was a success it works machanically wiring needs some work though, not as hard as i thought it would be. BTW i have nothing against laying track w/PC ties i would actually like to try that method also perhaps for some paved...

hey guys thanks for the help i have had some ties glued down to give hand laying a try for a while now but have been reluctant to start...i went to radio shack to try n scrounge some PC ties though it seems that cutting ties from a 4"x4" sheet is impracticle no matter how cheep! anyway finally...