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360 degree panoramic view of the layout (PC users, click on the link below and select "open" or save to your C: drive or desktop and run from there): http://www.boche.net/trains/jasonbochetrainroom.exe (1.25MB download) 2 mainlines run from the main train room, through a wall, through a...

My main reason is that I'm a glutton for punishment. My secondary reason is that I prefer code 83 track to code 100, howerver, I prefer Peco turnout operation to Atlas turnouts, and Peco doesn't make code 83, so I'm stuck with their code 100 turnouts, which ain't so bad anyway - just a little...

New Progressive Rail pictures and videos I shot today. Most of the footage was shot adjacent to the Zigler CAT dealership which you can see quite a bit in the background. The video files are a bit large, but they are lengthy clips and worth the download IMO. You'll have to suffer a...

I solder all joints. Curves, straights, turnouts. I have no choice but to solder turnouts as I mate code 83 atlas flex track with peco code 100 turnouts. You gotta solder those 83-100 transition joints in order to keep them derailment free because there is a significant height difference...

I'm not sure if any of you read TRAINBOARD.COM or the Atlas forums, but on those forums I posted a great railfan experience I had last Friday when I took the day off work. The railroad is Progressive Rail, which was featured in the June 2002 Model Railroader magazine. Progressive Rail...

One thing that has always amazed me is couple strength. Consider a long string of cars being pulled by a locomotive. The pulling coupler on the locomotive and the couplers on the first couple of cars must have tremendous strength because they are pulling the weight of the entire string of...