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Programmer (and other sundry titles), since 1969. First for a uni, then gov, then banks (having been on all sides of "mergers" several times), then a credit card company, now websites. I tell folks I'm semi-retired. I work between 20 and 25 hours a week and the hours I get to choose, no...

That is called click fraud. Google deals with it in two ways. 1: If they can determine that it might be done by someone connected with the site the ad is running on they will simply block the account and not pay. 2: If they determine it is click fraud they will back out the clicks and...

I've purchased from them and didn't have any trouble.

Graham, I hear you on the leaves, that is currently an ongoing project here as well. Went to a model rr show in Auburn, enjoyed watching the three modular layouts run and seeing a couple of other small ones. Went through all of the vendor tables but left empty handed. Yeah, I know bad form...

There are a number of coupler systems that use magnets under the track to uncouple the couplers. Microtrain and Accumate are two of this type. All of the cars that I have with the exception of my old timer ones and cabooses have Accumates, my cabooses have microtrains, the oldtimers have...

Jason, The smallest radius question gets answered when you determine the longest car(could be the loco) that you are going to run. The cork serves two purposes: 1. Deadens sound 2. Provides a raised roadbed, when you get a bit of time go look at the profile of a trackbed. Ballast is used in...

Color is different look down the left hand side on those charts you should see a color pic of the lit LED.

Nick, Here is a page of 3mm of the white type. https://www.ledtronics.com/DS/L200CW6KB/ Don't know the prices but they have just about everything when it comes to leds.

Hey, watch what you say, diesels have feelings. Yes this poll should be redone. It is missing electric and the possible combinations. I have a steamer, it just doesn't really care for the few 9.75 inch radius curves I have currently.

I've already sent mine back unplayed. When it comes renewal time for the magazine it will not be renewed. I'll subcribe to Model Railroading or N Scale instead. If you wish to drive their unit costs up you should return not keep the DVD.

David that just about sums it up, flare you can start by rusting your rails. Rails sure are rusty except for the tops ;-). Oh, this is actually counter to trying to keep your track clean so the electicity can get to the engine. You rust the sides (inside and outside of the rails). I haven't...

What's weathering you ask, one could say it is the art of making your nice new and clean models look like the dirty, greasy, and rusted things that are for real.

I picked up some 2'x4' handy panels at the local Depot, time to create a junction or two. I've been experimenting with ballast again. I've never been happy with the store stuff. It just never seemed quite right way too uniform. Probably because I've walked a lot of track line over the...

I vote for diesel, mid 60s to EOF (end of flag) here. I'm running GP-7s, GP 38 Earlies, and have a couple of F3's and RS-11s on order. One of the lines was still running F3s until it went EOF. The other has a surviving RS-11 that still runs along the same tracks for a "new "excursion line...

Inside your DCC equipped locomotive there is a small limited function computer that goes through a power up/power down sequence. Powering down then back up is a recycle. I haven't a clue about what others have run into. It could have been a marginal decoder, like everything electronic...

Other than the fact that the decoder will recycle it should be fine. I haven't heard of any problems.

The older transformer can handle more than a 40 watt draw the newer one can only handle 40 Watts or less, it looks like your Marx engines draw more than 40 watts. Like I said the 40 watt transfomer is too light for your older engines. However the question remains should your older engines...

Mike how do you butt the track sections together? Are both sections flat on the roadbed when you butt the sections together or do you do it with the track off of the roadbed? Are you nailing down the track or using glue?

Are the "fishplates" themselves bent?

I happen to own a couple of the old Lionel transformers including that one at the bottom of your pictures and have never had a problem with them. Is that corrosion I see on some of those terminals? However the 40 watt one is a might light for some engines. It would help to know what the...