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If ACE did not have them they should be available at Home Depot in Bangor.

Most DCC manufacturers do not include a transformer as their product is sold around he world. Other countries ie: European use different A/C voltages and therefore it is safer to not include a transformer that may have an incompatible primary. It is easier to buy a transformer locally that would...

I am still working on my layout. I am now paving streets, roads however sidewalks are completed. Buildings are assembled but not all of them are completely painted or weathered. No trees, grass, etc. So I am quite content sticking to my home layout. I can run all my trains as the layout...

Double clicking on everything seems to help some people speedup their access... don't know why.

I shop about twice a month at Roy's Trains in Mesa, AZ. I buy my large dollar items on the internet. Th local hobby shop rarely discounts but they do carry most items I need/needed to complete a layout, scenery, etc. Good selection of rolling stock, paints, books, hardware and three major...

My current hobbies in order of participation: 1) HO model railroading (20 plus years). 2) Large R/C boats. These are 48" 1/50 scale sea going tugs(20 years). 3) R/C airplanes (53 years). 4) Ham Radio (45 years) K3SBQ So I never have trouble keeping busy. I have been retired 2 1/2 years and...

I was born and raised in PA, near Williamsport. The wife and I left PA about 30 years ago. I have lived in 16 locations in the past 30 years and retired in Mesa, AZ. I can afford to live anywhere but I chose AZ. I got so used to the hotter dry climate that I do not visit PA during the summer...

I think Duct tape would be way too thick for this purpose.

You do not have to pull up the turnout. But it is always easier to install the Tortise before the turnout. But if it was easy it wouldn't be fun LOL. There are good mounting instructions that come with the Tortise. But basically you drill a pilot hole down from the top through the turnout...

They will work through 2 inches without any problem, maybe more. Adjusting the fulcrum and/or using .032 music wire will permit the Tortise to work through a very thick roadbed. However in your case the thicker wire will NOT be necessary. The wire that comes with the Tortise is .025. I would...

I have seen pictures for this but can't find one at the moment. You need to solder a wire from each stock rail to the corresponding point rail. Use very thin wire similar to the wire used in decoder hookup. Leave slack for movement and attach each wire near the pivot end of the point rail...

I converted my DC layout to DCC about 18 months ago. I initially made NO CHANGES. Just hooked up to the Lenz 100 and away I went. That being said, I did later add drop downs at 3 foot intervals to the buss. As I had used Atlas Flex track I added a drop down to each 3 foot section. I had...

You would not need powered trucks in the dummy if you bring the power from the powered unit.

I realize the accuracy of the cheapo digital meter is more than adequate for our purpose in MRR. I guess I am embarrassed that this so called cheapo meter is nearly as accurate as my meter that cost about 50 times as much as little as 5 years ago! I have wired one of these meter into each of...

I don't see why this is any different than installing a decoder/sound in a steam tender. I installed the decoders in the tender of all my steam loco's. I had to run track pickup, motor and front light wires to the engine. I used #30 wire for all of this and have not experienced any problems in...

Don, nice job. As a side note I find almost any DIGITAL VOM will also correctly read DCC. I have expensive digital meters and a cheapo like the one you show also from Harbor Freight. The cheapo works pretty good on DCC but of course is not quite as accurate. Anyone using DCC should own a...

Yeah, I hit Roy's when I need one or two items in a hurry, over priced but they are close to me. I am hoping to go to An Affair With Trains for my first time next week. I am HO but I guess they carry several gauges. Getting ready to do scenery and nned some items that I want to touch/feel...

ezdays, FYI... my next door neighbor is the purchasing agent at Circuit Specialists... quite handy to have home delivery!!

Does anyone know a source for replacing ALL the wheels on IHC steam loco's. The IHC loco's I have are not RP25 compliant(flanges too high/deep). They were good runners on code 100 so I would like to convert if not too costly. I operate on code 83 track now and have not been able to run my...

Go to this link; http://www.digitrax.com/ftp/decodermanual.pdf Pages 29-30 will give you what you are looking for. If you can you should print this entre manual, no matter which DCC system you have.