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Is there a recomended breakin period for new locos? Or just put them on a track and go

Invitet chief fianancal officer "wife" up for first run. today grandson will come over he is reason for the setup.

Well after a mad dash to the hobby shop and some fast track laying tonight was the inital run of my model RR. Nothing much a oval to start 1 engine and 1 car but it worked...... Thanks for all your help in answering all the questions i had. Now the next set of questions will begin. what a good...

Can you mix track from different manufactures, such Atlas with Walthers or Model power? Are they all about the same as far as quality I have read that some people have had trouble with Atlas switches.

well for money dictates no DCC so i am thinking ofgoing with a single crossover on each side. Or using switches .

Well table is 5x9 I want to use as much of space as i can track will be 2' from edge. all industries and buildings will be on inside of oval . spacing between track is 2 1/2/ " in curve center to center. The sidings will run off inside oval. As you can see i am making this up as i go so...

I am going to have 2 ovals 1 inside the other what is best way to cross over to each other.

well i tried to bend the roadbed and it does not want to lay flat. If i bend the ends it pops up in the center?????? what am i doing wrong do i need to cut the center of the curve?

Bought first pieces of flex track yesterday and cork roadbed. Does the moveable rail go on the inside or outside? What is best way to put roadbed down? Any tricks on puttting spikes through ties into plywood without bending track causing dip in track? Thanks

Ok i am confused. How do you make the height transition from mainline to spur or branch if you use road bed for one and glue direct on the other?

WEll the benchwork is done "it took on a life of it's own". Need to put plywood top on then foam what is best way to attatch track to foam? Is foam the right thing to use? Have not found homasote yet. Also how do you solder track without melting ties? Thanks

Finally ready to build, have trackplan in head and on paper. going to use both island for 5x9 and around the wall . Any ideas on bracing for the around the wall part of it? Are metal brackets ok to use layout will be 18 to 20 in. wide. Thanks

Well i think i will use around the walls, and a island type the best of both worlds. Thanks for your input. now to come up with a track plan...........

Having trouble attaching paint drawing. So i will try to describe it . Standing at the entrance the room is 11 ft long along the right wall is a door way and a closet. it is 7 ft wide, at the half way point it goes to the left 2 ft making it 9 ft wide.

ok see if this works rough drawing of room

This is rough room size for my HO layout. Any ideas? Thought about switch yard on side wall with mainline down center of room? Want tostart small but be able to expand without to much trouble.

IMRL393: I am 45 min sw of QCA is there a "good" hobby shop around? I know it is not required but thought it might be nice. Will not start with one i need to look into more.

Who makes these? What is a good one? Besides the controller what else do you need ? Sorry about all the questions new to this

Right now i am thinking of having a walk around , but that could change.

Ok frustration over for now . What is recomended radius on N scale curves? thinking of a dogbone layout 3 ft on each end and 2 ft or 18 inches in middle or could be 4 ft ends with 2 ft middle. any suggestions?