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    Wiring a reverse loop

    Buy some little plastic insulators they act like regular rail connectors but are plastic and have a thin part of a plastic rail that fits between the two rails to keep them from conducting.
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    New guy with tons of questions!?!?

    Sorry there are probably many thinks you're scratching your head about or maybe I've just been misleading on my info I know there's noway to do my "dream layout" now but I'm just getting ideas for whenever I do have the space to do a layout that large someday though as of know I know there...
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    New guy with tons of questions!?!?

    yeah I've actually been sorta observing the area around Felton/Santa Cruz on google earth I am quite familiar with California and especially the uniqueness of the redwoods. Thanks for all the info guys. Also I finally got a little diagram showing the dimensions of the space I have to work with...
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    New guy with tons of questions!?!?

    Wow thanks for all the great info guys this helps out a lot with my dilema :oops: I'm really bad with long detailed threads but I'll try and keep my points clear an articulate within my paragraphs and really guys thanks for the advice and help I'll eat up every word of knowledge you guys...
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    New guy with tons of questions!?!?

    I doubt anyone will recall me except maybe mileswestern since we occasionally talk on AIM, but last time I posted introducing my self I told a little bit about myself and how I was getting back into railroading. Well It's gotten worst I just got back into it after I laid out a 5ft stretch of...
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    Bob's Big Boy....

    Awesome what kind of radius track do you need for the good old 4-8-8-4?
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    Young children... what age to start...?

    Well I'll give my story about how I got into trains my next door neighbor had a vast room dedicated to O/O27 guage trains that he ran all around I think he had DCC I'm not sure he had two mainlines and lots of various other things that must be worth thousands! Well thats how I got started I...
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    Hello fellow Model Railroads a guy from another era

    Thanks for the warm welcome here :) and Jim that sounds really cool about your background in aviation/modelroading.
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    Hello fellow Model Railroads a guy from another era

    Hey I decided to join the forums to enhance my knowledge about model railroading I am 15 and I am wayyy more knowledgable about Aviation then trains but I surprisingly have racked up tons of HO trains since I was 11 and I have a treasured Bachman Spectrum 3 truck shay and I am a big fan of...