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when 2 locos are used when switching how easy is it to seperate them to switch individually ? is it simply a matter of uncoupling ? obviously there must be 2 crews which brings up another question. do the 2 crews communicate with radio or what other method is used ? i have just read about...

I agree with wildcatfootball seems to make a lot of sense to me

floyd as I understand it you have 2 benches- 1 4x8 and 1 2'6 x 7' with a joining bench 38" x 30" between them. this means the benches are 38" apart. is this right? any simple 4x8 plan could be done on the east side with perhaps a branch line elevated to the west side. if you could put a...

I use methods 1 and 2 to attach my feeders [ mostly 1 ] I also don`t worry about insulating the joins as I make sure I strip the insulation off 2 or 3 inches apart then there is no chance of a short.

indian pacific trevor

EZ days I`m touched that your touched that Relic is touched think I must be touched too :cry: :cry: trevor

thanks loren and russ for your replies. I will look into the wheel issue. I also might try to make some extra pickups to slide on the rails. will keep you posted . trevor

I have on old kato RS11 which am starting to have problems with. it appears that the plating on the wheels has almost worn off and operation is fairly erratic - a lot of light flickering and constant stopping on areas of track that other locos have no problems with. the wiring has checked...

I don`t think expansion will be as big a problem as you seem to think it will be. however if you want to slide the rails it would probably be better to make it like a halved joint and not at an angle. tried to attach a small drawing without success trevor

thanks MasonJar and caellis for your responses I now feel that it will be worthwhile to keep saving for a new throttle etc. as I already have a Digitrax system I will keep with that, although that lenz and phone looks like a good option trevor

have been thinking about getting a radio throttle for my layout -- in the future ,can`t afford it at the moment! however when a normal radio is on in the trainroom there is a lot of interference when a train is operated. this radio is battery operated and not connected in any way to the house...

I googled atlas s2 and found a few decoder installations on tonys train exchange forum page. decoder would have to be placed in the cabin as there is not much room in the body. - like none I tried to fit a decoder many years ago but ended up wrecking the motor [not isolated from frame] just...

am fairly sure it was made by ROCO. seem to remember that the cab lifted straight up then lift the cab end of the body upward and toward the cab and it should come straight off trevor

loren I looked at the Interchange web site - the program looks interesting although a bit complicated. I joined the yahoo user group [MRCDS] which seems to have been taken over by spammers looking at their older posts seems to be a bit hard to get working as you want it just...

you say the back light does not come on at all. could this be a programming problem ? just wondering trevor

came upon this thread while looking through old posts. am surprised there have been no replies. I operate using RAILOP which I have found to be a terrific program. if you google railop you can get to the site and can download a demo program to get an idea how it works. there is also a...

thanks YmeBP i checked out the site and it looks interesting although not quite what I was looking for. have checked prices for webcams and also security type cameras which connect to a tv monitor and to my surprise a security type is about the same price as a webcam, so if I go ahead will...

orange is number 1 trevor

rather than have the trouble and expense of installing a detection system for my staging yard I was wondering if a webcam announce1could be used to monitor the arrival and departure of trains. I know that you can buy monitoring systems for surveillance etc but would like feedback from anyone...

I recently purchased an atlas trainman GP38-2 and couldn`t believe how easy the decoder installation was. didn`t have to remove the body just had to remove the dynamic brake hatch, unplug the 8 pin plug and insert the decoder plug. that was it. as a lot of posts are about decoder...