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I put about a quarter of a kadee knuckle spring on one axle of one truck and this has worked very well. thanks to all for your input trevor aussie

thanks for the suggestions. I`ll let you know how I get on. trevor

thanks kevin I`ll try those ideas thanks

I was recently given some old boxcars and have replaced the trucks with walthers trucks.:thumb: I now have a problem.wall1 my layout which I thought was level is obviously not as these cars do not want to stay where I place them. what can I do to keep them in their place ? hoping to...

I freelance using american equipment which I prefer the look of over other countries railways. I am trying to keep to the 1960`s to 1970`s era but know very little about the prototype so please myself about what equipment I use [I guess we all do that] I started building a switching layout about...

thanks to you all for the warm welcome[s] :mrgreen:

with the number of turnouts needed I`d be inclined to look into making your own.It might take a few tries to get it right but if I can do it I`m sure anyone can. there have been quite a few articles in the modelling press over the years showing how to go about it.

thanks fellas for the information. looks like I`ll have to start buying some passenger cars and make up a train :)

recently purchased an express boxcar which i assume would be run with a passenger train. my question is ,would they ever be run in a normal freight ?

on a couple of turnouts i have put LED`s between the rails to show the route chosen. i have wired them from the live frog and the track power. i do intend to do some more which should not be a problem but i was wondering how many it would take to affect performance. has anyone done this?

mike- thanks for the welcome i saw gary s`s thread which shows his very good method of control mine is for when it would be difficult to get a solid connection over a longer distance i didn`t make it clear that two wires are needed for each turnout 1 for each route thanks for your interest

this is the front of the panel it looked quite reasonable when i started but has got worse with each midification http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb275/hewitttrev/100_0046.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb275/hewitttrev/100_0011.jpg http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb275/hewitttrev/100_0044.jpg http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb275/hewitttrev/100_0042.jpg

i`ll try to send some pictures

the bellcranks have been made from 1/8" mdf the knobs made from skewers and 5/16" dowel i have used wires to the turnouts because i had it on hand. most would probably use fishing line paper clips have been used for the connections to the SS and to the turnout

when i started building my own turnouts i started using DPDT slide switches [SS] to operate them .these have worked great for the main layout area which is a shelf type when i added a staging area i found i couldn`t think of a satisfactory system to operate the turnouts from a distance i came up...

g`day all i went to the introductions forum and the last message seems to be in 2005 :( so i`ve come here my name is trevor and i live in australia i have a double deck ho layout in a single garage [and a bit] which has been gradually growing over the last few years glad to join you all trevor