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  1. J

    But it's a dry heat!

    It hasn't been a dry heat recently. 2.71 of rain in my area and we are getting more today. But honestly. Someone give us a break. It's still like 95 degrees.
  2. J

    Chicago, Il rail yard???

    Opps! I'll bet it's commuter trains.
  3. J

    Chicago, Il rail yard???

    I was checking out Google earth today. Checking out Soldier Field in Chicago and I noticed rail yard off to the left. Can anyone tell me anything about this yard?
  4. J

    Check this out.

    It's odd the person that did this for me didn't want to take credit. He's afraid people will be too critical. I'm learning the technique to do this on my own. :)
  5. J

    Check this out.

    I own this flat car. But I can't credit for the detail work. It's the pride of my rolling stock.
  6. J

    DIY Containers?

    Wow they look good! :thumb:
  7. J

    fantasy football

    Sorry I may have scared people off. I mean I'm just that good. sign1
  8. J

    Frustrated with a Athrean Loco

    I have this older Sd38-2 that a friend converted to DCC months ago. We ran it on the test track and it ran great. Needed a bit more power to make it move but it still ran smooth. Anyway pulled it out last night on the test track. It ran back and forth several times on the test track and...
  9. J

    DIY Containers?

    Robert great site!
  10. J

    But it's a dry heat!

    :) Looks like I laid that track. hahaha I can't wait to build my garage layout. :curse:
  11. J

    What's wrong with Arizona?

    So I started looking for a new club here in Arizona. Near me in the east valley would be great. I can't find one. What's worse is I only find 10 or so clubs in the state of Arizona. That can't be right????? I figure since basements are non existent here I might find more clubs. Nope...
  12. J

    Pupolarity Of The Hobby

    I've been thinking about this a lot in the last year. My old module club had a goal. Simply promote the hobby. So I said what's the best way to do this? How do we attract the kids. For the most part I think the club understood what attracted kids but we still fell short in a lot of...
  13. J

    Are all DCC decoders created equally?

    Something I should of asked in the first place....did you run it on DC first? Recently purchased a new Athrean engine. Ran terrible on DC. I actually dissembled it and reassembled it. Added some lube etc and it seems to run better.
  14. J

    Are all DCC decoders created equally?

    You will get a lot of opinions with that question. I'm not going to say MRC is junk because I have never used one. I will say NCE and Digitrax seem very popular. I guess popular for a reason. :) I'm a NCE guy only because my former club seemed dead set on these as a standard. I also...
  15. J

    Test track????

    Jim, Do you have any turnouts etc?
  16. J

    Test track????

    Do any of you have a seperate test/programing track? What length do you recommend? Two tracks? Any Curves? I'd like to use this to test decoder installs etc. Consisting and speed adjustments also.
  17. J

    DIY Containers?

    I also have another bunch of them in PDF form. I can send them to you. Let me know.
  18. J

    DIY Containers?

    I do I do. I didn't see Z however. http://norbtach.no.funpic.de/ Site is in another language but IE 6.0 Translates it nice.
  19. J

    What's the hold up with NCE

    I've been waiting and waiting for the NCE USB cable from NCE to be released so I can program my loco's with JMRI: Decoder Pro Anyone know if one can be made?
  20. J

    Enough of planning already!!!!

    I have a friend that has track temporary laid for over a year. He keeps moving stuff around. He seems pretty happy about it until I bring of the fact his layout is void of trees etc.