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I remember reading a thread about how to ramp down to an industry from the main line. most answers were about sanding foam, cork etc to change the elevation of the track. I have just installed a track to an industry and the incline was the easiest I have ever done. I fixed the rail at each end...

have just spent 3 days locating a short. my layout started small and has grown over the years to what would now be classed as medium to large. 2 levels area about 20 x 10 with a 10 x 10 transition area. as I operate alone I didn`t worry about isolating sections [ blocking ] because if a train...

made my door in the usual way. triangular frame attached to a post anchored to the floor and the bench

thanks to you both for getting me off my backside and started on my waterfall and stream. I have been looking at the area of my layout for at least 2 years and finally after reading your tutorials I decided to give it a go. am quite happy with results so far and will post some pictures...

after installing a decoder is it best to leave it loose or should it be fixed with tape or something similar ? I have done both and the only ones to give me trouble where held on with double sided tape. has anyone had problems using this tape? the decoders have been TCS1`s and when the...

as mentioned by EZ days in a recent post ,not everyone knows the meaning of some of the acronyms used when posting. perhaps a list of acronyms [ACS,ACN,ACM ??]would be helpful for those like me who can`t always work out what is meant. OTOH ??? sorry Fred , couldn`t work that one out.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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?

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