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I am chuggin along nicely and gathering data and items to start in earnest,
very shortly. One of the things I have been wondering is:

yup - it's me again

I am chuggin along nicely and gathering data and items to start in earnest,
very shortly. One of the things I have been wondering is:

Hi, thought I would check out this NG, as I have just pulled the old
Train set out. It is old Hornby Dublo and Tri-ang, it would seem that
the best track to get for this old gear is Code 100 track, form reading
old posts. I still have old Tri-ang track, but the fish plates need

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Thanks

Seeing as how the weather this morning was rather nice (10 degrees, no
rain, hardly any wind at all) I decided to run in my K3 and perform the
usual haulage tests. On my layout, I can couple the tender closely, so I
did. Here's what I discovered.

Can a Zero 1 controller puchased in the UK be converted to operated in
the USA I was thinking if the transformer is change out to handle the
110 voltage in the USA or just using on110 volts then it may work. I
know it is no longer made or supported but I think it may be worth a ...

I just saw on the news this evening that the Life-Like warehouse in
Baltimore burned down today.  It was a very old building, I think their
Proto 2000 warehouse was loosely based on it.
I don't know how many of their operations were run from that building

What should I take into consideration when deciding whether to go for code
70 or code 83 track in a new HO layout?
I like the look of code 70 track, but I also like the quality of Peco
track and I gather their new line of code 83 track is very good.

After weeks of research, I learned that many people find Kato unitrack
to be the best (albeit pricey) track for N scale.
So much for that research, because after going to the Great Midwest
Train Show in Wheaton IL today, I decided I am going to go HO for my

I have a retro-DC N scale layout, run steam locos and want sound.  Any
recommendations for systems that will syncronize with the throttle to some
degree?
Doug

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   I'm struggling with a new layout I'm building at the moment. I'm
modelling (artistic licence) part of our line (The Churnet Valley Railway)
before we took it over and when BR used it for hauling its sand trains over.
Now it is well documented the locos that were used to carry ...

Hi again
Am after 3mm rigid plastic (or metal I guess) tubing to commence getting all
the bits n pieces for making illuminated signals. I went to a hobby shop
today and not only was their stock limited, it was extremely expensive for a