Model Forum / General / Railroads / August 2007

how hard is to put dcc+sond in bachman 3 truck?iam just getting into
dcc tring mrc prodigey express first
   thanks   OKIECRIP

I'm planning a new Ntrak module.  I've settled on a design I like, but
would like some input on it.  It's based on a section of I55 and US66
with some "artistic license" taken.  (The UP AFAIK never had a 3 track
main, for example.)

I thought I'd answer the question with the address of a company that
shows Erie cars as in stock, but alas, responding tries to dig around on my
computer.  Intentional or not, avoid posts from the sender of that one.
There have been quite a few of those around here lately, so be ...

I have updated  my website www.talacre.com with some new photos of the
railway including the many changes that have taken place recently, I would
welcome your comments !
Talacre a 7mm Modern Image Garden Railway

Hi all B&O caboose lovers,
For a limited time we are putting our brand new, just released,
seriously awesome I-17 and I-17/I-17a kits on sale for the remainder
of August.

Where can I purchase various size terminal strips for connecting wires
under the benchwork?  I used to buy them at Radio Shack but the local
stores have long stopped carrying most electronic accessories.
Thanks,

I have a track plan including a reversing loop with some sidings off
it. I'm going DCC and by the looks of things everything within the
loop inc. sidings will be connected to the output of a reversing
module. Given that only one loco will enter or exit the loop at any

I've seen it in prototype operation and I've seen it on film where a
locomotive will be put somewhere in the middle of a train to help move a
really heavy load such as a coal unit train. But can someone tell me how
this actually works.

I've only been to two but they were like chalk and cheese in many ways.
The first I went to was in a school hall on a Sunday AM.   Probably not the
most popular time but especially with few people around there seemed to be
plenty of space.   The second (which is what prompted the ...

When does one become the other?
Am I wrong to denigrate HVR2 as too "train set"?
MBQ

Many thanks for all the comments on my new layout. I've now decided to
stick an extra board on for the sidings, making it a rather fat 'L'
shape.
Trouble is, my layout dicates where this board had to go, and it's not

Can anybody help me, I am building  a G.E.R. Decapod & I cannot find a
supplier for the transfers needed. Does anybody have any suggestions. My
usual supliers "Fox Tranfers" do not make any G.E.R. at all. Many thanks
Roger.

I read recently (it might even have been here) that tanks have to be carried
by road transporter rather than by rail as they are too wide to fit within
the British loading gauge. When did this practice begin? Have British tanks
always been too wide or is it a relatively modern ...

I am constructing a small HO layout using Kato Unitrack. The turnouts
can be set for power routing (the default setting) or non-power
routing. The change between the two reuires shifting only 2 screws.
Kato recommends the power routing for DC operations, and the non-power

In some ways this is a slightly tongue in cheek question but then again.....
Has anyone ever used shelving such as
http://www.bigdug.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Small_Business_Starter_Kits.html as
the baseboard?   I'm contemplating building a 4mx4m shed (or maybe 4x5) to