Model Forum / General / Railroads / August 2009

I'm working on installing a couple guard rails that are to be functional.  
However, I'm wondering how close to the rail they actually need to be to
work properly.  In turnouts, the guard rail actually pulls the wheel away
from the other rail so they have to be quite close.  ...

Although my model is US outline the problems are the same for UK outline
and I need help from people in the UK please.
I have quite a bit of track to be painted before ballasting. Up to now
I've only painted a relatively small area. mainly around pointwork. I

Some years ago I remember looking at a layout with a central terminus,
surrounded by an oval.
Train left, orbited for a bit, then arrived on the other side of the central
platform.

I need some help with a project: Our club has a portable layout that we haul
from place to place. The legs consist of PVC pipe with plastic caps equipped
with leg levelers. The levelers currently use a threaded brass furniture
insert with a carriage bolt threaded inside and the ...

Gainsborough Standard
27th August 2009
"  The famous Gainsborough model railway, a large 'O' gauge railway
representing the East Coast Mainline from King's Cross to Leeds in the

Ripley Today
26th August 2009
"  The Midland Railway – Butterley will recreate the traditional
locomotive works open days over the bank holiday weekend  ...........

Hmmmm...
Problem #1. Turns out that the magnet is so powerful that it turns the
entire steel weight under the flat car into an extension of itself and
*that* grabs anything magnetic on the track at least 2" before the car

Can anybody identify the motor inside the Bachmann class 04?  I have an
old 04, but the motor is burnt out.  Bachmann call the part 350-106.
A photograph is here: http://jgoode.co.uk/imagepreview.php?/Misc/P8250040
Thanks,

As I've mentioned in other threads recently, I have an HO layout I built
for my kids 22 years ago that has been virtually untouched since. It's
time to sell it. I've been cleaning up things, and still have some more
work to do to check things out.

It's been a while, but I've been slowly building the layout nonetheless.
I'm now fixing and powering the track, and have the up/down lines
finished, and now working on the sidings/goods yard.
I made a control board up myself, using bits of wood and hardboard from

Went to Butterley the other day and was told this joke.
It's coming up to the next General Election and Gordon Brown's
publicity team decide it would be a good idea for him to travel the UK
by train..

I thought I try the Subject engine on the tracks, but there's no
movemen. A hum comes from the engine and the voltage across the track
goes from 0 to 14 dc as I turn the transformer dial. It's been about 4
years since I took the engine out for a track run. I vaguely recall that

This one's based on a name from a 1970's board game that stuck in my
head. Causes some double-takes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727@N03/3841076640/sizes/o/
Nicola Tesla ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla ) is/was

Don't know if any of you have seen the 'complete' layout kits on offer
by Jadlam Racing Models ?
They have a basic version 10ft 6in by 6ft 6in (3200 x 1981mm) @ £680
1 R070 TURNTABLE

Well being in mid scrap of my DC system and having sold off most of
the locos it occurs to me that I can still have a smaller outfit and
try this DCC lark. Question!   Which  is the state of the art and
recommended kit?