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Looking for best DCC FOR UP big boy especially whistle
LokSound Decoder played back on an ESU ECoS. =================================== Here you go... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yteZgcj3AX8 :)) Mark
LokSound Decoder played back on an ESU ECoS. =================================== Here you go... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yteZgcj3AX8 :)) Mark
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Railroad Drop Bridges
They are actually TWO Lionel so called O Scale Bascule Bridges (circa 1998 Chinese Construction) which are set in stanchions (Lionel Provided) which sit end to end. So...a Train enters one side of the
They are actually TWO Lionel so called O Scale Bascule Bridges (circa 1998 Chinese Construction) which are set in stanchions (Lionel Provided) which sit end to end. So...a Train enters one side of the
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Mark Cartwright
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Railroad Drop Bridges
Carl Thank you for this....I am once again gathering notes for a bridge from my Cabinets over to my Main 30" High Layout. For now... I plan on swinging out Two Operational Matched/Twin Bascule Bridges
Carl Thank you for this....I am once again gathering notes for a bridge from my Cabinets over to my Main 30" High Layout. For now... I plan on swinging out Two Operational Matched/Twin Bascule Bridges
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Mark Cartwright
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going from bachmann to Hell and Back.
Sending Back to Bachmann... Over and Over Again...Expecting a Different Result..is my definition of Insanity in Model Railroading. Yet it is done all the time. Not Me... I purchased several N Scale At
Sending Back to Bachmann... Over and Over Again...Expecting a Different Result..is my definition of Insanity in Model Railroading. Yet it is done all the time. Not Me... I purchased several N Scale At
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Mark Cartwright
· #10975
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going from bachmann to peco
Stacey.... I was getting my University Degrees (Behavioral Sciences) in the 1970's, while I was STRUGGLING with an N Scale John Armstrong Track Plan which took me 10 years to finally give up on. Yes,
Stacey.... I was getting my University Degrees (Behavioral Sciences) in the 1970's, while I was STRUGGLING with an N Scale John Armstrong Track Plan which took me 10 years to finally give up on. Yes,
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Mark Cartwright
· #10974
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bacmann ez track and dcc
Once again... I am going to be Odd Man Out...but I would seriously reconsider running DCC with anything Bachmann as it comes out of the box, including the Bahaman Dynamis by ESU which I do own (along
Once again... I am going to be Odd Man Out...but I would seriously reconsider running DCC with anything Bachmann as it comes out of the box, including the Bahaman Dynamis by ESU which I do own (along
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Mark Cartwright
· #10964
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Cleaners & Lubricants
Jerry, Besides mouse droppings and their pee (which has it's own acid) .... Has anyone mentioned Never Dull, Brasso, WD-40, Tarn X, Borax, Pine Sol, Pine Oil (Hexol ), Easy Off, Sheila Shine Low, Bar
Jerry, Besides mouse droppings and their pee (which has it's own acid) .... Has anyone mentioned Never Dull, Brasso, WD-40, Tarn X, Borax, Pine Sol, Pine Oil (Hexol ), Easy Off, Sheila Shine Low, Bar
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Mark Cartwright
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The one thing we tend to all agree on.....
>>> DCC especially Sound DCC requires Clean and perhaps bright and shiny to that upper quadrant between the rails where the flanges glide over. ==== So.... Here is what you may not agree with...but is
>>> DCC especially Sound DCC requires Clean and perhaps bright and shiny to that upper quadrant between the rails where the flanges glide over. ==== So.... Here is what you may not agree with...but is
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Mark Cartwright
· #10935
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Cleaners & Lubricants
Jay, In the Central Valley of California...We have Peat Dust, Valley Fever and now Ashe from the many Northern California Fires. ===? And abrupt temperature changes which create a very strange phenome
Jay, In the Central Valley of California...We have Peat Dust, Valley Fever and now Ashe from the many Northern California Fires. ===? And abrupt temperature changes which create a very strange phenome
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Mark Cartwright
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Buss wire
Morgan.... I am in a project to run an N Scale Train around the perimeter of much of my 2900 square foot house on a perch (above the cats) then drop it down via an oblong Helix (closet) to my sit down
Morgan.... I am in a project to run an N Scale Train around the perimeter of much of my 2900 square foot house on a perch (above the cats) then drop it down via an oblong Helix (closet) to my sit down
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Mark Cartwright
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Isolated Outlet for my DCC ECoS.
We may soon be subjected to Rolling Black-outs as well as Brown Outs, as Californians are easily manipulated. but I am near naturally paranoid; so I tend to get off at the next exist and avoid the 80
We may soon be subjected to Rolling Black-outs as well as Brown Outs, as Californians are easily manipulated. but I am near naturally paranoid; so I tend to get off at the next exist and avoid the 80
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Mark Cartwright
· #10847
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Running Wire in Cut Groves of Accent Trim for Perch/Shelf N Scale Trackage. Trackage through Walls?
Thank you Don and every one else as well.... I need to be careful; as I see nearly everything in a 360 degree manner. (And am often accused of being Off-Topic.) What is the Hub of the Conversation ...
Thank you Don and every one else as well.... I need to be careful; as I see nearly everything in a 360 degree manner. (And am often accused of being Off-Topic.) What is the Hub of the Conversation ...
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Mark Cartwright
· #10846
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Running Wire in Cut Groves of Accent Trim for Perch/Shelf N Scale Trackage. Trackage through Walls?
Hello all.... In some older houses...There is an Accent Trim, near the top of the Wall an inch or so down from the Ceiling. Not necessarily a moulding but sometimes it is referred as such. https://www
Hello all.... In some older houses...There is an Accent Trim, near the top of the Wall an inch or so down from the Ceiling. Not necessarily a moulding but sometimes it is referred as such. https://www
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Mark Cartwright
· #10838
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Forgive my ignorance! Am I creating several reverse loops on my proposed layout?
Better.... Tom, Run some of the Green Track...while also making an attempt to run the Roundtable. On the way to doing this... Consider some Structures and Scenery as well as spacing. I expect a few mo
Better.... Tom, Run some of the Green Track...while also making an attempt to run the Roundtable. On the way to doing this... Consider some Structures and Scenery as well as spacing. I expect a few mo
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Mark Cartwright
· #10824
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Forgive my ignorance! Am I creating several reverse loops on my proposed layout?
Tom.... Three Suggestions as you are new to DCC and perhaps N Scale Unitrack (but for now...I will only burden you with one) 1. Kato Unitrack (computer generated) plans can be a bit deceptive as to ac
Tom.... Three Suggestions as you are new to DCC and perhaps N Scale Unitrack (but for now...I will only burden you with one) 1. Kato Unitrack (computer generated) plans can be a bit deceptive as to ac
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Mark Cartwright
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Older Shinohara 3 way turnout
Ah ? Jay.... I struggled with Shinohara Track from 1973 to 1982 in a #209 John Armstrong Track Plan. I haven't got much nice to say about either one of them. ===== After spending hundreds of hours wit
Ah ? Jay.... I struggled with Shinohara Track from 1973 to 1982 in a #209 John Armstrong Track Plan. I haven't got much nice to say about either one of them. ===== After spending hundreds of hours wit
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Mark Cartwright
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Track Voltage for N Scale Sound Decoders ?
Charles.... I wrote this very long reply, which I believe could have possibly alienated many a Model Railroader of today but not a Model Railroader of say 1934 in his Attic, Basement or Family Room of
Charles.... I wrote this very long reply, which I believe could have possibly alienated many a Model Railroader of today but not a Model Railroader of say 1934 in his Attic, Basement or Family Room of
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Mark Cartwright
· #10717
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Track Voltage for N Scale Sound Decoders ?
Ah? You might want to consider...Getting that 2-6-6-4 right away and begin to use it as one of your primary track testers.... With SOUND Not a GP-7 which is one of the easiest locomotives to accommoda
Ah? You might want to consider...Getting that 2-6-6-4 right away and begin to use it as one of your primary track testers.... With SOUND Not a GP-7 which is one of the easiest locomotives to accommoda
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Mark Cartwright
· #10708
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Cleaners & Lubricants
Ah Duh Me? I have done and used all of the above...and yes have two or three of those Altas/Tomix Vacuum Cars as well as the Brass Oil Tank car and then some more as in AZTEC Box Cars. I have used CRC
Ah Duh Me? I have done and used all of the above...and yes have two or three of those Altas/Tomix Vacuum Cars as well as the Brass Oil Tank car and then some more as in AZTEC Box Cars. I have used CRC
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Mark Cartwright
· #10705
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Track Voltage for N Scale Sound Decoders ?
Hello all, Not sure I am gong to ask this question in the most appropriate way... However.... After I purchased my first DCC Controller, an MRC PA -2, I was soon advised to purchase some sort of boost
Hello all, Not sure I am gong to ask this question in the most appropriate way... However.... After I purchased my first DCC Controller, an MRC PA -2, I was soon advised to purchase some sort of boost
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Mark Cartwright
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