I can see S scale working out in the battery dept. What size batteries and are they rechargeable? Cheers Brad

Greg...turnouts have always been a big issue...especially crossovers. I've scaled down my track plans because of... I personally like the Micro Engineering brand. But still...having a small switching

Well with S Scale there's an issue with product availabilty.

Hi Ty, welcome to the hobby. Is it the first run? I was out of it for 20 some odd Years and came back with a bang. N scale is good for long runs. There's a good column in Model Railroader dedicated to

btw.. my system is NCE Power cab too. I've replaced all my old Shinohara turnouts and the newer Atlas as the points are too loose...I like to hand throw them as I have a switching layout. Lance Mindhe

Jim.. have you tried cleaning the track? I have a bright boy at the ready... could be something as simple as that! Just a suggestion. Brad

Gary.. I'd actually suggest feeders at every 3 foot section of track. And for turnouts..I have no problem with Micro Engineering turnouts...and I run DCC/DC with a DPDT switch. cheers, Brad

I agree about Shinohara turnouts. I had always problems on my DC layout and had to bin half of them...even trying to wire them up. It was nice you could park a locomotive on the track the points weren

I am currently using two of my old Shinohara turnouts (code 100 unfortuantely) temporarily until I can afford to buy new ones...and I need about 5 now at about $30 ea... but Shinohara's are used on tw

Tam Valley Frog juicers are expensive. Might as well buy new turnouts. Micro Engineering are the best for handthrowing as I do myself.. I've always had issues with Shinohara's (as I call them 'Shitoha

Guys can you please stick to the subject at hand? I am interested in the subject and converting to DCC as well. Take up Yahoo issues in another forum. Thank you.

Just a DC Model Power. :)

I'm still running DC. But I have it wired to be switched for DCC with a DPDT... Thing is, if you've been reading up lately... the future is in battery powered locomotives. Finally! I'm buying a DCC lo