How to make older turnouts dcc friendly

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Southern Ry. Alco RS-3 no. 2143 passes over an older HO Shinohara turnout on Larry Puckett’s Ho layout. He explains how to make older turnouts DCC-friendly. In the September and October 2014 issues of Model Railroader, I wrote about how I modeled the Rockfish River crossing on my HO scale Piedmont Southern layout and built […]

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MTH O gauge Alco PA-PB

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PREMIER LINE O GAUGE ALCO PA-PB FROM MTH Price: $479.95 (No. 20-20843-1 powered A unit), $199.95 (20-20843-3 unpowered B unit), $249.95 (20-20844-1 unpowered A unit) Min curve: O-31  Cmd Low: 6.22 smph  Cnv Low: 8.4 smph, High: 90.9 smph Drawbar pull: 1 lb., 14 oz. Features: Cab unit has two can-style motors, ProtoSound 3.0 command […]

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Woodland Scenics post office

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BUILT-&-READY U.S. POST OFFICE FROM WOODLAND SCENICS Price: $129.99 (BR5864) Features: Fully assembled and decorated, illuminated interior, cardstock interior, freestanding mail box, designed for use with the Just-Plug lighting system. Back in the early 1990s, I was driving between Who-Knows-Where and Nowheresville, New Mexico. The terrain was bleak and, except for the road and utility […]

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Trains on the Chicago “L”

Model of Chicago L train

Name: Robert Mayer Forum User Name: Robert Mayer Railroad Name: Robert Mayer Location: Tucson Az Scale: O Theme: Chicago “L” Description: The layout depicts trains run by the Chicago Transit Authority. […]

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Rainy days and toy trains

Reading Lines toy train layout

Name: JANIS ROGUSKIE Railroad Name: Reading Lines Location: Pennsylvania Scale: O Gauge Theme: Reading Company Description: What better to do on a rainy Saturday afternoon than to run some trains. It’s been a fruitful modeling season (January to March) for me and many of my modeling efforts are on the layout in this video. A […]

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Rainy days and toy trains

Reading Lines toy train layout

Name: JANIS ROGUSKIE Railroad Name: Reading Lines Location: Pennsylvania Scale: O Gauge Theme: Reading Company Description: What better to do on a rainy Saturday afternoon than to run some trains. It’s been a fruitful modeling season (January to March) for me and many of my modeling efforts are on the layout in this video. A […]

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