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    New Hope train Show Last Sunday

    Darn...I spent most of the winter in Yardley...and they have a show just after I leave :curse::curse::curse::curse:
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    New Hope train Show Last Sunday

    Was that in New Hope, PA.?
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    New Train Lines Planned for Toronto and Ont./Que.

    Sounds like you guys are stealing ideas on road maintenence from Transport Quebec ( Quebec Roads Department0 :mrgreen:
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    Bachmann GE 45 Tonner

    is it the 45 tonner? or the 44 tonner? The 45 tonner already has the chip in it.
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    Bachmann GE 45 Tonner

    and the 44-tonner is bigger than the 45-tonner:mrgreen:
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    Uncoupler magnets: Your experience?

    I've just spent a few days experimenting with the RIX Uncoupleing tool and the Kadee uncoupling pick ....must say I wasn't impressed either one at all ...ithe RIX one only seemed to work 1 out of 10 tries, if that and the Kadee one worked more often than that but tended to bump the cars forward...
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    Decoder in Bachmann saddle-tank loco

    Freelancer...thats exactly how I wired it. Gene
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    Decoder in Bachmann saddle-tank loco

    Yup..it has a board that I had to wire towall1
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    Decoder in Bachmann saddle-tank loco

    Thanks Bob....I did check the solder connections with a magnefier...couldn't see any improper or bad connections...I removed the decoder and the loco again ran perfectly in DC. Its weird...between the lights working and the screen on my DCC throttle showing the system was reading the decoder and...
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    Decoder in Bachmann saddle-tank loco

    I just hard-wired a decoder into my Bachmann Spectrum 0-6-0 dockside saddle tank loco. Unfortunately it doesn't work. The headlight turns on and off when I key the headlight button on my throttle, and the system reads the type of decoder on the programming track...but thats it. Its a digitrax...
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    Finished Gondola Project

    I'm curious as to what you used to rust the sides of the trucks....that slippy plastic is a pain to weather/rust I find.
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    Shunting/Switching Layouts?

    Larry...you do realize that the left hand end of this plan is an inglenook:mrgreen:
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    Shunting/Switching Layouts?

    I think we all have to understand that the original concept of the inglenook is first and foremost a shunting puzzle, meant for simple relaxing pleasure, the fact that there are actual real-life inglenooks is a fortunate "accident" that allows us to have a real justification for a sceniced...
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    Shunting/Switching Layouts?

    Rob...yes I'm very familiar with it.
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    Shunting/Switching Layouts?

    Rob...this link brings you to the layout page in another forum, I don't think you have to register to be able to open the individual posts....the 4th or 5th ones down are small ingelnooks being built right now.....I urge to look at all of them though...thet are all small portable layouts..very...
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