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gluing my flex track down I use a hot melt with a glue gun to stick the track down. It is quick and easy and not to difficult to take off if you want to move it Stan

gluing my flex track down I glue the track down using a hot melt glue gun. It is quick and easy and not all that difficult to take off if you want to move it. Stan

Thanks very much for the very helpful reply. Perhaps you could also help with a similar problem with an old Lima SAR blue locomotive which has the Lima coupling. Is it possible to get conversions for this as it around 30 years old Stan

Can any one help with suggestions how to link or convert US coupling with a European one. The European has a standard square shaft on the rolling stock and the different couplers slides in this shaft making it very easy to interchange between suppliers

I am also relativly new with problems of derailing. I found using engines with a shorter wheel base help a lot ( 2 sets of wheels rather than three) as the angle was a bit too sharp. I have also had parts of the loco touching the points and I am slowly filing away the problem areas. Stan

Good suggestion. I was interested in your reply. Have you resisted the pressure to change to the DCC or do you have both DC and DCC. Stan

Andrew firstly thanks very much for the comprehensive reply. It was very helpful. I would certainly suggest anyone thinking about DCC to read it Is the Digitrax Zephyr a complete starter pack (apart from the decoder ) or will it need other components before it can be used. I ask because I...

Jim thanks for the reply. Indeed I received excellent replies ( which I have found is always the the case with this forum) If you check them they were very varied in the reponses and as you wrote "utilization of those replys is up to you" I think you misunderstood the real theme of my reply...

Thanks everyone for the information. Woodone you summarised the position very well. After reading your response I really think I will have no choice but to switch to DCC You wrote " $$ are a factor. But you can go a little at a time." As you recently made the change I would really be interested...

Jim in connection with your reply I think that had your philosophy been the prevalent one when the wheel was invented, transport today would still be mainly by the wheelbarrow Regards Stan

Thanks everyone. The story so far. I checked the wheels and saw that the two inner pairs of wheels were electically connected but the outer pair was not. I then proceeded to cut off the outer wheel. The axle was plastic so it was very easy. The train now runs without derailing but when moving...

Thanks all for the helpful information. Ralph I was not thinking specifically of any make. I was going to try to have the two circuits with a insulator placed at a point to be decided and then have two controls. It seemed the simplest thing and means two people can operate the layout at the same...

Please excuse my ignorance but what is meant be a cab selector in connection with blocking. I want to have two circuits and I was intending to have to have each connected to a power supply. I was wondering where the cab selector would be used Thanks Stan

Thanks for the information. It was the manufacturers that was confusing rather than the DCC or AC or couplers .For example Marklin will not run with other suppliers. I would like to know if there are any other HO suppliers that cannot be interchanged because of their system. This will help...

After checking the different suppliers of HO locomotives on the WEB I am confused as there are some suppliers who supply systems that are not compatible with others. Can anyone help with a table or link to a site that compares the different systems and if possible a price range as this also...