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Allthough I have Accumates on some of my cars, I prefer MicroTrains. Accumates have had several problems over the years, trip pins falling out, couplers just falling apart, etc. Under any real load, the couplers will come apart. To help solve that, I ACC the pocket shut on any new cars I...

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I'm glad you're catching on so well to the MT frenzy. Micro Trains has a conversion spreadsheet that you can download from their site if you have Excel on your system. You can also look at them on line. They even sell a yellow loose-leaf notebook full of these tables in addition to lots of...

Another problem can be caused by the "yo-yo" effect sometimes produced by MT couplers. This is caused by the springs in the coupler and looks like a accordion in action. If this is happening when you are passing over a in-track magnet, then the couplers may not be applying pressure to each...

Congratulations on the Kato SD 40-2. Yes, the MT 2004 (or MT 2004-1) is indeed the correct coupler. In order to put together one of those 2004s, I use a little jig that MT also sells. It has been an invaluable assistant. However, I would recommend you buy the 2004-1's next time since they...

You have a lot of posts here with a lot of questions. Most are answered for you already. I'm just going to summarize them all in one message. Magnetic couplers work by having the trip pins moved by a magnet. Therefore any two piece coupler having metal trip pins will work as a magnetic...

Walther's On-Line You can do business with Walther's on-line. Here is the link: http://www.walthers.com/

Wife Most Valuable By all means, encourage your wife to add things. I know of one person in our club who's wife built an entire town that looks just great. Unfortunately, there was no space on the layout for such a great looking addition. What they ended up doing was taking one corner...

Weighing In NMRA actually has a standard: 0.5 oz + (0.15 oz * length of car in inches). Thus a 50' reefer that is 4 inches long should weigh in at about 0.5 oz + (0.15 oz * 4) 0.5 oz + (0.6 oz) = 1.1 oz. This works well for boxcars and the like, but I have problems with tankers...

Manufacturer's License Looking at the engine I have, it has 3 access ports like a SD45T2 but it is in DRGW colors and roadname. Since DRGW didn't have SD45T2, as BDC indicated, this must be another case of a manufacturer not knowing what was going on. Like those SantaFe F2's an old...

I recently got lucky enough to pick up these engines recently. In brass, no less :p ! Here's my problem. The DRGW SD-45-T2 is in Black/Orange and made by Samhongsa; the ATSF SD-24-Low Nose is in Black/Silver Zebra stripes and made by DaiYoung and has a Kato mechanism :D ! Both came unnumbered...

Tokyo Nice job on the layout. The only thing missing is masses of people!

Well, the New Mexico Rail RunNers N-Trak club will be making an appearance in Tucumcari NM for this weekends train show. Since there will also be a rodeo going on at the same time, it will bring a whole new meaning to the "B.S. Session". Anyway, if anyone happens to be in the area, drop on...

BNSF, BNSF, BNSF, BNSF, BNSF Forever

Saturday's Albuquerque Journal stated that the Cumbres & Toltec is supposed to start running again on Tuesday, the 16th. Hopefully, it won't be too late.

Saturday's Albuquerque Journal stated that the Cumbres & Toltec is supposed to start running again on Tuesday, the 16th. Hopefully, it won't be too late.

The Attorney Generals of Colorado and New Mexico tried to have the Forest Departments order revoked. Actually, the Cumbres & Toltec has it's own fire fighting department that follows about a mile behind the train with fire fighting equipment. This is just a case of bureaucracy over-reacting...

This an excerpt from the Albuquerque Journal of July 12th, 2002. "Hammered by losses from the U.S. Forest Service's shutdown of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, the operator announced Thursday it will not run the 1880s-era railroad next year under its existing five-year contract...

Everything except the Orioles is interesting. I am, after all, a Yankee fan. :D

Someday I'll have to make a pilgramage to M.B. Kleins. I can't think of any other reason I'd go to Baltimore.