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    Decal/Road Number/Lettering Remover - Joe's Gel

    A while back I purchased this product (not sure of what it is/was made of/from) called Joe's Gel. Purchased it from Joe's Model Trains off ebay. The stuff really did a GREAT job of removing the road numbers off rolling stock and locomotives without causing any damage (what so ever) to the paint...
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    Model Train Clubs

    Just curious how many folks that view these forums belong to Model Train Clubs. It would be interesting to get some club names and general information about your clubs. If you have web sites, that would be great. Photos of some club layouts would be great. I've been fortunate to vistit...
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    Quieting down Athearn Diesels

    My son and I model primarily Southern Pacific. We have a 'boat loads of 'Balck Widow' era locomotives (everyone ever made by Proto 2000, a couple Stewart F Units, and Kato Units). We also model 'newer SP' stuff (Scarlett and Gray). Sp was fairly famous for it's 'Tunnel Motors' (SD40/45-2T's)...
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    Helix Design Quesions

    Our club is currently building two permanent multilayer layouts. Both will feature at least one helix to allow trains to transverse between the levels and a couple of reversing loops. I have a couple questions with regards to the helix: 1. The standard seperation between two main line tracks...