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I am currently making two interurban car kits and a Sylvan CNR wooden caboose kit. For all 3 of these, I would like to be able to easily remove the floors. What are some of the ways of doing this? I know that typically people use very small screws through the car floor, but are these typically...

I have probably only run this loco 5 or 6 times since I bought it, but it has developed a real grating sound coming from one of the trucks. I think I can see what the problem is, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to take the truck off of the body so that I can get at the various...

Do any Canadian gauge members know a source for 3/16" sheets of Gatorfoam in the Toronto area (or anywhere for that matter)? Curry's carries the 1/2" sheets, but this is far too thick for scratchbuilding walls (which is what I want to use it for). TIA

What is an appropriate height to use for power poles on the mainline outside of a town/city? I'm guessing that it should be around 30 feet +/-, but what range should I stick within? TIA

Anyone have any suggestions as to an effective technique for modelling sedimentary rock formations in N scale? I've used the ceiling tile technique with some success in HO scale, but I'm not sure how well this would work in a smaller scale. All suggestions welcome.

I see that next Saturday (20th?), TTC will be running a Peter Witt and 2 PCC cars from Union Station to the Ex. Unfortunately, I am out of town that weekend and won't be able to go down and get some good digital shots of these cars. If anyone does plan to see/ride these cars next weekend, I...

I imagine many of you have seen the article in the latest issue of MRR. I was impressed by the amazing depth that this backdrop added to what started out as a relatively narrow and visually uninteresting scene. I've never tried doing this, but after reading this article, I am definitely going...

Any suggestions on where I could look for plans for switching layouts? I'm thinking 2' deep by 8-12' long +/-. TIA

I see that this year's show has been moved to a Middle School in the Jane & Steeles area. Does anyone know the story behind this move? In the early 90's it was a very large show at the International Centre, then it downsized to the Congress Centre (where, many years, it was a...

The latest issue of RMC has a very complimentary review of this new loco from Atlas. Has anyone purchased one? Comments? I am interesting in getting opinions on the QSI sound and how it compares to Soundtraax. My LHS feels that Soundtraax is better, but its only one opinion of course. I am...

Finally got this finished and thought I'd share some before and after pictures. I'm pretty happy with the end result --- it will be very fast and easy to connect the panel to the layout or disconnect it and store everything away.

I just finished building and wiring the control panel to my N scale coffee table layout --- pics to come. I have used auxiliary switches on the turnout motors to power bipolar LEDS on the panel to indicate turnout positions. I have 10 auxiliary switches --- 7 work very well regardless of...

I bought a Radio Shack Shack switchable DC power supply that (supposedly) can put out 1.5, 3, ... up to 12 VDC. I bought it to supply 1.5 volt Miniatronics LEDs, but unfortunately it puts out 3.5 volts instead of the 1.5 (whatever happened to the time when you could count on Radio Shack :mad: )...

In N scale, the choice of steam locomotives for CN and/or CP is rather limited. If anyone has one of these Bachmann Consolidations, I would appreciate getting your opinion on it (ie are you satisfied with how it runs and how does it compare to other diesel or steam locos you may have?). TIA...

I am having real problems with a GP7 Phase I CP loco that I purchased probably 18 months ago. When I initially bought it, I had to take it back to my local LMS after 2 days because it wouldn’t run at all. They got it running reasonably well, but it was still VERY noisy. It has sat in the...

I've run into a very strange problem with the wiring of my coffee table layout control panel that maybe someone in the group can help me troubleshoot. I decided to use 25 pin connectors in the control panel and at the layout facia so that I will be able to hookup/unhook everything quickly and...

Does any know if there is a manufacturer(s) that makes an automatic reversing unit (ie for automating changing the polarity in reverse loops). I have 3 of these loops in my coffee table layout, so operating it is going to become tiresome using the typical main/reverse switches on the control...

I bought this soldering tool on Saturday and used it for soldering all of the switch/LED connections on a control panel. I soldered about 100 connections using it and I only have one word for it --- amazing! Once you try it, you'll never want to go back to a standard soldering iron again (at...

Found sites for both things I was looking for --- it was too early in the morning obviously :oops:

There is another thing I've missplaced --- the NMRA standards for rolling stock weight based on the length :oops: I've looked on the NMRA web site but can't seem to find out. Once again, if anyone can guide me to this information it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks