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How do these engines run? I've been rolling over the idea of buying a CF7, 60 something dollars for undecorated (Will show up in Penn Midland colors at one point) at internet trains ( I might not get it from them, my V&O DVD hasnt showed up here, yet) So are the drives on par with lets say...

I have joined a club, and there layout is well, large. After talking to one of the guys there he told me that if I was going to buy a engine to run on the layout my best bet would be a big steamer or a few road switchers. I'd much rather have a steam engine then some transition era road...

Edit: Looks like this layout wont be happening, at least with this plan.

Im not looking for Linn wescott book or a John armstrong book, well maybe I am. I need a book with a good selection of track plans for small spaces, I've been thinking about Iain rices "Small smart and practical track plans" Any suggestions?

I have a strange affixation with derailment threads... Derailment. The D word. The sound of 300 dollars worth of fine detailed rolling stock barreling down a 2% grade to the tune of a broken #5. That echoing rattling noise deep in a tunnel. The mistaken throttle push that sent your empire...

From the mountains to the waterfront: (Red thing is a bridge, gray is going to be street track, blue is water) Any tips? (Once again its not made to be a sound operator, the sidings are mostly for show)

Model power. We've all had our run in's with them, be it a cheap kit to finish a scene, a freight car (With some work those frieght cars can be something). I've been scaning around for kits for the new layout, And model power stuff has caught my eye, I figure with some work those under 20$ kits...

Expanded a bit, any suggestions or improvements?

Just a post celebrating Martin Luther King. A man who changed the face of America and was taken down before he could fully carry out his dream. Thanks MLK.

Writing is one of my hobbys and a recent discovery of pictures of my old layouts inspired me to write this. Humble beginnings (1995 to 1996) We all start somewhere. My start was a 4x8 sheet of plywood; my memories of the layout are hazy. A simple loop worked its way around the sheet of...

Has anyone here read sam poseys book? It's a good read, its amazing the amount of work that guy rolf put into his layout and still remained modest about the whole thing, i'd love to see a book devoted to poseys layout (Yes, i know half the book was about the birth and life of the midland but I'd...

I was given the task of designing a track plan for my little brothers future N scale layout. I made a simple 2 track oval with a bunch of sidings on the inner loop for industries once the "Operations" bug bites him. It's about 2x7 (going by a rough estamate) the colors at the right on the tracks...

Im embarking on a project where im turning a model power transfer caboose into something worthwile. First, what type of trucks and knuckle couplers should i drop in, i dont have a picture but the car is marked with a "Saftey first" on the side of the flatcar part and an 8200 on the coup, If...

You know them, those ugly pins hanging under the couplers, they look like crap and probally smell like it too, I havent checked that one out yet but its on my to-do list. Now onto the question, I have a few cars converted to knuckles and those little pins annoy the everloving crap out of me...

I am starting work on a 4x8 with a 2x6 extension (The turtle creek central from MR with its branch) soon. And I want to switch to DCC. Since its a small layout I was considering EZ-DCC but I have heard bad things about it. Really all I will need is being able to run a train on the main loop...