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I am ready to buy myself a DCC controller and I would like to go with the Prodigy Advance. I have researched and found this one to be the one I want. I have priced them and found that "Tony's Train Exchange" has them the cheapest. I was curious though... How can they be $100 cheaper than direct...

My thoughts If they really want to ride the rails, fine I suppose. Although there have been instances where they messed with equipement and hurt people. In one such case, before we had two way capable communications with ETDs, there was a large derailment near Sprague Lake in Washington State...

Red and Yellow sings... Also known as "flags" (on at least the BNSF), they stand for two different things either happening, or about to happen. The simple square 'yellow' flag is two mile notice of a temporaray speed restriction. It would then be followed by a green flag to indicate the speed...

I picked up a paint pen last night and tried it out on some rail that was just going to be thrown away anyway (it is pretty bent and warped). I must have picked the wrong color, because it really looks silly. Does anybody use paint pens to weather rail? Or is it all just air brushing or dry...

More window shopping... The wife and I went to get shopping for her done and some window shopping for me done. Of course I found a bunch of stuff that I wanted to bring home. But I wondering about the Testors brand of air brush kits. They are priced pretty decent, but is that becuase they dont...

Thank a million for all the info. Guess I will have to go back the drawing board and see what develops. Wish me luck.... JD

farmer ron, thank you. Good idea Russ, bookmarked it. Thank you, too. JD

Cabdriver, this is going to be long reply.... I noticed that there is at least one post from a UP engineer in this thread. He is a very accurate source of information. You may know that I am a conductor for the BNSF. While going through my training, I had be certified to work several jobs for...

Just wanted to say.... WOW!!! Cabdriver, I wanted to post something so that I would not be one of those "just looky, not talky" guys. I am still so new to this that I do not have any suggestions. I just wanted to let you know that it look great so far. And I probably will taking your idea of...

I know that in the prototypical world, you would never see much more than a 2.5% or even 3% grade. But, in modeling, would it be acceptable to increase this just a little to save a little space? Or would it really make a long cut of cars too hard to pull up the grade? I have this idea for an...

Gotcha, I will probably keep it in the HO forum then. Thnx JD

This question is probably for the moderator of the forums, but... I plan to tell the story my layout raiload from start to finish (yeah, like it will EVER be really finished) from the point of view of the "employee's" of "carrier", from land acquisition, to the gandys laying rail, to the...

MasonJar, Great idea! I have seen 'lots' of MR mags on Ebay and thought about that. Perhaps I should check with the LHS. And I know this place is great source of info as well. I will continue to browse around. I suppose I have become a long time member here, and will be posting more questions...

Is there a comprehensive book on weathering of locos, rolling stock and rail and ties out there? I would like to find something specific to weathering, and not the stuff I have found at the LHS dealing with all aspects of modeling. I thumbed through a few books and magazines, and the ones I have...

Val, you got it!!! Anything I can to do let ANY of you guys know about the real train world, I will pass along. Please feel free to ask. I can probably research anything you want to know. At least when it comes to the BNSF up here in my territory. I may not know much about modeling, but then...

EZ-- I am trying to plan my very first layout as we speak (type). I also will be having that "U" shaped design in my room. I very may have to incorporate some of your ideas. Mainly the concept of not have the main run the entire "U" around the layout, but save some space the idustry and yard...

Believe me when I tell you that freight service is not as glamorous as it sounds, unless you enjoy spending plenty of time sitting in sidings and watching other trains with higher priority whiz by. Although, not too many people get to say they touch boxcars for a living. All in all, I do enjoy...

Thanks for all the info guys... I am unaware of any clubs in my area, but one can assume that has to be at least a few guys around here that model. I may have to check a little at the LHS. I have gone in there a few times and looked to see what they have, but have not been real impressed with...

Andrew, I fiddling with some the track I have now and using my cork road bed, the track, and some ballast, I did manage to cover up the joints quite well. And I did all this 'playing around with out glue and tacks, just so that I know what it would look like. And you are right, once I have...

Andrew, Thanks for the input. I may have to entertain the possiblity. I have seen much mention about the Digitrax system/s, and I was thinking that may be very viable option as well. Again, thanks... JD