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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Well, I am about to invest in a DCC system and was wondering about thoughts from users of different systems. I have researched and I think I found the one I want. MRC Prodigy Advanced. I like the idea of being able to send the "switch crew" out to loco 'BNSF 3501' and have that address displayed...

I know this is not the DCC place, but it seems like it takes a little longer to get replies from there. I wanted to know which DCC system to go with. I will want to expand in the future to include at least one more cab, and I am going to have MANY switches I like to control as well. I plan to...

I have a few actually... 1) I have noticed MANY different designs for turnouts. But the one thing that I really notice is that the best looking turnouts actually use curved rail for the switch points. These turnouts are much more realistic looking, and I wish to go with those. What...

I am going to build my layout on particle board. What works better for main line, cork or foam roadbed? And what is the best way to transition from mainline into the yards and industry tracks? JD

Well, I hope that I can find some interesting people in here and hope to gleen some knowledge to use for my layout. I am brand new to the hobby, started by the fact that I work for a railroad. In fact, I am so new, that I do not even have anything running as of yet. I have aquired a few pieces...