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Well, not that y'all asked, but an update from the newbie... So far I've done only one end of the cars, except for the Cliff Line Depressed Center Flatcar for which I had no trucks or couplers when purchased. I did that one, filled in the supplied too-small gearboxes with cement, milled that...

Bought a pair of Athearn 85' flats; one for piggyback trailers and one for containers. Anybody got a picture of how the hitch plate on the piggyback one is assembled? I assume that it is supposed to fold down flat, just can't tell from the grainy Athearn drawing how it goes together - i.e...

got started some... well, I bought a pack of Kadee #5s, some short and long shank Bachmann ez mates, and did a couple cars tonight. Observations are, I need a bunch of washers, some super glue, and small screws. I also need some shims, and over shank couplers. I did the Athearn 86' with...

10-4, thanks for clearing that up. I suspected it might be a generic term, just wanted to make sure. I stopped in a local art supply store that has a small hand-lettered sign in the window saying "electric trains bought sold and traded". Words cannot describe the vast amounts of stuff...

whhokay... more ???s Thanks for the tips, folks. Been doing a little research. Of course, I end up more confused than when I started... 1) I keep seeing "Talgo" truck mounting. What does that mean? Is it a generic type of truck mounting or a specific type? (i.e. the Model Power cars I...

OK, folks, relative newbie here... I have about a dozen and a half Bachmann "toy" HO cars; the kind with the couplers made into the trucks, and a pair of "toy" Bachmann locomotives. Bought me a few Model Power cars; these are a lot heavier made, but still have the horn and hook couplers...

tanks... OK, cool. I read the "DCC Laws" in one of the links in the sticky above, and what I'm boiling it down to is that there's an NMRA std. for DCC control, and also the decoder - loco (or other equipment that accepts a decoder) connection - the 8 pin Plug-n-Play. He (railwaybob)...

Been lurking here for awhile, decided to finally register. Have always wanted a model railroad, and now that the 3 yr. old has expressed an interest in trains I have a tad more ammo for justification. I read in another thread elsewhere that the trains I have are "toys"; and I agree. (2...