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Can someone give me the pros and cons of varnishing cork roadbed before the track is fastened to it? Does it keep the cork from drying out over time and make it last longer?

Has anyone tried using a computer printer or SCSI cable to connect a turnout control panel to the layout? I'll be controlling 24 Tortoise switch machines. I was thinking of a female recpticle recessed into the layout and a cable with a male end coming from the control panel. Wires from the...

I'm making some progress on my code 55 version of the gulf summit. More pictures at http://www.billbentgen.com/railroad/ I made the upper level all one piece with the joint in the plywood under the tunnel instead of on top of it: All the ramps are one piece: I made the river bottom with...

After spending two nights laying out transition curves with a beam compass,I decided to try printing out the XTrkCad file at 1:1 scale to see if I could use it as a template. Printing it to 11 x 17 paper worked, but it was difficlult to layout and overlap all of the sheets for a 4' x 8' layout...

Is there a convention for color coding wiring other than black/red for rail power? I'm aware that DCC wiring to a decoder is defined, but how about wiring to switch machines? I've looked through the Atlas DCC & Wiring books but couldn't find an answer.

Does anyone know if Atlas & Micro Engineering code 55 rail work together? I'm disappointed in the performance of Atlas turnouts out of the package (work fine after some tweaking), but thought I would try my hand at one of the FastTracks kits and hand build a turnout. I've asked the question on...

Hello Everyone, I'm returning to model railroading after an absence of 25 years. I built the Atlas Gulf Summit & Susquehanna Valley layout with my son back in the early '80's, and now I have two grandsons who have a big interest in trains. A lot has come along since then including DCC and new...