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    advice for visit to north platt NE.

    hi every one I am planning a trip to north platt ne. to visit the train yards. Anyone been there that could give me some advise as where to go for taking pictures and points of interest . Thanks Roger
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    bone yards, railroad on again

    tomarrow at 8 pm on history international
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    train show in topeka ks july 25-26

    Hi every one there is going to be a train show in topeka .The club I belong to (MARJ) will have a layout set up. stop by and say hi. http://www.uphs.org/convention.htm If you go half way down on this page it tells time, location and prices. I think im going to check into the tour thing and see...
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    How do you use the multi quote

    Tring to get multi quote to work for a reply but have never used it before. Can any one help?
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    modern marvels: freight trains, in 1 hour

    modern marvels is showing freight trains on history channel in one hour here. check your local listings.:wave:
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    Bachmann shay goes in one direction only

    Doe any one have the three truck shay by bachmann? A friend of mine is over and his new bachmann will go in reverse only. Light goes on and off with direction and can control speed but only in reverse. Any thoughts?
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    modern marvels: locomotives. tonight

    history channel is airing this in less than a hour here. Check your local listing
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    World's Greatest Hobby in KC this weekend

    HI all, I will be at the WGH show this weekend and was wondering are there any good deals at these type of shows. I see there will be a ton of vendors there but do they have special deals at the shows or just normal prices? Also if anyone shows up, the club I joined a couple months ago will have...
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    What makes a UP Heritage a Heritage

    Hers a video of three up Heritage locos YouTube - Pacing the UP heritage trio westbound zoomed Does anyone know why there called Heritage?
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    Now this is talent

    Found this post on another web site and am amazed at how good he is . Trainorders.com Railroad Center
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    Who was looking for buildings?

    Someone was looking for certain model of structures for a layout but cant find the thread. I went to a local hobby shop today and thought about the thread but couldnt remember what they where looking for. Anybody remember who it was?
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    BLI AC6000 on D.C. ?

    I have a friend that has BLI AC6000 that hes running with D.C. and the black box for sound control.He thinks he should be able to control the ditch lights. I was searching here and BLI forum to see if it should be able to, but found nothing to support this. Anyone know if he can control this...
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    Gluing cork to foam?

    Last night I glued a piece of cork roadbed to a piece of pink foam. Used straight white glue. Went up this morning to check it out and it was stuck together. It took a little bit of pressure but it did break loose. Will it help to do the 50/50 mixture with water and a drop of soap to hold...
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    BLI engine /sound

    I just got a new BLI ac6000. It came with sound and a dcc decoder. Should I be able to hear sound (turbos ,engine rev) when I run it or do I have to do something to get the sounds to start. It does program as far as loco ID and I can run it. Thanks in advance
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    soldering joints part II

    About a year ago (how time flies) I built a resistance soldering station. Just wanted to share how its working. Click on first picture to play video Heres a close up picture of what it looks like. tHANKS
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    soldering track?

    Im in the process of soldering my flex track and have a question. Is it worth staggering where i put my rail joiners? Should I just solder where the two meet (inner , outer rail) or push the floating rail down the ties about 6 inches or so? That way the inner and outer rail joints wont be next...
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    getting a bli ac6000

    I just got off of the phone with TCS. I was surfing there site and came across a BLI ac6000 that they used for pictures for installing a decoder. Blueline GE AC6000 Im hoping its a good deal , 40 dollars off of what tonys normally sells it for. 129.95 with sound and tcs decoder. Its new and...
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    flashing crossing gate?

    Someone posted some pictures on here about a month or two ago that had a crossing gate with flashing LED's on the arm. Does anyone remember them and where they came from. Thanks
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    worlds greatest hobby tour KC

    Is anyone here planning on going to this? Its march 15,16 World's Greatest Hobby on Tour
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    The Flea

    Just came across these yesterday. Its out of my price range but considering its 1) switch 2)motor 3) decoder all in one its still expensive but not to crazy expensive. The cost of a peco switch, tortise and wabbit is about 55 dollars. the flea is 83 dollars. like I say to expensive for me but...
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