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Well after selling my home, and now settled in our new place, it is time for me to make a return. The Tennessee and Western is no more I had to rip it all up, but I did save enough to make a new start at the new home. I have less room but at least this one will be inside (not in the garden...

Hello all, Well due to personal reasons and things beyond my control I must regretfully announce that the Tennesse and Western will be shut down and all items sold off. I wanted to let everyone who has helped me on this project that I deeply appreciate all your help and your support. I...

Is HOn3 track the same as N scale track? Or is HOn3 something diffrent?? TN_Trainman

Hello all, Well I am finally going to buy my DCC system this week, and I have sorta narrowed it down between the MRC Prodigy Express or the MRC Prodigy Squared system, now there is about a 100.00 diffrence between the two systems. Here is my question, my layout is a 16x9 shed and the main...

Hello all, I am somewhat preplexed as how to lay my code 100 track and recess it into a concrete apron in front of my Walthers packing house, I was thinking of mounting the building on foam board and allowing it to act as the poured concrete area where the trucks back up to the dock. So do I...

Hello everybody, Well its been a while since I posted, just been busy with work and such, but I thought you might like an update. So this last Sunday I spent about 8 hours working on the T&W. I got the bridge set in place and around 25 feet of track laid as well as most of my feeder wire...

Hello unto the gauge, well as some of you know I will need to place a tressel over the little Warrior River Section of the Tennessee and Western RR. The distance is 26 inches across and although I have been looking on Ebay I have yet to find a bridge that is of that length so I have decided to...

Hello to al, I am gettiing ready to purchase Ground Throws for the TN&Western and need some advice, do I just need to purchase the " Standard Ground Throw" Like Caboose Ind offers and if so is sprung better than rigid. I am a little lost, even though my mind tells me this is wwwwaaayyyyyy...

Hello all, well I need to ask a question on wire gauge for the Tenn & Western, I have a HUGE spool of #10 AWG, and I plan on using it for my feeder lins (bus lines) but as I am on a tight budget and I have soooooooooooo much of it will it hurt to run my feeder wires in #10 as well? I know for...

HELP, on yard area O.k. guys, I thought I was a pretty savvvy guy on programs and such and I have tried to work the Atlas freewarew program and I give up, either I am just a dumb $%&&&*$###^&^ or something. So here I am asking for help. What I have is a 2 ft by 10ft 6 inch area for my yard...

Hello All, here is the skinny I bought the Walthers New River Mining Kit, and assembled it per the instructions, but alas here is the problem I have 3 pieces left over they are located on the Black "D: sprue and are marked as 3x17, but there is no part number 17 anywhere on the instructions...

Hey folks just shot some pictures a week ago of some units coming through my town (Tullahoma, TN) I usually get to see 1 to 5 freights per day. As for what the untis are I have no idea as I am just not that far along. CSX has an interchange yard here with the Caney Fork & Western short line so I...

Hello unto the Gauge, well it seems I need to Tap the well of knowledge here again, (Lord I am glad I found you guys) as some of you know I am building my Fictional layout the Tennessee & Western that will be based in the time line from 1945 to early 1965. The T&W will share trackage with the...

Hello to the Gauge, well I finally got to start on the Tennessee & Western benchwork tonight, and I am soooooooooooooo pleased :) . The TN & W is being built in a 16 ft x 9 ft shed I decided on an all the way around track plan with a bridge and river section that will raise so you can enter and...

Well here it goes, the other night my wife was gone to work and I was setting at our dining room table looking at the rolling stock and locos I have purchased and then I had a vision, since I cant start my layout benchwork until after Jan 1, I could take double sided tape and mount some track on...

As you guys know I have been buying locos and rolling stock, well last week I ran across a lady whos uncle left her his entire train collection. She sent me an email and I purchased several cars and a Mantua 2-6-6-2t sight unseen ....well it and the cars arrived today and what can I say but...

Hello all, Well I have been looking through the Walthers catalog and the number of DCC suppliers are many.:rolleyes: so I figured I would ask here for the pros and cons of each. I have tried to narrow the field down to three by price, ability to do what I will need on my layout and general...

Well folks, needless to say I am happier than a speckeled pup with a milk bone, I bought it off of ebay, it is an 80 Ton 3 truck Bachman (Spectrum) it came with 3 log cars and a bobber caboose. I havent had a chance to check it out as I have no track (ARRGH) but it looks like it has never seen...

Hello to the Gauge, Well like I said in my intro I have been out of MRRing since 1978 so here is where I play catch up. Q: Can older locos hace DCC installed into them if they dont have it? I have a chance to buy several Mantuas, Rivarossi and Roundhouse engines for a VERY sweet price from...

Hello All, just wanted to say hello and intorduce my self, after a long absence from MRR (1978) it seems that the bug has bit me hard and I am now in the stages of planning a new HO layout in my garage. I reside in the Middle Tennessee area and am the proud father of eight wonderful children...