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    Anybody want to buy a Locomotive?

    A friend of mine forwarded this on to me. It's a government surplus auction for some Baldwin switchers. Rail Locomotive Engines @ Crane, IN - BID DEPOSIT REQUIRED at Government Liquidation I wonder if my Wife would let me put one in the back yard?...:confused:
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    Digitrax Zephyr & older MRC decoders

    OK, I've been through every page of the DCC forum and can't find what I'm looking for. I have had an MRC Command 2000 DCC system and handheld controller for about the past 6 years and, while I love the system, I have just outgrown it. So I recently treated myself to a Digitrax Zephyr system...
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    Atlas Dash 8-40BW shell removal

    OK. I'm completely frustrated here. Today I received an Atlas Dash 8-40bw in BNSF Heritage II paint. What a locomotive. The detail is incredible! I put it on my layout in DC mode and it's smooooth! I want to install a DCC decoder, but I can't seem to get the #$@% shell off. There are no...
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    Classification light question.

    I did a search through the forum, but couldn't find the answer to my question. I recently won a brass SD-45 on eBay that I'm in the process of painting for the Burlington Northern and converting to DCC. The model has classification lights on the nose and rear of the long hood. I'm going to set...
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    Sound decoders and older DCC Systems

    I had one locomotive left to convert to DCC, my Proto 2000 E8 with a mars light. I held out on converting this loco because I was afraid of messing up the mars light. Well, I found a write up on converting the loco using a z-scale decoder and thought I might give it a try. I don't know how...