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Thanks, Wayne. I'll give it a try.

I have finished laying track and am ready to start making a roadway across a 5' x 8' table. The road will have to cross two tracks. I recently purchased several Bachman Grade Crossings on e-bay, but they seem to be only for one track. At one end of the table I have one track to cross. The...

Thank you all for the input. I've already started on the chicken wire/plaster method for the tunnels. They don't look good at all. I think I'll try the black construction paper.

I am at the point in my HO layout where I am starting to think about building some landscape. I would like to have a hill or mountain on the back section of a 5' x 8' table with two tracks running thru tunnels. I debated over using foam or chicken wire/plaster for the hill/mountain and decided...

I've used both Woodland Scenics foam track bed and Midwest cork track bed. I much prefer the cork. It is easier to make curves, and holds the track nails much better. I recently replaced all of the foam track bed with cork. Since I anticipate changing my current layout, I didn't glue it to the...

Thanks Thanks for the good info. I will get a gauge and check the spacing. The derailments seem to occur most with small hopper cars. I will try to put some weight in them to see if that helps.

This is my first post. I just discovered this site yesterday. There is a whole lot of great information here. I recently set up a 4 1/2 by 8 table with a double loop HO track set up with DCC. So far, I am having some derailment problems; they seem to be happening most at a 19 degree X...