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Parts of my CM&N Railroad are close to 20 years old and just recently I noticed that some of my rock coloring has faded to some degree. The layout is under florescent lighting which if running for long periods can help fade many materials, including scenery, but the florewscent lighting is run...

I purchased and received my two Rapido SW1200 locomotives, one the MILW loco with the trash can mufflers and the other a SOO Line locomotive. I tested the MILW and it ran great on my test track at slow speeds, the SOO remains untested. I been reading about problems with the Rapido SW1200...

The points and frogs on my railroad often get dirty and I need a way to clean the turnouts and other areas on the layout without using a larger nozzle on a typical vacuum hose. I plan on using a PVC pipe fitting, end cap, that I can fit on the end of my vacuum hose. I'll drill out the center...

The Model Railroader Video Plus Series, "Rehab My Railroad" is one of my favorites and in fact I purchased the entire series of videos on Chuck Sables C&NW layout being re-habed by staff members of Model Railroaders. I enjoy watching them working on an existing HO model railroad and the areas...

I recently watched a large club cab ride video and they talked about using automatic transmission (ATF) fluid to clean and treat their track. They use the ATF very sparingly and only when they noticed some lost of electrical conductivity between the track and their locomotives. They also used...

Do down turns in the US stock market affect your model railroading,spending habits? The market has been going up and down lately and looking at the market this afternoon, it's back going downward for most stocks. Greg

I posted in my Coffee Shop thread about watching a video about using Woodland Scenic's Paint Pens to weather track. It looked like good results and seems to be an easy method to weather track. Before in investing in several sets of the pens has anyone used them and can shed some light on their...

I just have a question about Woodlands Scenics Grass Applicator and if any Forum members have use or won one and what are your comments regarding this tool for scenery. Thanks. Greg #############

I have two Centerline track cleaning cars, a box car fitted with Masonite and a Walther's box car with abrasive pad. None of which I feel do a good or lasting track cleaning job. I plan on using the method from TrainMaster that uses Track Magic followed by a minimum amount of graphite applied...

Looking for a Bachmann 70 DCC Undecorated Locomotive - Yellow. Thanks Greg

Just a few questions about wheel-sets. As anyone used or have used Kadee's #530, Code 88, 33 inch wheel-sets? I was at Walther's Showroom today and the wheel-sets were on sale and I picked up a few packets at the reduced price. I like using the non-magnetic wheel-sets since I use KD's...

I've been reading and viewing videos where graphite when used sparingly on track improves electical contact between DCC locomotives and the track. I haven't tried using graphite and wonder if any of the DCC Forum members have used graphite on their layouts and if they have seen any improvement...

If you are like many of us, you have extra pieces of rolling stock that isn't on your layout. How do you store these pieces of rolling stock? In their original boxes, in plastic totes or cardboard storage containers designed for this purpose? Thanks. Greg

I'm looking for the toggle switch face plates used on the Model Railroad Video Plus Rehab My Railroad "Jones Island" project series. They were installed on the layout's fascia. I could only read what looked like Rail Crew or something close. The plates looked like they were made of aluminum...

Hello to all. I have a question regarding the new release of the Rapido SW1200 locomotives. I read or heard that some or many of the locomotive have rough running out of the box due only to excess lube on the wheel-sets. Once the wheel-sets are cleaned the locomotives will run like a Rapido...

As I roamed the internet today looking for cab rides, I thought of a question that I was meaning to ask the Forum members. Do you ever run consists that have foreign power on your layout. I plan to run leased locomotives mixed with locomotives that consider my layout as home. As an example...

Every-time I check Walther's it seems that NJ International is always out of certain items and the note "No word from the manufacture". This is leading me to believe that something is happening at NJ and is it still in business? I email them a question some time ago and I never heard back from...

I really enjoy many of the home layout cab videos and at the same time like the cab rides from large club layouts. I rank the East and West rides at the Colorado Railroad Model Railroad museum some of the best. Which cab rides do you like the best? Greg...

I have a bunch of Kadee above track uncouplers (#321)that I purchased years ago. Using these uncouplers on Code 83 track requires cutting the rails to make the uncoupler fit and work properly. Looking at the Kadee website, Kadee now offers a above uncoupler (#322) that doesn't require cutting...

Just looking for Forum members' experiences with both Scale Train and Rapido locomotives. What do you like or dislike about your model locomotive(s) and do you reccommend them? I have a Scale trains MILW locomotive on order and I'm think about a Rapido locomotive as well. I have a Rapido RDC...