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To Moderators: Another member has posted a reply to my posting for items for sale that simply displays structures he has buit and that are not for sale. This is the thread's link: https://modelrailroadforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/ho-buildings-and-structures.35265/#post-552436 Would you...

Shinohara #948-8801, #4, code 83 left-hand HO turnout. In brand new or like new condition only. If you also happen to have the same in a RH turnout, holler!

I'm about to use CRC 2-26 for the first time to clean my tracks. It's in a spray can. Will it harm the plastic ties, ballast and adjoining grass, etc. landscaping if I spray it on? Or should I use a cloth saturated with it to wipe the rails by hand? Thanks!

How does one know which trackside signs (not signals) to use (for what purposes) and where they would go on a layout when many prototype signs consist only of a letter, a number or a symbol of one kind or another and no wording? My GN freight layout, c. 1945-1955, is a small 5' x 7' with a...

I'm looking for a guidebook, website or other reference source that interprets and describes the uses, functions and placement of the multitude of static, trackside railroad signs and their symbols found on the prototype across the U.S. If they happen to be line-specific, I model the Great...

Is the MRM forum still suffering the ills that befell it last year or so when the company changed customer "service" vendors? It sure seems to be. I haven't been on that or other forums since about November, 2019. When I tried logging in today (since it had automatically logged me out due...

During the transition era, c. 1947-1955, was white or yellow the predominant color for road striping in most states? My layout is set in Montana. EDIT: Where can I get a roll of 1/32" width tape, which looks to be true to HO scale? Thanks!

One section of track on my DC layout, which serves as a siding, is gapped at each end (on the south side) and wired to a SPDT toggle switch so I can pause or park a train there while another passes by on the adjacent mainline. If I add feeder wires from the main power supply bus wires to that...

Who else is having difficulty getting a timely - or more accurately, any substantive - response from Walthers' repair department? Four weeks ago (on November 29), I e-mailed that unit (via the company's internal system) regarding my Walthers Proto 2000 loco's need for repair. It's out of the...

Is it necessary to prep pre-painted brass - in this case the sign boards on crossbucks - before applying a decal? If so, with what? Or, can the decals be applied directly to the bare surface?

My HO layout runs on DC. I'd like to wire a crossing signal such as the one in this link without going completely digital, if possible. That is, no detector circuit boards. Possible? https://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?media/new-crossing-signals.123324/full&d=1436201455 So aside...

Is it necessary to prep brass - in my case bumper posts - prior to painting? If so, how? And is acrylic or enamal paint more suitable for brass? Thanks!

On a prototype railroad, how many crossing signs (whether they're just crossbucks or crossbucks with flashing signals) would there likely be for a single road that crosses three successive sets of tracks? One on approach to the inner track plus one on approach to the outer track (for a total of...

Who makes wooden HO crossbucks with signage appropriate for a U.S. railroad in the transition era, c. 1947-55? I'm not finding any on an Internet search. I'm looking for ones such as these on the Rix Products website with numerals, etc. https://rixproducts.com/product/crossbucks-milepost-ho/...

I just learned of a new fiber optic lighting system called Dwarvin and am wondering if anyone's had experience using it. If so, what's your assessment of it? Here's the website's link: https://dwarvin.com/ Thanks!

About a month ago, I installed nine new toggle switches on my control panel for Tortoise control of Shinohara turnouts. Each is also wired to two LEDS, one for indicating mainline direction, the other for the divergent route. All the wiring is securely soldered to the poles of the switches and...

On a DC layout, will plastic covered, wire core twist ties (the typical grocery store kind) wrapped loosely around two wires (20 AWG, Tortoise-to-toggle switch) at all interfere with electrical conductivity? Even in the slightest? Thanks!

Who manufactures an HO Hayes bumper out of metal? Thanks.

I'm looking for a razor saw to cut an electrical gap (to then be filled in with styrene or another insulating material) in a HO nickel-silver track rail. I'd prefer to buy just one, though I see that X-ACTO makes the saw set in this link...

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