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Quickee Question about wire gauge

Hi.... HO Scale, 4 x8 layout, possibly cab control..not sure. 20 ga. too small? `8 OK? Thanks!!! Mike
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by axipolti
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by axipolti

Power Pack Input

Greetings, I have an Aristo Craft Ultima 10A Power Supply. It has an OUTPUT of: 10 AMPS at 18 V DC. I'm considering get...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by dcrps
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by dcrps

FA: Corgi Buses at EBay

Had to relist a bunch of Corgi 1/50 scale transit buses at EBay, thanks to a flake who didn't pay for them after the fi...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by sjhhoskins
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by sjhhoskins

Number boards

Can't remember if I have already posted this but here goes. I need a pair of O scale number boards for either E units,...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by lareyman
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by lareyman

Replacement flat wire cable for Lionel equiptment

I recently was going thru boxes of old lionel 027 turnouts and uncoupling tracks that are nearly 50 years old and find...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by lungshot1
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by lungshot1

SF Broadway-Limited 4-8-4

Is the paint job on this model correct or did Broadway-Limited take a short cut and only half paint the model? The engi...
46 comments posted 22yrs
posted by s.sabatini
46 comments posted 22yrs posted by s.sabatini

Tunnel Motor Radiator Intakes

'Morning... Does anyone have dimensions of the radiator intake grills on an SD40T-2? I am especially interested in the d...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by bentnosewillie
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by bentnosewillie

Power supply questions

Hello everyone. I am about to enter the model railroad scene and the first question I have is about power supplies. I a...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by howser74
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by howser74

Film left on diesel after stripping the paint

I stripped the paint of a Bachman fp40 diesel by first soaking it in brake fluid and removing most of the paint, then s...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by billm10454
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by billm10454

Prodigy DCC - low speed = locomotive squeal

I have a small starter layout (N scale on a 4x4 layout) and wanted to try DCC, so I purchased a MRC Prodigy set based o...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by tmn313
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by tmn313

Microscale decals

Anyone have a couple sets of Microscale decals # 87-116? Larry at www.papastrains.com
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by lareyman
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by lareyman

Number boards...

Does anyone out there have a pair of number boards for an O scale PA, E or F A unit? Also I am needing a mars light hous...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by lareyman
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by lareyman

Heritage rail

Hi all Im neil and im the owner of a new site called www.heritage-rail.co.uk its a site aimed for all railway fans and...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Neil
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by Neil

DCC help

I want to buy the Prodigy Digital Command Control a Aristo Craft Pacifico engine and another DCC ready engine from Aris...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by dcrps
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by dcrps