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DCC Decoder for control of Smoke

What kind of decoder do you need to control the smoke function? Ho scale steam loco. All the decoders that I have looked...
19 comments posted 17yrs
posted by newsgroups1
19 comments posted 17yrs posted by newsgroups1

LIFE LONG DREAM

I am finally doing it. I have started building a 20'x22' room onto my house for the purpose of modeling HO trains and sm...
14 comments posted 17yrs
posted by oikos541
14 comments posted 17yrs posted by oikos541

Digital Control Engine

Hello I currently have a fairly extensive pre-DCC and not 'digtial ready' HO train setup. What would be a simple low co...
15 comments posted 17yrs
posted by w4nng_1
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by w4nng_1

Real RRs: loading auto cars

Today for fun I watched an AutoTrain[1] being loaded. This was at UP's Richmond, California auto-loading lot, near thei...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nobody
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by nobody

road side diner

I took an Athearn heavy weight dinning car and converted it into a roadside diner. see it at, http://www.rrscenery.com P...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by azrock
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by azrock

operations building

I finally set up my operations center building on the layout. The card order racks are elsewhere in the layout room, bu...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by azrock
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by azrock

One and a half *miles* of locomotives.

Just got back from the West Colton yards where I took a couple of half- decent shots of that long, long dead-lined dies...
21 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nowayjose6
21 comments posted 17yrs posted by nowayjose6

Modelling The Recession/Depression.

Business is way down on the railroads, but it was brought home to me just *how far* down when I drove past Union Pacifi...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nowayjose6
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by nowayjose6

Any suggestions for HO gradient?

Can anyone suggest the minimum length required to meet a rise of 100mm or 4 inches in HO scale. Any help is greatly appr...
192 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Scuzzie
192 comments posted 17yrs posted by Scuzzie

A better way to ballast

Since the subject of ballasting came up here, I thought I'd give folks here the privilege of hearing my expert take on...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nobody
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by nobody

Looking for Advice on Track Ballast

I have put down cork roadbed and laid my tracks and now want to get on to applying ballast. I'm new at this and would a...
15 comments posted 17yrs
posted by wayne.deloach
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by wayne.deloach

American Flyer model railroad

We are selling some model train equipment on ebay for the American Flyer series. If anyone has an interest, here are th...
0 comments posted 17yrs
posted by joec_49
0 comments posted 17yrs posted by joec_49

Potentiometer ? I think!

I have an Athearn power supply that hit the floor yesterday. It seems the Potentiometer (I think that is what you call...
15 comments posted 17yrs
posted by newsgroups1
15 comments posted 17yrs posted by newsgroups1