Save your money. Go to the local big box store and get 14/2 or 12/2 with ground house wiring. It will work fine and the money you save can be...
I've used a spray adhesive such as 3M Super 77, available at big box and local hardware stores. A light coat on both surfaces per the directions...
I got a couple of locos from them in February.
If you are using circuit breakers to split up your layout into sub-sections (a good idea), I would put the main line and the yard on separate...
DC or DCC is the key question. There was an article a while back in Model Railroad Hobbyist by a friend of mine, Dick Bronson. If it's DCC, place...
I use the NCE system (Pro Cab) and Advanced Consisting is the default consisting method for that. With NCE, the controller keeps track of the...
It's a little late for this advice, but when I wire a layout (or a piece of one) I have a little device that consists of a 9V battery, a piezo...
I've been happy with Homabed from the California Roadbed Company. He's a little slow sometimes, but it's better then cork and far superior to...
Last I heard from my local hobby shop was "February". I've ordered 25 of them, and I hope they don't get here as the same time as the...
Do you have a router? Cutting the roadbed away may work better than trying to debond it. You just want to make sure it doesn't cut things you want...
That light would be used for light engine moves when the engine is on the main track. In that case, the engine would be a train, and that's the...
When those sand houses were common, labor was cheap. It was usually shoveled from gondolas into that bin. All you need is a track next to the bin...
Many years ago when I was a teenager building my first N-scale 2' x 4' layout, my dad told me to clean the gutters. What I found was very small...
On possibility, take a magnifying glass with you to the hobby shop and look for the build date on the markings on the car. This would give you an...
I agree with woodone, this is an excellent book, and is useful for DCC as well as DC wiring. It isn't in print any more, but is available on...
I agree with this. It will make things easier if your wires for the reversing loop are a different color than for the regular track.
How about tungsten frames? Much heavier than zinc casting, but $$$$.
"Real" CAD Package I use a free program called DoubleCAD. It's not a model railroad CAD package, but is similar to AutoCAD. It's probably not...
Most double slip switches have the acute frog (on the ends of the switch) isolated. If you draw a line between these frogs, everything above the...
I subscribe to the following: Model Railroader Trains N Scale Magazine N Scale Railroading Ties (Southern Ry. Hist. Society) NMRA Magazine Layout...
