Found it! I just got very lucky! I was working on fixing a broken coupler on another Kato locomotive when one half of it "flicked" out of the...
Thanks, I'll check this option out.
Funny you should mention this. We have a dust buster and I basically did exactly what you describe. Even got out the magnifiers and flash light...
Hi Everyone, The other night, I was testing my Kato SD40-2 (Mid Production) using a JMRI throttle on my laptop and accidently fat fingered the...
Turns out it was that grey plastic button... I guess there was enough of a connection for the decoder to send/recieve signals to/from the command...
Last night I was going through my roster and making sure everything was in good running order for the holidays and had successfully tested 4 out...
I have about 10 or so Intermountain single door boxcars where the doors keep falling off during running and handling. After getting tired of...
One issue I've had occasionally using Digitrax decoders on KATO locomotives is a poor electrical connection on the front contacts that slide under...
Check out Reality Reduced There is an episode of reality reduced (episode 10) that is dedicated to installing working ditch lights on a KATO...
My Model Railroading Story... Like many people my first hands-on experience with model railroading was when I was around 5yrs old and we used to...
Yes these are definitly the "rigid" couplers that christoph mentioned. Not MT...
Who makes and/or made couplers for Intermountain N scale freight cars? I have several 50' single door boxcars and also several of their 4 bay...
This past weekend on our club layout I had 3-SD40s and 2-SD40-2s (all Santa Fe) pulling a 75 car train and it looked sooooo cool! I have quite...
I have several of the Intermountain cylindrical hoppers. They have very nice detail for N scale including photo-etched catwalks. I believe these...
USS Alabama I can't point you to any layouts or train related stuff, but I visit Mobile quite often to see my brother and sister-in-law......
I am in the process of making a roster spreadsheet for my freight cars and one of the categories I would like to have is prototype service dates....
Do you use thin or thick CA?
Question? So what's the general opinion of body mounting N scale couplers with CA glue? I just figured I had nothing to lose by trying it, since...
OK, so I have this Atlas pulpwood car... it was a fairly popular car 5 or 6 years ago and somehow it ended up with a busted coupler on one of the...
I've been working on building a long Santa Fe freight consist to run on our club layout. I'm going to pull it with a lashup of SD40s and SD40-2s...
