I agree, that is my experience at the club I belong to. I bought a new BLI NW2, the gears had bad grinding noise, difficult to program. I sent...
Thanks Rick. There is what I guess is just a lens on the rear end of the tender which made me assume it was an LED.
I just received one of the latest runs. #4433 in black. I have changed the address and CVs to slow it down to about 55 mph max. The issue I...
Nice work and just what I need for my free-mo N module! These photos will really help me out! Thanks, Bert Cripe PNW Free-moN
Gold Metal Models does make grated walkways, #160-59. You can see an image here: http://nscalesupply.com/Gmm/Gmm-Details.html Industrial...
Thanks for the info guys. I visit both the Hobby Smith and Whistle Stop whenever I can. The light rail is such a good deal - all day senior pass...
Thanks for the info, appreciate it.
I will have a Saturday to myself in Portland Oregon. I know about the Oregon Rail Heritage Center and Union Station, but does anyone have...
I have often thought about that also and would love to do it on a regular basis, once a year. Just need to find a venue and then a time of year...
Joe: I know Portland is a long ways from you, but you are more than welcome to attend any of the PNW Free-moN setups when we have one there. Our...
In regards to the Aux bus, I use a Tam Valley booster and full wave rectifiers installed on modules to power Tortoises. I also have a DPDT toggle...
At PNW we use NCE/Tony's UTPs or homemade UTPs, thus we can use either Digitrax or NCE since we have both brands among our members. Most of the...
I have 6 boxes very much like those 'pizza' boxes. I got mine at the Hobby Smith in Portland, Oregon: http://www.hobbysmith.com/ A little...
Rick: Is Silicon Valley going to Sacramento for the February 27/28 Great Train Show? Bert Cripe PNW Free-noN
It is like Rick said... You can run pizza cutter wheels on code 55 usually, but the wheels bounce on the Atlas 'spikes' and sometimes cause...
I believe you can get your hand stamped and it is good for both days. You can also find a $2.00 discount coupon at the Portland show info site:...
Hi Justin and Ronn: If a club does not work out for you in the Eugene area, you might consider building Free-mo N modules. We have an active...
I spoke with the Arnold reps at the Portland NTS. They said the new locos are in the container at the Tacoma port and should ship to dealers in...
We received the following note from Doug Auberg: "Hi all, I want to complement everyone who was involved with the FreeMoN layout at the Portland...
