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Digitrax PS2012E Power Supply Adjustments

Started by Ken Meade in Track and electrical/DCC: I just bought a new Digitrax PS2012E power supply for my empire. My other PS2012E was powering three boosters but the instructions say it should only be used for two. Upon installing the new power...
Track and electrical/DCC 5 1 102 1775245353
is DCC jam up/delay a real thing

Started by DavidJones in Track and electrical/DCC: that people have encountered in real (model) life? Its one of the rationale for LCC proposed- basically getting too much info going through the DCC system that commands (like slow down) get...
Track and electrical/DCC 27 1 400 1775245101
Fall Damage Repair for Brass Locomotive

Started by Whitman500 in Locos and rolling stock: I have a brass locomotive that got knocked off a shelf by a cat. The cowcatcher got badly bent n impact. Does anyone have any recommendations for a repair person? I had been in Jeff Lemke’s queue...
Locos and rolling stock 8 1 221 1775245039
Clean Wheels the Easy Way - Fanttik F2 Master

Started by Watawna in Track and electrical/DCC: Interesting video. 🎬
Track and electrical/DCC 9 4 371 1775244362
Weekly Photo Fun - Mar 29 - Apr 4, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos: It's another week . . . post 'em if you got 'em. There were a few late-comers in last week's post . Check them out, then come back here afterward.
General discussion Photos 41 2 1,314 1775244195
Drawbar for P2K Heritage 2-8-8-2

Started by john holt in General discussion: I recently purchased a P2K Heritage 2-8-8-2 loco. The loco unfortunately had a broken drawbar. The semicircular loop that snaps onto the stem in the tender is broken from the drawbar from the...
General discussion 26 2 464 1775243162
use aluminum tape on light tubes to make brighter

Started by Cprail5771 in General discussion: I have some intermountain cp rail nscale sd40-2 and the lights are dim. it is a Canadian version with nose headlights and ditchlights. .If i put aluminum tape on the inside of the shell on the light...
General discussion 2 0 70 1775242009
What's on your workbench? February 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench: Winter is modeling season and your project updates are welcome here! Let’s face it, there will be six more weeks of this stuff. Many thanks to everyone who contributed their workbench progress and...
General discussion Workbench 160 3 6,281 1775241414
Powering an electromagnetic with a DCC decoder? Electronics help needed!

Started by UP-Railroad 844 in General discussion Electronics: Im continuing my journey to fix my operating heljan intermodal crane. Im of need of replacing the decoder that controls the trolley section. The trolley section consists of a motor for...
General discussion Electronics 11 1 166 1775240708
What's on your workbench? April 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench: Last month many of you brought your workbench and layout projects to the table with 200+ posts on the thread. Thank you for sharing! We begin anew for April and I am looking forward to seeing more of...
General discussion Workbench 19 3 538 1775239769
ScaleTrains Dash 9 Problems and possible solutions

Started by gstauf47 in Operation and maintenance: Hello MRH Forum. I purchased a ScaleTrains Rivet Counter Dash 9-40C Norfolk Southern a few years ago and everything has been running well until recently. I noticed the locomotive tends to...
Operation and maintenance 6 1 161 1775237308
Chicago Switching Layout

Started by Windswept Rails in Dream and design Switching Layout chicago street running industrial: Hi everyone, this is my first post (and a long one sorry!), but I have seen posts on here as a non-member and it's been invaluable for my research. I'm based in Scotland, so I can only use...
Dream and design Switching Layout chicago street running industrial 237 9 7,993 1775237048
Tour of the Pennsylvania Dutch County

Started by Mitchell Schuessler in Journals/Blogs modular Pennsylvania 1970s layout design: Since I've wrapped up planning for these lines, I wanted to take a poll from the forum on which routes they would want to see in my layout plan. All these routes have been hand drawn, and a best...
Journals/Blogs modular Pennsylvania 1970s layout design 13 2 354 1775236661
Modify Atlas Customline Switch for Finger Flicking

Started by Sixman76 in Track and electrical/DCC: I have tried to search for references to modifying Atlas Customeline switches to add a spring to enable them to hold a position when finger flicking them but have had no luck. If anyone can point me...
Track and electrical/DCC 1 0 32 1775235074
Railbox boxcars

Started by dingy in Locos and rolling stock: Did Railbox have turquoise-colored boxcars at one time? I know they had yellow ones ( I have four) but I seem to vaguely remember seeing turquoise-colord boxcars when...
Locos and rolling stock 84 3 5,473 1775234566
Making and modifying in HO - my ever evolving workbench activity

Started by Distracted Perfectionist in Journals/Blogs: So I thought I would start a blog of things I have been and am currently working on. I find my modelling interests meandering but I am trying to stay on a rough topic of a north eastern...
Journals/Blogs 34 21 1,609 1775231029
Crossing Signal Selection (HO Scale)

Started by Ben in Track and electrical/DCC Signals: I'm going to need a set of crossing signals on my layout. No bell, no gates, activated with a switch (I don't have the space before or after the crossing for a detection circuit). It appears that...
Track and electrical/DCC Signals 7 0 181 1775230926
Dutch Country Conrail

Started by Mitchell Schuessler in Journals/Blogs Reading Railroad Operations Pennsylvania Design drawing & 1 more: I figured this would be a good place for a supplemental blog to my article “Dutch Country Conrail” in the April 2025 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. I have a few threads floating...
Journals/Blogs Reading Railroad Operations Pennsylvania Design drawing & 1 more 103 15 2,933 1775230353
Long Road to a Layout

Started by Ben in Journals/Blogs beginner: I think having a blog here will help me track progress as I prep for building a layout. The layout I'd like to build is detailed in this thread:...
Journals/Blogs beginner 200 9 5,933 1775230143
Questions about Walthers roadbed

Started by Omaha53 in Benchwork and roadbed: I'm getting ready to lay track on a new layout. On my previous layout I used cork. Now I'm wondering about Walthers foam roadbed. I've searched and I find articles mentioning WS roadbed. Has anyone...
Benchwork and roadbed 5 1 342 1775229459
Emerald Pacific Rail in HO - Western NY State Freelance

Started by James in Journals/Blogs Shelf Layout HO scale Freelance: This little shelf layout started around July 2022 with the intention of having a small 'operational diorama' up on the garage wall, at the time I was hooked on tight industrial switching work and had...
Journals/Blogs Shelf Layout HO scale Freelance 13 14 283 1775228453
BC&SJ scenery - WIP

Started by bear creek in Scenery and structures: WIP shots of the scenery progress on the BC&SJ. Charlie
Scenery and structures 229 11 10,838 1775228395
Purina elevator

Started by cduckworth in Scenery and structures: Purina elevator I’ve been working on. Homemade decals for the large lettering, reduced the height of the original Walthers kit, added the timbers and bolts, added wood to the ramps, made truck...
Scenery and structures 3 18 102 1775227901
Rick's Diner... April, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 24 5 378 1775227124
Wire Strippers for dccoder wires

Started by JerryRGS in Track and electrical/DCC decoders Wiring: What is the best wire strippers for stripping decoder wires? 28AWG to 32AWG
Track and electrical/DCC decoders Wiring 18 2 550 1775226659
Not again...TCS WOW101-Steam no sounds

Started by GT Mills in Track and electrical/DCC: This is the one of the things I really, really dislike about DCC: Sound side of the decoder drops off the face of the Earth. This is a TCS WOW101-Steam decoder. In the past when...
Track and electrical/DCC 3 0 153 1775226323
3D Printing Question

Started by aquakiwi in General discussion: I had a friend do me a 3D print of a logging car but the file I gave him turned out to be an N scale print. We tried again by doubling the N scale print but the end result seems a little large to me.
General discussion 4 0 102 1775225921
A Speed-Mo template use for Free-mo (or other) modules

Started by Tim Bowser in Modular and TOMA modeling: This is a specific case of "I have it, let's use it!", where I have been annoyed with having to align two sections of a multipart Free-mo module, and decided to let Speed-Mo pins do the job...
Modular and TOMA modeling 7 3 171 1775225286
HO GE 44 Ton

Started by Sixman76 in Locos and rolling stock: I am planning to get e GE 44 Ton loco for switching at a paper mill complex. I see two choices: Bachmann with a Tsunami 2 decoder or a Rapido with an ESU decoder. My other locos all...
Locos and rolling stock 14 2 668 1775223588
Bellows Falls Subdivision build

Started by skiwiggy in Journals/Blogs: This Journal/Blog will showcase the construction and scratchbuilding of structures along the Rutland Bellows Falls Subdivision. Various Scenes starting in Bellows Falls Vermont, heading...
Journals/Blogs 635 20 26,689 1775223545
Overland Models Inc.

Started by Kirk W in General discussion: Does anyone know if Overland Models is done? The website is still up but when you try to email Mr. Marsh, the email is returned undeliverable. It doesn't look like the FB page has been updated in...
General discussion 2 0 107 1775219832
BRIDGE STRIPPERS

Started by blackz28 in General discussion: So , I bought another house here in Cape coral 🪸 FLA. as I was cleaning out my old house and curbing everything I threw out a double tracked test bridge with code 100 flex track on it .Here in fla...
General discussion 15 5 520 1775218376
The Skill to Unbuild

Started by southdown in General discussion: I enjoyed making this video on the skill to take something we built, unbuild it, and make it better: 🎬
General discussion 21 7 1,141 1775217454
Soundtraxx Economi and Braking Issues

Started by JackM in Locos and rolling stock: I have a Bachmann Alco S4 with a Soundtraxx Economi decoder. Bachmann did a nice job, runs well and sound is pretty good. I am pretty knowledgeable programming Soundtraxx decoders. I set the braking...
Locos and rolling stock 1 1 35 1775216626
T-D Feeds Mill Construction Build Log

Started by Craig Townsend in Scenery and structures Prototype Redmond WA 1:29 scale ( 2 ga ): Seeing some interest in my teaser photo in the December workbench projects thread , I figured I should share some other information about the project. The main industry on my layout is focused...
Scenery and structures Prototype Redmond WA 1:29 scale ( 2 ga ) 150 9 5,853 1775193025
Nicholas & Ashley Creek Railway - v2.0

Started by anteaum2666 in Journals/Blogs Layout: I officially "broke ground" on version 2.0 of the Nicholas & Ashley Creek Railway on February 19, 2026. It's been about 7 months since our move and I'm excited to get back in the game!...
Journals/Blogs Layout 37 9 1,146 1775190638
A Canadian Pacific Freelance Idea

Started by ncstl576 in Dream and design: For a while now I've had an idea for a proto-freelanced layout in which the Canadian Pacific decided to lease or build a line from Detroit to Chicago, much as the Grand Trunk did with the Grand Trunk...
Dream and design 12 5 683 1775187756
Cincinnati West-B&O/PC 1975

Started by RSeiler in Journals/Blogs: Welcome to the Cincinnati West thread! Thanks for stopping by. The photos are hosted here on MRH, so this thread will remain intact as long as MRH exists. Click on 'Read More' for an index with...
Journals/Blogs 4,546 28 525,506 1775187514
What's on your workbench? March 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench: It’s the month we begin to thaw out from the long Winter. Maybe it’s time to wrap up a project or two. Thanks to all who contributed February workbench progress and layout tasks. We jump into a...
General discussion Workbench 205 5 8,490 1775177317
Let's See A Model Of... April, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 16 3 430 1775177161
CP Rail's Newport & Lyndonville Subdivision

Started by CP Rail Vermont in Journals/Blogs HO scale Weathering Scenery: About a year ago I started a Facebook Group dedicated to construction of my layout and sharing photos as I went, but unfortunately I haven't been posting much on the MRH forum. I'd like to...
Journals/Blogs HO scale Weathering Scenery 1,883 32 135,942 1775175242
Chicago and Erie Terminal Railroad

Started by dehanley in Journals/Blogs: 2 years ago my wife and I retired and moved back across country to our old home that had been a rental for approximately 20 years. Needless to say it was tired , worn out, and needed a major remodel....
Journals/Blogs 49 17 3,454 1775174433
Tichy 4030 USRA Cement Car Conversion kit - help needed!

Started by CNWman in Locos and rolling stock: I'm in the middle of building several Tichy kits (two USRA Single Sheath Rebuilds and a straight USRA Single Sheath Wood Box) and figure I could also include the 4030 Cement Hopper conversion kit...
Locos and rolling stock 1 1 110 1775173431
Great American Train show...March 28 & 29 in Dallas Texas

Started by john holt in Getting started: I was wondering if anyone attended the Great Train Show in Dallas last weekend? I was planning on going but it is 370 mile round trip and the price of gas was an issue plus I have a...
Getting started 2 0 96 1775173182
Prototype Photographs 2026

Started by Nick Santo in Prototype railroading Photos: Hello! I enjoyed all your photographs from 2025 and before! Thank You for posting them!!! Please feel free to add photos when you have them! I’m sure I’ll have more to add this...
Prototype railroading Photos 119 5 3,979 1775171610
Pre made trees

Started by byls1960 in Scenery and structures: What premade trees do you prefer to use on your layout. What is your experience with premade trees? If you could have a do over what would you do different?
Scenery and structures 8 0 348 1775169327
Big Boy 4014 Coast to Coast tour - Western leg

Started by barr_ceo in Prototype railroading 4014 Big Boy 2026 tour: Here we go! UP has posted the schedule for the western leg of the semiquicentennial ("half of 500th") coast to coast tour. Given the number of entries for the west side, I'm hoping the East...
Prototype railroading 4014 Big Boy 2026 tour 32 1 542 1775167167
ConRail Announcement From 50 Years Ago

Started by Xacto11 in Prototype railroading: On this 50th anniversary of the creation of ConRail I thought I would post an ad that appeared in the Newark Star Ledger on April 5th, announcing the new railroad. I kept a scrapbook of articles...
Prototype railroading 6 10 241 1775165675
What I've been up to.

Started by Kevin S. in General discussion: If anyone wonders, I haven't disappeared. I just took a year-long diversion to restore and rebuild a 1957 King Midget made by Midget Motors Corporation of Athens, OH. I still run trains, mostly on my...
General discussion 7 24 349 1775163728
Getting power to track on older Walthers turntable

Started by remhed in Track and electrical/DCC: I have an older 90' Walthers turntable I am installing. I know their turntables have gone through some design changes over the years. For this one, the way the design has power getting to...
Track and electrical/DCC 7 0 205 1775157189

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