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lack of stuff

Started by DT Train in General discussion: After leaving the hobby 10 years 15 years ago, I am now back in it and I am trying to buy a Proto throttle for the last eight months. Every day I checked their website and every day it says...
General discussion 14 0 362 1787517006
Weekly Photo Fun - Aug 23-29, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos: It's another week . . . post 'em if you got 'em. There was a late-comer in last week's post . Check him out, then come back here afterward.
General discussion Photos 13 3 168 1787516887
My Fictional Southern Railway Line

Started by Sauced07 in Journals/Blogs: I don't think I have posted a drawing or plan of my layout. I'm not an artist or computer person so this is all I have. I have spoken about my layout elsewhere but figured I would keep some...
Journals/Blogs 198 14 4,873 1787516211
Let's See A Model Of... August, 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷
General discussion 112 3 3,079 1787516111
Part of Stonehammer on the move again; need help with redesign .

Started by Deemiorgos in Journals/Blogs: This ongoing project started at the beginning of 2013. 📷 and was put on hiatus from March 2013 📷 to December 2016. ...
Journals/Blogs 482 4 63,506 1787516001
An Operating Steam Throttle You Can Customize

Started by Geoff Bunza in General discussion Throttle Steam Loco: An Operating Steam Throttle You Can Customize ...
General discussion Throttle Steam Loco 467 35 22,798 1787514872
What’s on your workbench? August 2026

Started by Eric Hansmann in General discussion Workbench: It is month number eight of 2026. I thank everyone who has been contributing their photos and notes to this monthly discussion thread. It seems to get better each month with more participation. I...
General discussion Workbench 180 7 6,162 1787514800
In search of HO Wild West plastic structure kits

Started by glarson52 in Scenery and structures: Looking for plastic structure kits suitable for the US in 1880s. HO scale
Scenery and structures 33 1 585 1787513594
Picture Fun with AI

Started by anteaum2666 in General discussion Photos AI: @RSeiler posted some photos he touched up with AI. I decided to give it a shot, using Microsoft CoPilot. Below is my first attempt. I thought this would be a fun place for people to post pics they've...
General discussion Photos AI 52 2 1,183 1787512004
Model Railroad Manufacturer

Started by Bernd in Locos and rolling stock: Came across this model manufacturer on F-Book. Anybody ever here of it? Looks like they make custom models. https://glendinningengineering.com/ Bernd
Locos and rolling stock 2 0 81 1787511330
I bought a laser cutter

Started by David Emery in General discussion laser cutter laser cutting: Today I pulled the trigger on a laser cutter and some associated stuff. So I'll start a narration here about the experience. For lower cost lasers, there are 2 basic choices: C02...
General discussion laser cutter laser cutting 25 7 406 1787510293
The Winchester Branch V2

Started by Nate in Journals/Blogs: After much thought, I have decided to go in a very different direction with my layout. I had always worried about the pinch points at the widest part of the mountain climbing turnback curve, also...
Journals/Blogs 300 11 14,259 1787509261
Unloading Woodchip Cars

Started by JC Shall in Scenery and structures: I plan to have a kraft paper plant on my layout. The year will be 1964, and the plant will be an older plant. The available layout space is only large enough for the product shipment area, with the...
Scenery and structures 19 4 742 1787508490
Controlling And Automation Of A Model Railway Using OpenLCB Series

Started by JohnmH in Track and electrical/DCC Arduino: I have decided to make a new series of videos to show the controlling and automation of a model railway using OpenLCB nodes. This will take a few months for me bring all this together and will share...
Track and electrical/DCC Arduino 30 0 330 1787506902
“Two Very Different Ways to Configure LCC Signals—Which One Makes More Sense?

Started by John Socha-Leialoha in Track and electrical/DCC Signals LCC: The problem I'm trying to solve Setting up signals with LCC today means thinking like a signal engineer and like the person who wired the board: you pick event IDs, you write conditionals,...
Track and electrical/DCC Signals LCC 0 0 13 1787505578
A New Begining for the freelance Arcata & Mad River

Started by Arcata & Mad River R.R in Journals/Blogs: 📷 The Arcata & Mad River RR was one of the first railroads in California.. though the real railroad is now long abandoned, As the forests of Humboldt Cycle to maturity, The Simpson Timber...
Journals/Blogs 36 16 1,278 1787505066
Anyone remember the old die-cut wood or fiberboard buildin kits of the 1980s-90s?

Started by DIamondback in Scenery and structures: For some reason I was in one of the less-used rooms in this old house the other day and my eye drifted to some HO scale buildings my grandmother had built. Some of them were die-cut or lasercut wood...
Scenery and structures 6 1 197 1787501223
M-O-W Saturday, 8/22/26

Started by GT Mills in General discussion: A 13-second shorty-short of the M-O-W shorties on the PM&C today. Long ago I installed a toggle-switched 15W 25 Ohm DC track power resistor just so I could run these at realisitic speeds, because...
General discussion 4 0 180 1787493661
Longmont Public Library Train Layout

Started by JerryRGS in Scenery and structures: Back in 1995 the Boulder Model Railroad Club installed this train layout into the Longmont Public Library. It has entertained thousands of children over the years. Unfortunately the library...
Scenery and structures 8 6 188 1787492006
A PCB Turnout Hack?

Started by Tim Bratcher in General discussion Scratchbuilding Turnouts: I just ordered a product from a custom PCB manufacturer (JLCPCB.com), and I am hoping it will be a real cost-saving alternative to PCB turnout ties for scratchbuilding turnouts. I won't go into here...
General discussion Scratchbuilding Turnouts 35 3 894 1787483232
Next 18 decoder on a motherboard with stay alive in a SW1

Started by Nick Santo in Track and electrical/DCC DCC: Here's a shout out for one of the prototype N18+s that I sent out. Tom Austin added a SoundTraxx TSU-N18 to a prototype NixTrainz N18+ Decoder Buddy and installed it into a Walthers SW1. Tom gets...
Track and electrical/DCC DCC 0 7 64 1787481555
Limited Modeler: Building Ballville Power Plant

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Buy this issue! Share this: 📷 📷 📷 📷 Please post any comments or questions you have below. ◄ Back to issue home page 📷 Want more articles like this one?...
Magazine feedback 3 9 135 1787458126
Savvy Modeler online: More realistic model track

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Read this issue! Share this: 📷 📷 📷 📷 Please post any comments or questions you have below. ◄ Back to issue home page 📷 Want more articles like this one?...
Magazine feedback 1 5 130 1787457612
Darigold Creamery Issaquah

Started by Craig Townsend in Journals/Blogs: One more building for the layout. The bread and butter industry for the Issaquah spur and reason the railroad kept the branchline alive for as long as it did. 📷 ...
Journals/Blogs 19 8 806 1787456759
workbenches!

Started by missabe406 in General discussion: Wont be building an at home layout till I move again, but I've set up a workspace to work on some projects in the meantime. Mostly weathering and detailing some locos and rolling stock, as well as...
General discussion 136 4 5,468 1787455947
2-Rail O Scale Layout: 'Ashland City'

Started by JD.Hill in Journals/Blogs O scale Switching Layout: As my HO scale layout nears completion, I'm embarking on my next modeling journey: a small 2-Rail O scale layout. This new layout will occupy currently-vacant space above my display cabinets in the...
Journals/Blogs O scale Switching Layout 82 31 5,763 1787453184
How would you build this?

Started by CandOfan in Locos and rolling stock: During WWII, Baldwin/Alco/Lima built something like 2150 2-8-0’s of the S160 class, the majority of which went overseas, mostly to Europe. I’m interested in building a delivery train - a batch of...
Locos and rolling stock 29 6 648 1787441597
Let’s talk Ops: Next steps with car cards for ops

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Read this issue! Share this: 📷 📷 📷 📷 Please post any comments or questions you have below. ◄ Back to issue home page 📷 Want more articles like this one?...
Magazine feedback 15 15 388 1787441380
Low Switchstands

Started by Cactus Railroader in Scenery and structures: Hi All, I am to the point where I am finishing up my yard and am looking for "low" or "dwarf" switch stands. Something with a lantern or a small target. I don't need them...
Scenery and structures 24 3 711 1787441223
Modeling a Shell gas station

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Buy this issue! Share this: 📷 📷 📷 📷 Please post any comments or questions you have below. ◄ Back to issue home page 📷 Want more articles like this one?...
Magazine feedback 7 14 330 1787434668
Problems with Sprung Trucks

Started by kenheywood in Locos and rolling stock: I ran a 15 car train on the circuit and had this one refrigerator derail several times. The track is fine as far as I can tell and the rest of the train rides through. I checked weight and even tried...
Locos and rolling stock 40 5 669 1787433044
Noise in model engine gearing

Started by Bernd in General discussion #gears: I came across this video. It's the company I worked for, Gleason Works. I believe it is AI generated when it comes to the pictures but the narrative is close to correct on the machine technology. Pay...
General discussion #gears 11 4 370 1787430305
Health Check

Started by MikeHughes in General discussion: Checking in on a couple of Members who are usually noisier! @thewizard1 and I are hoping you’re both well: @railandsail @Goober Ping back and let us know what you’ve been up to.
General discussion 8 6 572 1787429717
Weekly Photo Fun - Aug 16-22, 2026

Started by JC Shall in General discussion Photos: It's another week . . . post 'em if you got 'em. There was a late-comer in last week's post . Check him out, then come back here afterward.
General discussion Photos 31 5 1,355 1787426380
Texas and New Orleans ...The Next phase....

Started by amtrak115 in Journals/Blogs: When I started the layout, I had bought and installed the "Basic" wired throttle version of EasyDCC. Installed the command station, throttle bus extender, boosters...etc..typical DCC...
Journals/Blogs 7 6 582 1787422719
Show us your hoppers

Started by CNW Chet in Locos and rolling stock Show and Tell: 📷
Locos and rolling stock Show and Tell 210 16 11,131 1787421093
The Kingstone Model Works Shop

Started by Bernd in Journals/Blogs Kingstone Model Works: This is not the name of a business. It's the name of the shop I do my model railroading hobby in. The name Kingstone is the translation of a town in then East Germany called Königstein. That's where...
Journals/Blogs Kingstone Model Works 361 33 15,986 1787418747
San Ramon Valley & Northern News

Started by -e-c-mills- in Journals/Blogs: 📷 Here we present to you the monthly publications of the Chamisa Standard and the Farmer as well as the SRVN Fan Bolg.
Journals/Blogs 95 1 8,985 1787413598
Crescent City Model Railroad Club Car

Started by SALGUY in Locos and rolling stock: Guys, I picked up this snazzy Accurail 2 bay ACF covered hopper from the Crescent City Model Railroad Club. The cost was $30.00 plus shipping. They have advised me that they have more available....
Locos and rolling stock 0 4 52 1787408048
Rick's Diner - August 2026 Edition

Started by Kevin Parson in General discussion: 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷
General discussion 90 4 2,242 1787407637
Putting a sound decoder into Rapido GP38 that is DCC-ready

Started by Nevin W. Wilson in Locos and rolling stock: I recently acquired a Rapido GP38 for a great price that does not a decoder but has a 21 pin PCB board. Unfortunately, the previous owner removed the speaker and I'll have to replace it too. Looking...
Locos and rolling stock 23 1 459 1787406254
Let's see your newsprint cars.

Started by Deemiorgos in Locos and rolling stock: 📷
Locos and rolling stock 29 7 1,912 1787401845
Grade crossing fade

Started by R0ckie in Track and electrical/DCC: Anyone know how to make a grade xing signal fade? I have a Rapido that does it right out of the box and I would like to duplicate that effect on the others. The Rapido is a Loksound 5 as...
Track and electrical/DCC 5 2 278 1787396989
HO scale Con-Cor Zephyr pc board information

Started by scottnl1947 in Locos and rolling stock: I recently purchased a "previously owned" HO scale Con-Cor dual-headlight Zephyr. For some reason, someone removed the classification lights. Does anyone have a schematic of the model's pc...
Locos and rolling stock 3 0 101 1787374077
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 161 5 4,159 1787372431
Caboose story. Caboose crews, this thread is yours!

Started by Juanfran in Prototype railroading: Searching with the keyword "caboose" revealed all kind of threads on the topic of cabooses, but (unless I did not look well) nothing struturally dedicated to them in operation and their...
Prototype railroading 33 3 1,245 1787362951
Walthers Cornerstone Spaces

Started by Rick Beatty in Scenery and structures: Has anyone bought one of Walthers Spaces kits or just the insert? I was wondering how they compare to Roomettes.
Scenery and structures 6 1 409 1787360843
Publisher’s Musings: The hobbyist was always the point

Started by MRH in Magazine feedback: 📷 Read this issue! Share this: 📷 📷 📷 📷 Please post any comments or questions you have below. ◄ Back to issue home page 📷 Want more articles like this one?...
Magazine feedback 18 31 618 1787360802
what aspects of model RRing are retired RRers most interested in?

Started by greg ciurpita in General discussion: since most model RRers seem to be model builders, wondering if same is true for retired RRer or if they are more interested in operation and the type of operation they experienced as a RRer?
General discussion 15 2 328 1787360579
Looking for a barrel jack to2-pin terminal adapter rated for more than 5V

Started by DSteckler in Track and electrical/DCC: They look like this: 📷 The adapters I've found have a max voltage of 5V but my input voltage from a wall wart will probably be in the 6 - 7 volt range. The power supply will be...
Track and electrical/DCC 4 0 102 1787353494

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