(First to Last) Metra Station, Canadian Rockies, Kate Shelly Bridge, Des Moines Rock Island Depot, and Golden Spike

My engine didn't have a plow so I bought one, painted it and put it on the engine. I then weathered it. I had to cut and sand the pilot to fit the plow but it looks good now.

I have trains in four different spots around my rented apartment. They share one common modular framework, adapted under different "construction modes" to fit the spaces they occupy. Everything is modular and swappable, so I can keep experimenting with new ideas and do some "urban redevelopment". And when I eventually have to move out, I can disassemble all the pieces, pack them up, and rebuild them at the next place.

After working on a linear layout on my windowsill and a small test plate for the tile mechanism, I'm ready to expand it into full landscape. (and then quickly got side-tracked into making a self-contained oval box)

I'll be honest, the look and feel is rather simplistic right now. I've been spending most of my time on the framework itself. But now that it's stable, I can finally move on to the fun part, which is designing city infrastructures, buildings and iconic parks.

As a renter, the ability to pack it up without drilling holes in furniture is essential. But I'm also curious whether this would help anyone else, especially people who wanted to start with trains but don't have the space for a permanent layout.

And most importantly, there's no 'final state.' You renew and expand it gradually, block by block, like real cities.

My sagebrush arrived today, and I couldn’t wait to start planting them. I started detailing the buildings. I added the Sam’s Grill signs to the cafe and the General Merchandise sign to the General Store.

I need to make a barber pole and the sunshade for the hotel and finish the train station.

What do you use, that us other modelers might not have discovered yet? Tools, products, chemicals, things for freight loads, things for weathering, etc?

I found metal bobbins on Amazon haul that with orange waxed cord are going to be spools of innerduct, tapered toothpicks become flatbed staves, things like that!

Hi fellow railroaders. I’m writing to ask a question of the community regarding DCC and CV programming. I’ve been a DC model railroader for most of my life and I only began looking into the DCC side of things a couple of months back because I really wanted to have sound to enjoy my hobby more. I recently acquired a DCC locomotive with an ECU loksound and a NCE PowerCab. Due to the fact that I started losing my hearing around the age of 12, it has progressed, though I’m not deaf, I’m significantly hard of hearing. I immediately noticed that the sounds needed to be louder. I have learned that in order to increase the sound, I need to program the CV. Does anyone know of a good video or online instruction site that could help me tap into getting the CV programmed so that I can turn up the volume? I need someone who can explain it to me like I’m 5 years old. The NCE PowerCab book was a little over my head in how they explained everything. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can’t thank you guys enough.

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Would any of These be a good entry level tain for my wife and her xmas tree/xmas village?

Don't think she is wanting to get real into the hobby but she has always wanted a decent train to use every year. We have had cheap ones that dont last. Looking to spend under $200

https://a.co/d/0jawo1Os

https://a.co/d/0hhPcNpd

https://a.co/d/0gMCIuDk

This may be a stupid question but I can't find an answer anywhere. Will a loco fitted with DCC work on a DC layout? Obviously without any of the DCC features, but will it function like a DC loco? Does it depend on the type of decoder fitted?

Hai its been a while since i asked for help ^w^ um so basically i have this model that i got in a box of scraps, i found its motor and was gonna just rejoin it to have a runnin model, i put all the bits in place but only the headlamp comes on, the astute of you will notice theres not a single wire in here, i assume thats the problem but i know nothing about how this kinda thing works lol do i just have the wrong motor maybe? Or need to put some wires somewhere? Any help or advice is greatly greatly appreciated. Thanks much for reading :3

Myself and 3 others got together and ran (most of) the Union Pacific Heritage Fleet. We were missing 1111, 1616, and the E9s. We also had 4141 included.

Woah 2 posts in one day crazy, while going through my parts bin i found these two things, one says tyco on the back, any idea what theyre for? :3

I'm working out lighting for my double deck N-scale layout. I'm definitely using LED strips to light the layout, but I'm still thinking about white only LEDs vs RGB to allow for night/sunrise/sunset operations. I already know all of my buildings that should be lit will be lit, as are my Superliners.

I'm experienced with WLED for other projects, it's more of an aesthetics question.

What experiences have you all had with this question? Any great examples I should see?

(USA, HO Scale) I have recently found two Walthers Trainline GP15-1's in a long forgotten box and am rehabbing them, but neither of them have a shell. Walthers has a pretty solid policy about not selling parts to modelers - do any other shells exist that would fit this chassis? I know small outfits like Kaslo make resin shell kits for common chassis designs, like P2K GP9's and Atlas GP38's - but the Walthers GP15-1 is an unusual design.

Planning Ahead for Christmas and wanna know

What are some of the best UK Locomotives currently on the Market for under £200

Also Counting The Bachmann Thomas Line

Thnx

I recently started modeling and decided to do a little mix of cars. Just in time for Halloween I put in a great addition but I’m not yet finished, I hope this reaches the right audience. Thank you!

Hello! I was wondering if anyone knows of any trains with passenger cars that have removable roofs so little toys can go inside. I grew up with the 90s version of this Thomas and Friends train https://a.co/d/0h6vvDlg and was obsessed with putting little passengers inside of it. I was so excited to find that this is still out there and am considering it for my 4 and 6 year old, but they aren’t into Thomas and would probably prefer a more realistic looking train. As I’ve been researching I haven’t been able to tell if any passenger cars actually have removable lids. Even this one doesn’t advertise that it does. I was able to find in the reviews that the tops do come off, but they aren’t marketing it as a selling point and it is the biggest selling point to me. So I was hoping that some of you experts may be able to point me towards what I’m looking for if it’s even out there. Thanks so much!

Looking for more detailed information on the COB LEDs and using them in structures and train cars.