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As a disclaimer, I'm going to say that this isn't the BEST way to do the job, but it will certainly work for solder newbies. it worked for me. The best way is doing the rail sides as you have discovered.... well, I guess that is the best way. Take some small solid wire and bend an angle in...

Well good job Kevin! Since you got it going, I'll abandon this tutorial unless ya want me to keep going.

Next, put some flux on the rail where you scraped it clean. (My understanding is that this company uses GERN brand flux)

Next, using a hobby knife, scrape off the bottom of the rail to get to good clean metal.

Kevin, I grabbed an old piece of flex track and threw together a real quick photo-tutorial of how I did my feeders. I am assuming you haven't laid any track yet. I will put one photo per post because that is the easiest way for me to keep up with it. Here we go... this will take awhile, as I...

Heck yeah! This thread is open season now! Post some pics!!

There are actually two panels in my garage that the layout crosses. Both of those sections are removable. Yeah, it isn't the greatest thing, but no fire hazard. And I can get to the breakers up behind the shelves if something were to trip. If I need in one of the panels, I just take out...

Lester, glad to hear things went so well. I have my openhouse in a couple of weeks. I hope I have the same success you did. Hey DocW... I don't think there are any train moles in Texas. One less thing to worry about, ya know.

Strange... the article said the bridge was owned by the National Park Service?

One other option would be to cut off the caboose while it is still on the main, leaving enough room east of the east switch for the locomotive to do the runaround.

Welcome to The Gauge, Brutus. Nice to meet you, and I'll see you in the Forums!

I had heard that too, and did not take it into consideration in the diagrams. I'm thinking that the old wooden cabooses may have not been strong enough, but maybe the modern ones are? Hopefully Brakie or Kutler will chime in and help us with this one. If we didn't want to involve the...

The infrared emitter/detector system looks good. When I get to that point, I may do that. The good thing about it is you can cover multiple tracks with just one detector unit.

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Teach me! This time we have a train heading west and needing to switch the facing point spur. Gray rectangle is the loco. Blue is the car to be left at the spur. Brown is other cars. Green is caboose. I assume the engineer and brakeman are in the locomotive. The conductor is in the...

Wow, that is terrific. Great tutorial, and I can do that! Thank you so much.

off-topic question - is teh text in my first post larger than normal? It is strange, from my other computer today, they were normal, but on this computer, they are oversized.

Thanks Brakie. That's the kind of info I am looking for so I'll have a better understanding of how to operate my layout. On your #6, you mention the handbrake. We are talking about the brake wheel? Are the air brakes "fail-safe" in that if they lose pressure, they activate...

In the fifth diagram, the brakeman walks to the east while signaling the engineer as he backs up to the rest of the train. The brakeman then reconnects the air hoses and recouples the cars. He then walks back to the loco, climbs on, and the engineer gives ‘er the juice as they head out back...