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    Wiring Problem

    http://forum.zealotmodels.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=55940&stc=1&d=1186118203 Hey grewsome here is my trackplan again look at it and see what you think. Only one inter loop is still there and i only have 3 block's on this side so could i have them wired wrong.
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    Wiring Problem

    Ok grewsome i must have done something wrong caused it did work last night but i will try again and see if i can get it right. I tried to work on my layout before work today and i got some of the blocks to work but not all of them.I do have the track coming back into the main line but the one...
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    Wiring Problem

    Here is a pic of my track plan i do not have the 2 inter loops but i do have the outer loop and i do have one siding on here but it is not in this pic as i added it after the plan was done.
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    Wiring Problem

    When i get home tonight i will try and post a pic of the layout that i have done but i don't think i have a reverse loop.
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    Wiring Problem

    Grwesome, Does it make any differance that i used plastic rail joiners to block the sections.My problem is that i have power to one section but not to all the track and i have undone wires and redone wires and i still get a overload on the powerpak.
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    Wiring Problem

    Last week i was in the process of rewiring my layout that i have built for my 5 year old grandson[which by the way is DC] and i seem to be getting a overload on the control box[which by the way is a tech 2].I am running 2 trains on this layout and before it ran fine but now i seem to have lost...
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    Plans for building the Schulz Brother's Icehouse

    Doctorwayne and Masonjar these are great suggestion's but i am in the same boat as masonjar is.My ruler does not have n-scale but does have everything else,so i will go with the photocopier.
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    Plans for building the Schulz Brother's Icehouse

    Thank You cnw that sounds like a good ideal.I will try and do that and see if i can come p with it in HO scale.
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    Plans for building the Schulz Brother's Icehouse

    No trucklover they did not give the dimentions in n-scale. The only thing they show is the front view in n-scale and the side view in n-scale .Everything is in n-scale and i know with out dimentions it will be hard to know what to do.I really like the pictures of it but they are all in black and...
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    Plans for building the Schulz Brother's Icehouse

    I was reading this book by Wayne and Mary Wesolowski called Model Railroad Scratchbuilding and by the way a very good book,and they mention about building this icehouse.Now from what i see this icehouse was done in N-Scale and i would like to do it in HO-Scale.The problem is that there is no...
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    In need of some help.

    Thank you guys for that info is there somewhere i can go like a web site that will give me step by step info on how to get started with this [sorry i am such a pain but i am new to this and i want to get it right as i can].
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    In need of some help.

    I was wondering if there is any other tool you can use to help form your mountains out of pink foam.I don't have access to a hot wire so i was wondering if there is something else that i can use to form the hills and mountains or to make a decent rock formation.I do have a real nice dremel set...
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    Scratchbuilding Information

    Hey SB7 thank you for that info and i did get the book by Prof. Wayne Wesolowski so i will see if this can help me understand scratchbuilding a little better.
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    Scratchbuilding

    Hello forum, Has been a long time since i have been here and i really like the new look,althought it took me sometime to get through it i have arrived.My question is is there a web site that has building plans for people that want to do scratcbuilding.I have tried some small projects and have...
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    Car cards and Waybills

    I would like to see if i can get some information on the model railroad operations,i have a 8x8 layout that i have been working on for sometime and i am getting to the point of being ready to start my operation.My question is about the useing of car cards and waybills,i have not seen to much...
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    Amtrak F40ph

    It is made by life like and i did get it to run not perfect but it is running.I use some alcohol on it and cleaned out what i could and then put it on my track and let it run for some time and it seem's to run but not perfect.
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    Amtrak F40ph

    I brought this EMD F40PH AND I AM HAVING TROUBLE GETTING IT TO RUN.I HAVE TRIED TO CLEAN IT BUT THAT DID HELP A LITTLE,MY QUESTION IS WHAT CAN YOU USE TO GIVE IT A GOOD CLEANING THAT WILL NOT HURT IT.I BROUGHT THIS FOR A LITTLE CHILD WHO DOES NOT HAVE MUCH MONEY AND HIS PARENTS ARE IN A BAD...
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    xtrak cad

    Thanks guys for the link
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    xtrak cad

    Can anyone give me a link so that i maybe able to download this program.
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    Just something I'm curious to...

    I work for a company that will ship our product to chicago by truck and then it goes on rail to be shipped to cali.But we have to do that to make sure that everyone has their bacon to go with the eggs in the morning.{Oscar Myer Bacon}