I wired my small layout (when I rebuilt the turnouts 15+ years ago) using vintage Atlas Selectors. I used two of them to control the
While the track on my own layout is hand laid with Code 100 rail, not everyone has time (or skill) for that. Besides the various
Traditionally, American OO gauge is either described as 19mm or ¾”. For the purposes of those working in OO back in the day, that was
With the dispersal of the train collection of the late William Chapin (1927-2013) these track samples by Earle Gardner were mentioned in recent postings in
At New Years, driving back from Kansas, we saw far fewer trains than normal due to track work underway. Perhaps that was inspiration, but I
While rail sizes today are commonly referred to by “code” (which I will come back to) prior to that the NMRA set a series of
In recent correspondence with Pierre Bourassa he included a few more photos, and the one below is especially interesting as it illustrates two approaches he
About this time last year actually, I was pretty excited to have this Johann 2-8-2 finished, except that it did not run worth a darn.
Dick Kuehnemund forwarded these interesting photos of three-rail Lionel track he purchased a while back. Included in a purchase were 2 odd-ball sections which I
The October, 2008 issue of the Train Collectors Quarterly has an extended, five page article by Ed Morlok on using On3 flex track for running