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I am building a model railroad and was wondering if anybody had some pictures, hints, ideas ect. that they would like to share. The main problem I am having is figuring out a way I can make a pullout section (kind of like a module, except the two parts on the side are permanent)to bridge a hallway or a door, but keep the rails aligned as close to perfect as possible. Thanks everybody, and happy railroading

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Well here are my three ideas:1. You could cut "lips" into the wood and then you could have a board to take on and off of those lips.2. You could use door hinges and make the track swing from a horinzontal position to a vertical position.3. Or you could do the same just using a bridge instead.-MattATSF GP60M #104 works on the local in Flagstaff, AZ. www.atsfrr.com Please attend the up coming convention in Pasadena, California.

If you cant find me at Home I'm railfanning up and down the BNSF Ft. Worth Sub.

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My tip from experince, Plan before you build. That has nipped me in the butt more times thatn not.

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Planning is good and all, but from experience, I draw up a plan, then I lay the track, but dont set the track. Lay the track straight onto the plywood benchwork. Build all your track from there. You will be supprised how much the actual layout changes from the plan!!! I have just undergone a huge rebuild of my layout, increasing the size by 50%. I would suggest start small and gather the basics before building up to a huge layout of BNSF's entire transon!! I have found that out the hard way! If you have any questions, dont hesitate to ask! I'll leave you with some shots of my layout. >Mike Forster<
Perth, Western AustraliaMike.Forster.2005@gmail.com
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Mike,I too am new to model railroading, having just finished setting up my first layout. I notice you have several locomotives on the same track - is it OK to run more than one loco coupled together, pulling a train? I can't find any reference to doing so (or not doing so) anywhere.I have seen non-powered units for sale, and that got me to wondering about using more than one locomotive with a train.Thanks,MC

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>I notice you have several
>locomotives on the same track - is it OK to run more than
>one loco coupled together, pulling a train?Yes. It is ok to run two or more engines on a train. He probably has DCC (http://www.digitrax.com) on his system which allows you to run multiple engines at one time. BTW Mike do you happen to have a track plan or engine roster looks like you've got quite a collection there.-MattATSF GP60M #104 works on the local in Flagstaff, AZ. www.atsfrr.com Please attend the up coming convention in Pasadena, California.

If you cant find me at Home I'm railfanning up and down the BNSF Ft. Worth Sub.

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On HO, you can have dummy engines pulled by one engine. On the SRV layout, we actually have from two to four powered engines pulling 50 or more cars. (Once did 110 cars which made for 100ft of train but is hard to keep coupled that much load.) The engines are the better ones in which the motor is mounted mid section and every wheel is powered through a set of gears and transmission from the motor.To pull that much train you need to have KD style metal couplers connecting each car like the real thing. Horn couplers on the trucks WILL derail on any curve. We also use 5 amp power supply and have leade feeding every few feet to the track. We have been doing this long before DCC became available.SRV Ron

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What scale? For N scale, I used telescoping track sections made by Rapido to connect some modular sections. Pretty neat solution but I don't know if they are still made or were ever available in other scales.
Ron
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You can run multiple locos on DC as well. A club I belong too, actually its more of a prototypical-ran layout, uses basic DC, and we often run up to 3 engines at once. For my own layout I usually own match up manufactures when running more than 1 engine on the same track. (Athearn with Athearn, Proto 2000s with Proto 2000s)
Greg
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