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  1. New Member Introduction
    Hello everyone. I am just starting my adventure and I want to start building with my 8yo daughter. Any advice on where to begin? We already started with a blocking diagram (knowing of course that it’s goo bc to be a fluid design). Thanks! BPBP
  2. O Scale
    Hello, I’ve been restoring this old Lionel 4-4-2 I got from a flea market- so far everything has gone smoothly, motor runs fine- disassembly was easy. However, I’m getting a MASSIVE headache over trying to reassemble this thing- whether it be the smoke unit not fitting in right, or the when the...
  3. O Scale
    As the title says, my Lionchief Plus 0-4-0 runs beautifully, except for the sounds! For some reason it keeps cutting out, and it’s near impossible to have the sounds kick on at all! My suscipsions is on the wire connection the tender and the locomotive, as fiddling around with it can make the...
  4. HO Scale
    Hello ! , some of my Lionel, bachman and tyco engines will have this problem where they will run for a minute or two than stop , this is not a track cleaning problem as far as I’m concerned and I have other trains that will run for hours perfectly. To me the trains seem like they are over...
  5. G / #1 Scale
    Hello! I have an LGB Train that is on a timer and runs every 5 minutes. When the power is turned on the transformer is set to the speed and the train goes. What I was wondering was is there a way to have the transformer gradually increase the speed when it is turned on? Similar to me...
  6. New Member Introduction
    I tinkered back before dcc electronics. Always I wanted a simple loop around a few city blocks to run a streetcar like Louisville had in the 30's-50's. I manually stop and go each stop. Now I'm ready to make it an automated so I can enjoy the thing. No reversing shuttle or dcc. Just a 15 sec...
  7. Technical Model Train Forum
    It is a relatively new Athearn Ac4400 and it keeps making an annoying buzzing sound. The model runs perfectly fine at low speeds but usually when it make it faster it speeds up normally without any buzz then suddenly slows down and starts buzzing. Every once in a while I can make it run at a...
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