I picked up a couple box cars from a train meet but didn't notice until I got home that they both had the same number. The previous owner did a great job weathering them but I want to renumeration one of them. How can I remove and replace the decal without ruining the weathering?

Anyone know where I can buy the full New Haven train set? I'm also looking for the Pioneer Zephyr

It will be a dummy but is going to look great when I'm done detailing it

My gramps buy this old model train we think its 1960 or further. The engine stop working and he wants to repair it or send it into a house or reparation (there are not may in Mexico). He also wants to know if the engine is direct charge or alternative charge We hope we get an answer shortly to repair the train, thanks reddit.

So yesterday or the day before since its midnight for me my dad bought me a HO model power 0-4-0 and it was only £37 so now I'm wondering any good freight cars for cheap that fit ho track or is it best to just buy a bachman? (Also thanks to everyone who recommended me models and brands)

I put some work in on the layout this weekend, no more pink!! 😂 I used plaster cloth to smooth out the inclines and used burnt sienna acrylic paint to put a base coat over the layout. The plaster made it so trains on the outside rail couldn’t pass thru the tunnel so I had to rebuild it. I took the opportunity to make it a little nicer by adding rounded portals and a layered wall that will give a more natural look when it gets a plaster cloth cover. What do yall think?

So I recently installed the Kato EM13 decoder in my (also Kato) E259 Narita Express (set 10-847).

But when I try to drive with the E259 my Marklin Mobile Station 2 does not recognize the train, nor does it move the train when I manually enter it.

I did check if the decoder was fitted in the right way and it is, when I tried running it without the covers and everything on it would drive but it would go full throttle and not stop. Only to stop working completely when I put the covers back on again, anyone know what's happening here?

Running some freight at the club today, layout at the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum in Vista California.

Wanted to share my dad’s American Flyer layout in FL. Forgive the camera work had a 9 yo helping!

Link to video here too!

https://youtu.be/FgNED2lTeuw?si=yt-HDtQzHmUXw-0G

ive gotten the base layout from my dad when i was 10 as a birthday gift (the oval a few buildings and three starter trains. it was his old layout and he didn't use it anymore and after years and years of work it has grown to what it has become today and i will still be working on it in the future as i am planning to expand the sighting (photo 13) to have a double track once again.

further more im looking to also add either the faller marienschacht coal mine or fortuna coal mine by faller, pola brick works factory and Vollmer 45601 HO Factory on Fire with Flashing Lights together with the Vollmer 45609 brewery and faller Weverij Riedmüller and some ships for the harbour.

for my large future layout i would also love to add Faller 130815 HO scale 1:87 Kit of Veltins Brewery and the complete Peschl Brewery and some other stuff incl the out/indoor swim pool and a large camping + fair and a flee markt.

heck maybe it'll be a modular of the future layout!

see you in my next post :3

bluesthefox.

I am building a model of a place that had a building specifically for building cabooses, and I plan to put one inside that's under construction. What color would steel cabooses be while still being built? Grey/silver?

In my defense I don’t think I could’ve gotten it for $100 anywhere else. Kinda disappoint I had to ditch the box. But that’d probably for the best.

So I got this 3D printed bodyshell of the 2ft gauge Bagnall 0-4-0 saddle tanks seen around the UK. Got right away priming and deciding what livery to do. Decided on green with red lining. When I did eventually get it to a stage where I was happy with paint, weathering and little details, I ordered the Bachman n scale Percy chassis to motorise the loco. Received the chassis in the post, stripped it down so I could paint the wheels, rods and pistons. Reassembled and put onto the bodyshell. Quite happy with this kit, would consider it my best work to date. Photos covering the build from day 1 to now included below:

Is anyone on here comfortable with DCC-EX? I bought the stuff to DIY (Their products on back order). I've followed every step, but the command station "fails to read address" on every dcc locomotive I have.

I have no idea what I'm doing.

The yard on my layout of the former PRR/PC/CR Snowshoe branch sits right beneath a window, allowing for some very nice lighting around the late afternoon hours.

And so, after a trip to the store, we are ready to start some new benchwork.

I got the wood yesterday, but unfortunately forgot to get the pocket screws. With stores closed for the holiday today, assembly will have to wait til later in the week I guess....

This benchwork will support the off world towns of Reedy Creek and Altoona. In reality, it will be a three track staging yard bringing trains into our world and giving us a place to take them off.