Now that the apparent shortage of Micro Engineering Switches is over, I have been able to mostly complete the track laying in the town area of the layout. I haven’t shown much of this side lately as I have been focused on scenery on the other side of the peninsula. One of the […]

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Since there has apparently been a nationwide shortage of Micro-Engineering On30 switches since Christmas according to Micro-Mark and Caboose Hobbies and every place I have tried to buy them from, I picked up a LITco code 83 #5 switch and decided to give a try. For my last layout, I built switches from scratch […]

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For many this is going to be a no-brainer but since I struggled with it, I thought I would share and hopefully prevent someone else from wasting money on rail joiners. Use Micro Engineering Code 83 Joiners! They fit perfectly and are very small in size which will be nice for future picture […]

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I recently received some additional Micro-Engineering On30 flex track that I ordered from Micro-Mark. I have switched to the non-weathered flex and I am much happier with it. Soldering feeders and soldering pieces together on the corners is much easier. The non-weathered also seems to flex easier and doesn’t seem to bind […]

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This article will describe how I install Tortoise machines and the Switch-It decoder so that I can control turnouts from the same DCC hand held controller that I use to control the engines.
The switch machine moves the switch turnout by level action through the roadbed with piano wire. The first step is to mark […]

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Trains are running! It was nice to dust off the pieces after several months of being packed up after the big move. It took some effort to get things wired up again and the electronics were a little cranky but after 30 minutes or so the chuff of steam and ding of the bell […]

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