Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker At the time, I was pretty active on the Compuserve Trainnet forums, and based on the specs put forth from the original Lenz system, I was a strong proponent of the Railcommand-style system for the standard. I wonder if there is an archive of messages that old...
QUOTE: As for the installation of decoders in your earlier tight fitting locomotives, If you model in HO you can always use the smaller N scale or Z scale decoders which are equally suitable for HO locomotives.
QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker I'm HOPING he's in HO - we've all said the same thing about the Atlas/Kato HO locos.
QUOTE: I was just about to start building a CTC-16 when the DCC committee started working, so I ended up holding off.
QUOTE: indeed those Kato conversions are super easy, if you don't mind the center light bulb. Needs a little bit of mechanical and electrical work to hook up a pair of bulbs and have nice forward and reverse lights. Nothing major, but a 100% improvement. I now have a small stock of the brass rods, the grey plastic boards, and light bulbs with 1/8" leads.
QUOTE: Originally posted by mjrfd99 I am starting a new layout- this will be my 4th. I am leaning towards DCC but have limited computer skills. My past layouts have been all DC. Will I have problems putting decoders in my locos from the 80's and 90's ie; atlas RS-3 made by Kato back then/ it has a very narrow hood and no room inside?