I got my mitts on a couple Crest 10 amp supplies and a few train engineer trackside boxes with remotes. I see that the supplies have a clip at the end running to a controller, but the TE‘s have bare-ended wires for receiving juice from the power box. Is there a special clip or dongle I need to come across so that wires stay where they are suppose to?   One of the TE’s is unopened/unused, so I have a test box there. 

  I've been playing with Airwire a bit in my spare time and I've come across a very cheap way to build an Airwire compatible receiver. It will drive any large scale DCC decoder using battery power. No programming, just hookup a few modules that you can get from Ebay and Amazon and it works.  All together it costs about $30 (without the decoder obviously)  It does require a bit of soldering and a voltmeter but it's pretty easy.  If you are interested, I've put together a se...

 How about a short video of my Bassett Lowke Titley Court on her maiden run on my completed layout.  Still need to level the table up as there is quite the downgrade on one side.  Thus the need to temper the speed a bit prior to the curve.  We dont need her rolling over due to excessive speed now do we?  Smooth run, front pilot axle needs a bit of attention, one wheel has a bit of a wobble to it.   But for a nearly 100 year old model, she runs well.   She ...

This is from a guy who only knows enough not to stick his finger into a light socket! I recently purchased a New Orleans Streetcar. In the description it said: This unit had a bad mother board and has wired without it. So MTS will not work. 1. Will this work fine with my track power? 2. What is MTS, and what features am I losing?