A few weeks ago, I called Robbie at RLD HOBBIES, and ordered the REVO for my SD 45.  I was very specific that I wanted the battery to be on board.  Robbie sold me an 18.5 volt, 6000 mAh battery that I have not been able to shoehorn in, anywhere.  It won't fit in the fuel tank, I've even removed the smoke unit, trying to fit it in there.  The battery is about 1/8 inch too wide to fit in the metal channel that forms the keel.   In Robbie's defense, we did talk a bit abou...

I was trying to program an address into my HO Bachmann 10 wheeler tonight and I had issues. I know I am talking HO here, but DCC is DCC right? Anyway the number on the locomotive is 27. When I programmed 0027 into the decoder, I could not run the locomotive with the controller set to 0027. I reset the decoder and reprogrammed it at least 3 times.   Its a Digitrax DH126, programmed through JMRI on a DCC++ system.   When I programmed the address as 1127, I can now run the locomotive ...

Similar thread on MLS.   At the end of a run, when the engine is cooling down, I open the drain on the bottom of the lubricator, sometimes water comes out, sometimes a water/oil mix. Am I supposed to completely drain the lubricator after every run, or only if I'm putting it away for the evening?   I also noticed if I drain it while cooling, it's usually an oil/water mix, and the next time I run it, before I add steam oil, I'll open it again and water comes out first, then the oil, ...

I figured I'd start a thread to document my construction techniques for the signals I'm building for my RR. I've always liked signals, but want to integrate them into my operations, both being able to run with and without a dispatcher (since, mostly, Ill be running without). First, a bit of information. Signals, in their basic form, control entry and exit into a block of track. For purposes of my railroad, these blocks will be the sections between sidings on the line. Prototype railroads h...