Need suggestions for a sound & motor decoder for a Model power Mantua Pacific with a 9 pin set up.  I have checked various mfgs. w/ no answers. Really new to sound, but have installed numerous motor decoders. Any help will be appreciate.   Thanks,   jerry

I have seen no complaints on this or any other site about the belt drive, but have seen NUMEROUS ones about cracked gears on the gear driven engines. I have 2 belt driven engines & altho I don't  run them as much as you do, haven't had any problems.  jerry

   Would like pictures  & info. on the CNJ Blue Comet. Not much on the net, & the only book runs from $193-$300.  thanks....jerry

  Thanks, last I heard they were unavailable.

   I know Bachmann states that the have no replacement parts for the 2 truck Shay, but it seems to me that most parts in the new 3 truck Shay would be the same.
   I don't think I have the split gear problem, unless it's completely split.  There is only movement in the rear truck. The gear could just be spinning on the axle.  I hear that they replace them with a Shay...Don't want the Shay & they seem to have the split gear problem also.

If it's black plastic, just scrape the paint off. If not, try repainting 7 if you mess up.. order black ones. may be able to remove the "glass" to make the painting easier.   jerry

  swap it out for a Kadee.  Mfgs. think they are doing us a favor by including cheap knuckle  couplers. They end up in the same circular file as the horn hooks.

  Any good reasonably priced "O" gauge laser cut structures? Looking for waterfront structures from the 20s-40s.   Thanks

I hope you mean 15" radius.

  Anyone have a source for REASONABLY priced O scale figures, vehicles etc. The lifelike aren't very life like. The Woodland Scenics are a little better & the well detailed Prisers can cost $45 for 5 figures. Along the same line, the Athearn vehicles are almost $30 & they are undersize (50:1). Other less expensive ones are too big (43:1). Really a shame that mfgs. can't standardize.   Thanks for your input...Jerry

  How about using the drawbar plug-in like the LifeLike Mantua classic logger?

Are  Micro Engineering turnouts power routing or are both routes hot? Thanks

  Where can I get good prices on Micro Engineering On30 track & turnouts (code 83)  Thanks.

Bring warm clothes if you plan on spending any time at the top.  we went a few years ago & when the brakeman left the train to add water he put on a jacket. The next stop was to switch to a siding to let a descending train pass & he put on a jacket & hat. The last stop before reaching the top required a heavy coat, hat & gloves.....He was there before. 

 We used to have a Big Greenberg show in South Jersey until the building was sold. Journeyed to Edison only one time & found that the prices were much higher because of the proximity to NY City.