Thanks, everyone! Your advice is greatly appreciated )

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What are the two 4 1/2" curved track pieces and will it make paralell tracks from the wye?

Hi!

Read your post... I have often wondered the same thing and ended up splicing wires, cutting wires, and joinging them again using electrical tape. If you are referring to the red terminal wire that came with the set, just cut it and attach wires to terminals on the old power pack.

To be on the safe side, check that the old power pack has adequate wattage/amps to prevent any malfunctions.

Hope this helps!

Colin

HI!

I am planning my 3rd layout (first two built and taken apart due to poor wiring) and would like to use a wye so the main line becomes a double... which track pieces do I need to use with the wye to make two paralell tracks from it? I thought I saw something online about it but can't find it this morning...

Cheers!

Sounds good... thanx!

I didn't clean my turntable properly after I painted and causes my turntable to stick in a few places... tonight it locked up completely and I used a bit of force to turn it. Turns out I broke the belt on the motor unit. WHERE CAN I BUY A NEW BELT FOR MY MOTOR? I've been working on this for a week, and now this... 

Thanx for your input!

I found an older bachmann power pack... you know, the square light-grey kind with a big red speed knob... can I convert the power from this dc source to ac to control my lighting?

I have an 18 volt AC power source I would like to use to light up my layout. What's the best type of resistor to buy that would be best compatible? I don't want to burn down my layout lol !!!

Cheers!

Colin

Thanks for responding! Much appreciated!

Yeah the scrolling thing isn't very fun...

Tiger

I am in the process of replacing the old horn hoook couplers with mchenry/kadee knuckles and also removing gear boxes from the truck and mounting them to the car itself. This seems to work much better... but some of them are worn and need to be replaced. Most of the rolling stock is Bachmann, and I was wondering if these were available to buy? Can you buy them with or without the gear boxes? I need several pairs ... Any feedback is appreciated!

Tiger

The basic figure 8 consists of the following:

Start with a 90 degree crossover. The one I have has the four 2" pieces... you will need to attach those to each leg of the crossover. Then add a 9" and 6" piece to each as well. You will also need 18 curved 18 degree radius pieces, using nine on each end to complete the figure 8. Oh yeah, one of those 9" straights should be a terminal track...

As for using 22 degree radius curves, you will need 24 of them, twelve for each end, and replace the 6" straights with more 9" straights.

I am not positive on this but am very confident this is accurate. Hope this helps!

Tiger

I have two pairs of locos consisted on my layout, and it works great, I am very impressed with the whole thing as my DCC fleet just grew from three to six...

Tiger

I would like to make a statement and if I am incorrect, please feel free to correct me:

The ez track pier set is designed to be used with one pier being placed per 9" straight or 18 degree curved track. There are seven piers each for ascending and descending. Using this method, it creates a 4% grade, when in actuality it should only be a 2% grade. The old Bachmann pier set had fourteen piers for each ascending and descending, which created the correct 2% grade.

Why did this change, and does Bachmann understand that this kind of makes their products look incompatible? Would you consider producing an updated pier set? Has anyone else noticed this, or had the hassles of not knowing why trains would "spin out"? And boy, can you ever see the gaps in the track on the grades...

Thank you!

Tiger