Good Morning,

     Without seeing a track plan,  the best I can guess is that you have a reverse loop on your railroad.   If you can go into a segment of you track via a turnout and come back out that track via the same turnout then you have a reverse loop which requires special wiring.   Best way I can help you visualize would be to imagine a figure 8 railroad.   Once you have either or both sides of the 8 connected by straight track you created a reverse loop.
       Since you are new to the hobby,  I strongly suggest you get one of the Atlas beginners books.   They will show you how to wire a reverse loop or wye track using their components and they make it very easy.

Bob Rule, Jr.
Hatboro, Pa.

Good Morning,

      You bring up a subject that is important.   Being able to tell if you engine, at time of purchase has a decoder or not.   I think Bachmann does as nice a job as anyone,  but I would love to see a common vocabulary among the manufactures.   Bachmann says DCC on board as others say DCC equipped.   DCC ready means the unit is ready to have a decoder installed with little or no modifications.   Now for those of you out there a bit more versed in installation,  please make any corrections needed to my last definition.
     So bottom line DCC equipped/on board means the decoder is already there,  while DCC ready means the engine is still analog....no decoder.

Bob Rule, Jr.
Hatboro, Pa.

Mr. B......


      Thank you for your efforts.  Much appreciated.

Bob Rule, Jr.
Hatboro, Pa.

Gene,

      Wasn't it you that I got a contact for to a guy from my model railroad club,  GATSME,  who put a Tsunami in a Rivarossi H-8?    If so,  and if you lost the contact,  go to www.gatsme.org.   Val Pistilli is the webmaster for the site and he is the one who did the installation?

Bob Rule Jr.
Hatboro, Pa.

Mr B,

        I can see you guys have been extremely busy getting this new site up and running and having lost connection to the old site I would like to ask if you ever had a chance to find out whether the new frames for the cars,  allowing them to sit lower,  would be available as a seperate item.   I do not remember seeing anything from you other than the promise to check into the subject for which I am extremely grateful.

Bob Rule, Jr.
Hatboro, Pa.