i have a athearn c44-9w dcc quickplug engine i am wanting to take the old headlights out and put some bright white led lights into the engine i heard it needs resistors but i have no idea how to wire them i am needing help as to how to wire those and het the lights working in my engine , thanks : )

im looking for a computer program that can tell you exactly what train will be arriving to your town engine and everything but i am aware that most railroads like to keep things like that a secret but where i live the norfolk southern ocs train comes through every once in a while and i would like to know when it will be in town : )

The 6th Annual Rochelle Railroad Days In Rochelle Illinois Is Comming June 3-5     

The last i heard the Union pacific heritage locomotive "KATY"  locomotive will be there and Then Union Pacifics boy scouts of america 100th year celebration locomotive will be there also   as well as a possible 3rd locomotive   i dont know exactly what the other engine is at this exact moment

There was an execllent chance that the up railroad was going to run a steam excursion through there but that route didnt win the contest      : (  unfortunate     but there will be lots of activities  also         anyone willing to make the trip up there can find out more from the Rochelle Railroad park Website           

I am new to this Dcc thing  it seems a bit complex with all the decoder wireing  and  seting up the controls and what not    so i am curious is there a decent wireless controler   that will have all the bells and whistles

i have a few old tyco cars   as we all know tyco wasn't  exactly the greatest material to have on a model railroad     but    i am planning to take the next step and see if i can modify these cars with kadee couplers and hopefully something else to make these cars look a tad better on my layout    im just tired of the nasty plastic look             

does anyone know what i could do to make these cars meet the NMRA standards?

i got done with all my trackwork but ive done all there is to do   ballast and roadbed painting    etc    is there more to do with track and ballast work?

im wondering  are there multiple ways to clean track to make it spotless ?  i want to expieriment with all the different methods

im now at that part of the layout construction to where you need turf or grass   i was wondering  is it possible to make some of your own turf that will last a long time??

i was running trains yesterday and realized a few of my couplers are a tad uneven   so when i reach the industrial part of my layout the couplers move downward and come loose is there a way to make the couplers stay high enough without useing a coupler height gauge

i am looking for ways to make really realistic trees without useing woodland scenics  tree stumps and etc        more in the way of homemade

does anyone know how to make really realistic scenery without going to the hobby store to buy woodland scenics products?    i would like to see my layout through a natral point of view    trees ....grass..etc     but i need to know how to do these things in an ho scale  size ??

i have been workin around the layout for a while just fired it up for the first time in a few months after construction but seems to be a derailment issue   when running six axel engines i  need some help trying to figure this out.

i am looking for a way to put ditch lights in a dc locomotive   mostly athearn locos like c44-9w and gp38-2's  i want to know if there is a way to put ditch lights in these type locos   

i have a really detailed station building that i just got done building now there is a really big blank area next to it i tried putting different buildings next to it just to see how they work but all of them look toy like around it  can anyone sugguest a small building with some detail to it that would look good?  and affordable

I just thought of something interesting   but i dont really know if this item exist     now if you run a dc powered layout but you buy a dcc locomotive is it possible to run that locomotive and get sound even though you dont have a dcc controller ?  or do they make engines that come with sound for a dc layout?             

                        when they come out with newer motors and u have old locomotives you can never really find the old motors they used to have   especially in newer condition i have been looking for the spectrum motor w/worm   and the flywheel is a whole lot different then the one they have now-a-days?    where are you supposed to get the older things?