I currently have two separate DC EZ Track ovals running two separate locos.  One of the ovals has a left and right turnout to make a small oval within a larger oval.  I recently purchased EZ Command plus and both left and right DCC ready turnouts to convert that to DCC.  Now that ive done that im thinking about connecting the current DC oval to the DCC oval using more DCC ready turnouts.  Ive read that on DC layouts you can short circuit the system with too many turnouts.  Is that aconcern with DCC layouts as well?  Is there a general rule of thumb about how many turnouts or crossovers you can have on a DCC layout?

You need to cut down the connector on the longer piece that you are trying to attach it to.

If they do a buffet coach for both the green and red coaches, I personally hope they do a new sculpt.

But the EZ Command will be much easier for your young granddaughter to use. Also since it was given to you for free if she accidentally brakes it. Your more complicated and expensive controllers won't have a chance to get damaged or broken by your young grandkids. Roy B. In Utah,USA

I am trying to build a 5' x 9' layout. My table is built with a plywood top and 1.25" thick pink insulation foam glued on top and foldable legs attached under two at each ends. I am using HO EZ track both steel alloy and nickel silver. I have bought the HO Nickel Silver EZ track Assorted Straight Track Sections pack. This pack comes in lengths of .75", 1", 1.25", 1.50", and 2" sectional straight pieces to fill in where the straight tracks don't match up. My question is I have no problem with the sections that are 1"-2" in size. But, I can't get the .75" size sections to connect to any other straight or curve EZ Track pieces. How or what do I need to do to get them to connect to other EZ Track?
Thanks, Roy B. in Utah,USA

With doubleheading steam engines, the fun is each engine having its own engineer!  Just like the prototype in the old days!  You need DCC to do this of course.


Talk about intense.  I've done it many times.  It's hard enough to do on a model, so on the prototype it was easy to jerk out a knuckle or a drawbar. Those hoggers on doubleheaded engines had to be experienced old heads.  I don't remember them anymore, but in those pre-radio days there were specific whistle calls by the lead engine to tell the trailing engine what they were doing, like applying brakes in particular..  you can do that on a model railroad also.

Now THIS is fun!

The advent of the diesel made MU operation possible and got rid of all this multiple crew business, which was costly and efficient in many ways.

I have always maintained that diesels were better than steam engines in every aspect, except one..... the "COOL" factor! 😎😎

what's your steepest grade red tender 5?

I have pair of identical Bachmann 4-4-0's that I consisted. I only used one address for both of them. One of them is slower than the other even though they are identical so "like" locos aren't always equal in speed.

Hannah is a good idea for HO tbh there are some coaches we could see in HO here are some of my picks

• Blue Annie and clarabel - as seen in the great race
•Slip coaches - three face variants
•Work unit coach - green blue and orange
•Faceless brown coaches- same color as A&C
•Herenttia with face
•Hannah - Henrietta repaint with new face and lamp on side
•Dexter- red brake coach repaint  with face
•An Ann - Annie repaint with face
•Yin-Long - Annie repaint with face
•Gordon's special coaches - express coaches repaint
•Green express coach with  buffet - green composite coach with buffet lettering on side

Why do all that to get two locomotives to run together when you can program them to do so? The way you are trying to do this, every time you want to speed up or slow down you have to adjust both locomotives, and until you make those adjustments they will fight each other. Can you imagine what would happen on the real railroads if the engineer had to keep running from unit to unit adjusting throttle settings? Thankfully, control of the entire consist as one locomotive dates to the early days of diesels. With speed matching we can do the same on our model trains.