due to my screwy layout I have a bridge coming to an abutment over another lower level track.
Is there such a thing as a "cantilevered" abutment?
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Bill

I am using bachmann code 100 flex track and am building a Micro Engineering Tall Steel Viaduct bridge.
All the instructions refer to M.E. code 83 flex track.
Can i just use my code 100 flextrack for the bridge and then use code 70 for the guard rails?
or can I (should I) mix the code 100 and code 83(for the bridge)?
should the guard rails extend beyond the bridge onto the abutment?
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Bill

when laying down cork roadbed on top of foam board would it be ok to use any type of glue like elmers white glue or wood glue?
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Bill

what is the purpose of the ribbed back wheels vs smooth back wheels?
are they just for emulating "real - life" railroad wheels?
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Bill

are the spare part drivelines for the 80 ton shay metal? or are they plastic?
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Bill

I am assembling a Micro Engineering "Tall Steel Viaduct" bridge and had planned on using Bachmann flex track I had bought with it.
However the instructions call for installing guard timbers over the ties and a guard rail inside of the "normal" rails plus "barrel platforms".
The guard timbers, guard rails and barrel platforms are supplied with code 83 Micro Engineering Flex track.
Anyone know if I can either buy this pieces elsewhere for my Bachmann Flex track or do with them for my bridge?
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Bill

I see 80 ton shays available on eBay.
some say "wooden cab" others "steel cab".
are these emulating different real life shay versions? is this just a matter of taste? or is one more "desirable" than the other?
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Bill

I bought a birney streetcar that comes with a 8 pin connector that has a pcb 'embedded" into the connector.
I am trying to solder a sound decoder to the "dummy connector"(that also has the pcb).
I may have damaged the connector with my brutal soldering.
replacement 8 pin connectors I see available online do not have the pcb.
my question is, what is the pcb for and is it needed?
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Bill

I am somewhat of a novice at soldering electronics and the soldering iron I have seems to big for find detail.
what do you normally use for soldering fine electronic contacts like for a decoder.
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Bill

I just received my first geared locomotive! And it climbs inclines like a champ!
Should I be concerned about the plastic gears? Did the 70 ton climax ever ship with metal gears?
I can't tell if the gears are metal using a magnet doesn't work as the gears are very small and the is surrounded by other metal parts (ironic!)
I am just if I should go ahead and order the metal gears.
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Bill

I am looking at buying a 70 ton climax.
What are the opinions of getting one with "DCC Sound on board" vs getting one without and installing a Soundtrax decoder? would the sound be better one way or the other?
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Bill

what is code 110 vs 100?
I thought I understood what code 100 is but now I see code 110 on other sites.
is that used with code 100?
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Bill

I am looking for better trucks to replace the plastic ones for my 0-6-0 tender (jingle bells express).
Any ideas or suggestions?
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Bill

so my first adventure with flex track is not going well.
I plan on mixing flex track with easy track.
I have one section with approx 1/4 of a 22 inch curve into 18 inch straight into 1/2 a 22 inch curve.
I had decided to solder the lengths of flex track need for the full section (90 inches)
But when I tried to curve the track the rail popped away from the ties.
What are the proper and easy steps to lay down flex track?
Should I just work with the 36 inch sections?
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Bill

what sort of roadbed is recommended for the flex track?
cork?
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Bill

Mr Bachmann or anyone else, what size speaker can fit in and can be used for the Birney DCC Streetcar?
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Bill

if I am planning a layout with 2 - 3 separate loops and one end to end auto reversing; I assume I would need separate transformers for power and separate controllers.
do most of you with larger layouts use multiple transformers and controllers?
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Bill

What sort of sound decoder might one add to the Birney Streetcar-DCC?
any ideas?
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Bill

I see Bachmann offers an auto reversing track. How might this work with DCC(ie dynamis) ?
Considering a Bachmann DCC trolley....
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Bill

I was wondering would a trolley be able to take a steeper incline?
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Bill