CJ!! Want to swap places?? well... not quite. I actually call SALEM, AL. "home", but I married someone from NC, so we live here for now. She "teases" me by saying that "someday" we'll retire and go to my place (4 3/4 acres ), but that hasn't happened yet!! LOL There is a set of crossing bars, complete with the lights and everything, in the next town over (Fletcher) that I would dearly love to have, but I couldn't even afford the crain to move them if they were GIVEN to me!! But I "dream" about having them and a CABOOSE set up on my place in ALABAMA!!... and WORKING!! Can you imagine having those bars come down and lights flashing as you come home and park next to that caboose?   WOW!!
                                                                                          Ernie
                                         (for now!!)                         Hendersonville, NC

Waynesville, NC is on the western side of an East Coast state, North Carolina. On the map, you will find a larger city, Asheville, then follow I-40 westerly to exit 27, which will be hwys 23/74. Follow the signs to the county fairgrounds, and there you are! ... Are you going to be there?
                                                                                     THANX!!
                                                                                       Ernie
                                                                              Hendersonville, NC
P.S.
      I'm still looking for Fred Coleman's e-mail address!!        ECD

Does it have to be Model Power? Ebay has several Tycoes going off in the next few days; present bid is only about $10 each!
                                                                                           Ernie
                                                                                   Hendersonville, NC

Is anybody going to the train show in Waynesville, NC? I've tried to contact them via the e-mail addresses listed in their MODEL RAILROADER add, and nothing works! Are they still having the show? Does anybody know?                                                                      THANX!!    Ernie
                                                                              Hendersonville, NC

Also, especially on aged units, be sure to check the "traction tires!!If it won't get traction, it can't pull!                                       THANX!!    :-)

C'mon, guys!! A lot more have looked at this thread than have replied to it, so tell us a little about yourself! To be a family, we at least ought to know each other!! What if I surprised you with a gift in "o" scale, only to learn that you are doing "n"??  What if I got the scale right, but sent it to Vancouver, VT, and , when it was returned, found out it should have been Vancouver, WA!!

WOW!!   i must be a lucky guy!! Upon sending several trains (3) to BACHMANN, they recieved them (shotly) and called to remind me that I had not sent the required $10-per-train (diesel).  Upon doing so, I was told that they were not repairable, so they would replace them. That being said, I asked if I could change the road names. The only problem encountered was that the lady had to go and check to see what road names were available, but that took only a few minutes! A few days later, my NEW trains arrived! - NEW BOXES AND ALL!! WOW!! ... And this was all accomplished on THEIR "800 NUMBER"!!      WOW!!!!    ;-))

Hi, ya'll, and GREETINGS!! from NC!THANX!! for the "DAY OFF"! Few of you know, though, that for the past week, I've been at home IN BED, mostly, with the flu! I called my boss yesterday, and told him to go ahead and schedule me for my usual trip to Western Kentucky, Sunday, because I can't afford to be sick anymore! I'm very glad that you are enjoying this thread that was started with the intent of bringing us a bit closer together, and even with the thought of perhaps finding someone just around the corner with whom we might find a real friendship. About seven years ago, I left Alabama to get married and move to NC. Since then, I've not really found anyone who really shares an interest in trains. I thought I had when a little shop opened in a local flea market, but they soon went out of business, so I'm right back where I started! Even if I don't find anyone close by, though, it's good to know that we have FRIENDS!!

Paul, would you please explain your comment a bit deeper? I did not understand??
                                                                    THANX!!
P.S. The one thing that I notice regarding DCC is that you can put sounds on your layout. My point was that you can also do this in DC/analog, only less expensively!!
                                                                                       THANX!!
                                                                                           ECD
                                                                             Hendersonville, NC

So, really... What does DCC have or do better than DC??

DC... and don't ever plan to degrade my system by adding another C! The guys at the local club may snub their noses at me, but... who cares? I, and my FRIENDS are happy! -and the trains don't seem to mind, either! Isn't life GREAT?                                                                                   Ernie
                                                                                      Hendersonville,NC
p.s.
   and, at least for the time being- until finances improve GREATLY, I still run HORN-HOOK COUPLERS!! That may change someday!!   lol
                                                                                                 ECD

Quote from: Rich R on February 05, 2007, 10:51:56 AM
It would help a lot if there were some standard for ALL DCC installations.
I should think it would help the manufacturers as much as the modeler who purchases the end product.
Doesn’t mean it has to be a NMRA standard either, just everyone work together like the knuckle coupler manufacturers?
Right on about the old drawbars as well Gene.

Cheers,
Rich R

As I've said before, I'll say again, and hope I never have to eat my words: I'll never buy DCC. Should it ever become NMRA STANDARD, I think a lot of us would just give up the hobby!
                                                                                THANX!!
                                                                                   Ernie
                                                                    Hendersonville, NC

Will everything go to DCC, eventually? Is it possible to "merge" DC  and DCC on one layout? Because of finances, I can't put decoders in my 50+ engines. Will BACHMANN's warranty eventually return a DCC-ON-BOARD for a non-repairable non-DCC?                                 
                                                                                       Ernie
                                                                           Hendersonville, NC

Where are you from, and what do you do?
I'm from Hendersonville, NC, and a truck driver.My trains are "on the wall", as yet, and I'm hoping to get a (DC) track up and running soon!

Try going to a "junk store" (Goodwill, Salvation Army, Ma & Pa Junque, etc.), buy a toy that makes a sound, take it apart, put it -with a switch- on your layout! I don't do DCC, but you could probably incorporate it such that you could activate it remotely!!!
                                                                                        Ernie
                                                                               Hendersonville, NC