Greeting,

Can I run 2 diesel locomotives with 2 different brands of decoders? One is a Digitrax (no sound), the other is a MRC (With sound).

I installed a Digitraxx Sound decoder in my Mikado, I set the CV for the sound to 65(max) and it is not very loud. I cannot hear the whistle as a go around the track. Are Digitraxx Sound Decoder just not loud or is the something I can do to make it louder?

I purchased a HOn3 Roundhouse Shay kit, is it possible to convert it to HO. I got a awesome deal on it.

Does anyone know why NJ International and Tomar Industries not have any HO upper quadrant semaphore, with no dates of their expected return?

And why are Bachmann 4-4-0 Steam Locomotives so high priced, I purchased one several years ago for under $100 from a local hobby shop?

With my HO scale ruler if I want a building to be 40 feet in HO scale feet, do I mark my piece of wood at the 40 mark? Thus making my building 40 HO scale feet long.

I want to construct a mountain with a tunnel on my layout. How do I know the correct dimensions to make it for a HO scale layout?

I am not sure which DCC system to purchase. What is a good inexpensive starter DCC system? My current layout is small I am only running 1 train at a time.

_TigerMaster_

I recently install a Suethe No. 22 Smoke Generator in a HO Mikado Steam Engine. It did not work. I got about 2 - 3 puffs of smoke then nothing. Where did I go wrong?