I have several Bachmann Spectrum passenger cars in On30, lettered for the Colorado & Southern. I would like to paint out the numbers on some of them, so I can change them to have a variety of car numbers.

I am also building new sides for one of the cars, to make an RPO-Baggage car.

Is there an acrylic paint that comes close to matching the color of these C&S passenger cars?

I just bought a DCC-Equipped Bachmann Mogul, with sound module 44957. It works fine on DCC with factory-default settings. But I have a few questions about how to adjust these sounds.

1. On analog operation, the grade crossing whistle keeps blowing. The instructions say that sensitivity might have to be reduced, but they do not say how to do this. Any suggestions on how?

2. The instructions say that the automatic sounds for DCC operation can be changed bu adjusting CV 197. Is there any documentation about which bits turn on/off which sounds?

3. Is it possible to change the operation of F5 so that it activates the grade-crossing whistle?