hi all,
i've just recently started with N and after a few purchases i've come to find that there are just about as many different couplers out there as there are flavors of gum and none of them seem to work all that well.

can anyone recommend a solid coupler that i wont have any problems with and that is easy to find? if they had magnetic couplers like my sons lego trains id buy them in buckets 

i should really probably be using HO as they seem a bit more forgiving in this area but i leapt in without thinking about this part of it.

any help would be appreciated.
thanks.

hi all,
i just thought id throw this out there and see if any of you have ever seen anything in n-scale decorated for a birthday?

i'd like to get something for an upcoming birthday present.

thanks in advance,
john

so im new to this whole n-scale size and am trying to figure out how to nail down the tracks. i bought the bachmann h and n size tacks and am trying to use those but there has to be an easier way then using a hammer and just banging these things down...please tell me there's an easier way...!
i tried 4, 2 i had to painstakingly pull out with my fingers after bending them and the other 2 i got almost all of the way in and then they bent over. thankfully the train can go over them though without an issue.

i guess that leads me to another question...are there any tricks to pulling the nails and tracks up? i was just wondering what i will have to do if i decide i want to rearrange the layout.

if it makes a difference i'm using a mix of EZ-track and track with no roadbed.

i wasnt sure how this would work with my son, he is only 4 going on 5 but man can he handle these little guys... he puts them on the track easier than i can...