Trainboard - N Scale Forum

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Hand Throw a Powered Frog

Here is a artical on how to design a powered frog relay for a a hand throw turnout . You will have to scroll 3/4 down the page to find it but there...

How to remove plastic molded on fan grille on diesel without destroying whole shell?

Any tips for how to do this while doing the least damage to the rest of the shell? I"m looking to put in real grilles on a GP38 to allow the...

Ain't ballasting fun!

Made up a 16" section of roadbed and track (N scale) to try my hand at ballasting and to see the differences in the "look" between fine and medium...

Make Center over Springs for Turnouts

Here is a video to install a center over spring on non springed turnouts I have never tried this myself -----I just get a tortoise drill a hole in...

Power a frog usuing a SPDT lever switch and a tortous

Here is a web site that tells you how to modify a tortuous to safely power a frog so you dont fry the pinouts between 2and7 on the machine.The lever...

"grass" first or ballast first

Getting ready for "landscaping". Do people put down the grass areas near the tracks first of wait until after the ballast is applied. Just my...