The teacher in charge of model railroad club has an abundance of basic DC motors simillar to the image shown. Does anyone have some ideas on uses for them in relation to railroads? I know there are many creative people here so I thought I would ask.

Does anyone know what I could use to insulate railjoiners? I can't purchase anythig so a DIY method would work.

In many locations I have seen things where you push a button and the engine runs in a loop and stops. I would possibly want this for our club layout and wondering how simple this would be to set up. Could it be set up with DCC or some other methods?

Does anyone know where I could find some HO scale bobber caboose plans I want to scratch build one from cardstock for this base:

What are some good accessory decoders for lighting? I am looking a good one that could power some light effects for our club layout. We have some street lamps, signs and another type of searchlight type item. It is around 10 total items but I would like them to be powered seprately.

is the site being reimagined again? I don't see some images unless I click them. If it is that can we start getting notices prior please. Thanks now you may all continue wit whatever tasks I interrupted you from

I just have been in a humerous mood so I decided to find some of the punniest railroad jokes I could find and will post some daily here. Though if anyone else wants to add some feel free.

I am working on a design for a small scene for demonstrating scenery and track work for out model railroad. It will be small (roughly 1ft. x 1ft. with the front curving) I am looking for design ideas and what an interesting scene would be. Any ideas from those on here?

Thanks for all of your suggestions everyone. Thurmand seemed like a good location and the below area is what we will model. It will include a cantilever signal seen on the right and the three buildings as low relief background structures. 

I have a MTH Pennsylvania locomotive. It is the one seen in my Club Blog posts and I was wondering if that decoder worked with Decoder Pro.

In honor of October 21st 2015 here is the railroad clip from back to the future. Yes I know not the same movie but still....