I have acquired a few newer code 70 Shinohara turnouts.  I know the old ones were notoriously non-DCC friendly.  How about these new ones?  Are they similar to the Walthers code 83 turnouts?  It appears that the metal connection between the points is gone but it looks to me like the frog is not isolated.  Any opinions about how difficult it would be to convert these to modern DCC.  I understand the basics but turning a Dremel with a cutting tool loose on the frog without knowing the pitfalls seems to be a way to destroy an expensive turnout.  Where to

The rough-in of the main and third levels has been completed.  The full size paper design has been glued down on plywood, cuts made for planned scenery features, and risers put in place to raise the levels to their appropriate height. The first video shows what the overall layout will look like to include some final old-school hand-drawn track center adjustments made to some planned bridges near the city of Paradigm (see layout diagram below).

Hi all,

just recently I started to venture into DCC. My layout exists since quite some while, but it is more building  that wets my tongue, than actually driving trains around.

Also as I live in a flat, it is not big, consists of one layout element that hopefully at a later stage will find home in a suitable basement. As the blog says, I model the CP freelanced, so the UP has also some reason to exist. It is in N-scale and the passing siding tracks are a bit over 8 ft (as I have an old Rivarossi Big Boy, this would look otherwise somehow out of place).

Hi,

I just finished an install of the micro tsunami in a Bachmann GE 45 ton loco per the Trainmaster video.

I am having heat problems with it; wants to shut down after short running. Time is like 15 or so minutes and is back and forth switching at moderate speeds. I ordered a package of the thermal epoxy that Bruce mentions,  but am waiting for it to arrive. Was wondering if any one has experience with this loco install and how they might have accomplished it. I have several of the micro's in SW switchers with no problems.