Just completed installation of the control panel with programming track for the Tri-County CO-OP on my layout, the Trenton Subdivision in N Scale.

I was fascinated when I read about Fairway Park Model Products automatic/magnetic air hose couplings for HO scale cars (now offered as PWRS MagnaLock Brake hoses) some eight years ago, because I had tried to build the same myself years before with no joy.

Hi,
I am installing a brand new atlas 90 degree crossing on my layout. When I powered up the track, I found there was a short circuit somewhere. After some troubleshooting, I found that the crossing is causing the short. Further troubleshooting with my ohm meter indicated that every rail, is electrically connected to every other rail. ( I took the crossing off the railroad, onto my desk) So every piece of metal track on that crossing is 0 ohms to every other piece. This has got to be defective right? Wondering if anyone else has come across this before.

Thanks

I have this 1n5408 rectifier diode on my throttle system. It has what appears to be a M below the number on it.

I'm trying to figure out what this means. I think it is a 3A , but don't know what Volt it is. When I look it up on the net, a 1n5408 shows (3A 1000V).