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Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin connector, $229.99; with dual-mode ESU LokSound V5 sound decoder, $339.99 Color illustration of modern diesel locomotive painted orange and black with yellow ...

Abstract: An integrated-optic device was proposed for sensing displacement/position of a grating scale. The sensor is constructed by integrating a glass waveguide, a pair of linearly focusing grating ...

Stop using the 0-5-0 switcher to uncouple cars with automatic knuckle couplers. Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno shares common methods for uncoupling cars, including magnets and manual tools ...

Abstract: A new, very sensitive device for space charge measurements on full-size cable is proposed. The measurement employs the basis of the pulsed electro-acoustic (PEA) method, in which an acoustic ...

A car with Z scale couplers (left) looks more in-scale than a car with N scale couplers (right). Jim Forbes In N scale, oversized, truck-mounted couplers are still a de facto standard, but ...

COMMERCE TWP., MI - If only Sheldon Cooper had known about this place. This is said to be the country's largest operating O scale train model railroad. This place has more than three dozen model ...