You assume correctly Fred.  My Hobby Lobby has 1/8" and 3/32" thick rolls.  Winner winner chicken dinner.  Thank you sir!

Anybody else having trouble getting cork board?  Ive had some on back order at my local hobby shop for 6 months.  Checked around on line and every site is out.

This is such a helpful forum!  I have the same situation with 2 separate ovals in an over/under set up.  I converted one of them to DCC a few months ago with EZ Command plus.  Ive been trying to figure out a good way to connect them with crossovers and turnouts ever since so I could run 2 DCC locos.  But everything I laid out resulted in having to expand the layout by a lot.  Im going to do that eventually anyway, but in the mean time connecting the re-railers works.  I just did it and tested it out.  I couldn't find that Bachmann sold a re-railer to re-railer connector, so I found two old re-railer to power pack connectors, cut them in half and spliced the 2 re-railer ends together.  Its a simple solution that I may not have thought of on my own.  Thanks!

I have some 1970's era Bachmann HO rolling stock that I'd like to upgrade with modern EZ Mate couplers.  The trucks and couplers are mounted with some sort of "rivet".  There's no screw to dis-assemble.  I could probably force them apart, but I dont wat to damage them so the cars are useless.  Any info on the best way to convert these would be appreciated.

Do all current Bachmann locos and rolling stock come equipped with the EZ Mate magnetic couplers?

Thats awesome Ken.  I hope im still around 30 years from now with something similar to show off.

What a great layout!  I'm new to the hobby.  Been working on my small 4 X 8 layout for 6 months........and not close to being finished.  Curious as to just how long you've been working on this?  I can see from this thread it's over 4 years.  But it looks like you were at it for some time when you posted that first pic.

Hmmm..........All I have is EZ Command Plus.

Sound value.  I've read that the TCS decoders are even better.  Hard to imagine how.  And yes, the smooth running at slow speed makes it nice and easy to manipulate connecting cars, navigating turnouts....etc.

Update.  I got my first DCC loco with sound yesterday.  Bachmann Santa Fe War Bonnet diesel.  A little underwhelmed with the top end speed.  But really impressed with all the sound and light control functions.  Definitely brings the entire experience up to a new level.

Is it really thT easy to do if they are not DCC ready?

Thanks for all the great info guys.  Im new to the hobby since last November and only have two (working) DC locos.  So I wasnt really thinking about switching back and forth.    I was just going to switch completely to DCC and be done with it............since I can run my DC locos on the DCC set up when I want.  But the performance of the DC locos on the DCC set up isnt as good as when they run on the DC set up.  So I may rethink that since it seems like it would be fairly easy to toggle back and forth.

Thanks guys.  I wasnt planning to mix the DC with the DCC.  I would remove the DC power supply and then connect tho old DC track to the DCC track by way of DCC ready turnouts or crossovers.  If i dont have to worry about shorts it should work fine then.  Thanks again.

I currently have two separate DC EZ Track ovals running two separate locos.  One of the ovals has a left and right turnout to make a small oval within a larger oval.  I recently purchased EZ Command plus and both left and right DCC ready turnouts to convert that to DCC.  Now that ive done that im thinking about connecting the current DC oval to the DCC oval using more DCC ready turnouts.  Ive read that on DC layouts you can short circuit the system with too many turnouts.  Is that aconcern with DCC layouts as well?  Is there a general rule of thumb about how many turnouts or crossovers you can have on a DCC layout?

Found a guy on line who posts all kinds of HO scale buildings and accessories that can be downloaded for free.  Dowloaded and printed this curved bridge.  A little spay paint and it will work great!  Tried to post a pic but the upload directory is full.