hi all,
i've just recently started with N and after a few purchases i've come to find that there are just about as many different couplers out there as there are flavors of gum and none of them seem to work all that well.

can anyone recommend a solid coupler that i wont have any problems with and that is easy to find? if they had magnetic couplers like my sons lego trains id buy them in buckets 

i should really probably be using HO as they seem a bit more forgiving in this area but i leapt in without thinking about this part of it.

any help would be appreciated.
thanks.

just as a follow up post in case anyone else was interested.
i contacted micro-trains and they discontinued this line in 2007 

thanka a lot Aaron.
I'll contact them to see if they have done one for 2008.
it's too bad they date stamp it because a 2007 stamp kind of ruins it.

hi all,
i just thought id throw this out there and see if any of you have ever seen anything in n-scale decorated for a birthday?

i'd like to get something for an upcoming birthday present.

thanks in advance,
john

thanks brokemoto.
the only reason i am using both right now is because i bought a couple of starters and some came with EZ while some came with sectional. i'm having a hard time deciding as i really like EZ because the roadbed is nice and it stays together well but there is a good bit more freedom with sectional as i can use flex track.

i'll need to grab a tack hammer. my regular hammer is too unwieldy.

for right now nothing. it is just a temporary setup so i just use a piece of EZ track then non EZ then EZ etc...

when i start to lay the track officially i will either get cork roadbed or come up with something different, possibly the same pink foam cut down to roadbed size.

thanks Kevin, i guess i should have posted it originally but i'm using a sheet of plywood. are there better materials to use as the base of the layout? i was thinking of laying a piece of that pink insulation foam on top of it and using that but i'm not sure how it would hold up. its pretty hard but soft enough that i could use your suggestion plus it would allow me to dig down into it a bit if i want to have any depressions for shallow areas. i wish i could remember exactly what it's called but i got it at home depot. ive also seen another version that has a aluminum foil like wrapping on it but this doesnt have that, it is just plain foam. it's nice too as it cuts great with a hot foam cutter 

wow, what an interesting reply. 
first, thanks for the tip.

second, im sorry if my UN bothers you. It's a carry over from a few other boards as i have a common name and this one always sticks but then again i guess ny UN bothers you so much you will ignore it in the future so i guess you arent reading this.

thanks for your time anyway.

so im new to this whole n-scale size and am trying to figure out how to nail down the tracks. i bought the bachmann h and n size tacks and am trying to use those but there has to be an easier way then using a hammer and just banging these things down...please tell me there's an easier way...!
i tried 4, 2 i had to painstakingly pull out with my fingers after bending them and the other 2 i got almost all of the way in and then they bent over. thankfully the train can go over them though without an issue.

i guess that leads me to another question...are there any tricks to pulling the nails and tracks up? i was just wondering what i will have to do if i decide i want to rearrange the layout.

if it makes a difference i'm using a mix of EZ-track and track with no roadbed.

i wasnt sure how this would work with my son, he is only 4 going on 5 but man can he handle these little guys... he puts them on the track easier than i can...