Dear Brian & Jim,

Keep getting timed out! (and still married!)

Will try to post.

I have the 27 Hz TE that Atl. Central talked about. I intend to use it for an HO layout, but also want to run it with LS.

That is why I want to do it cheap, since Jim said he is getting 4 hours. Plenty time for me. Not interested in Li-Po power, just regular "bat-trees."

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Jim,

Could you post a schematic of your installation?  This sounds like a nifty project for my electronics student son and his ham fisted dad!  Too, would you post part numbers and sources, please?

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Mr. B,

Any word if our dear little Indy is poised to make a return?

I betcha it might do as well as the Crystal Skull!!

Best Wishes,

Hazel

Dear Friends,

Regardin some thoughts on Pb:

In Pittsburgh, our beloved and beleaguered baseball broadcaster, Bob Prince, would comment about a baserunner thrown out at second base on a failed steal attempt:

"He had larceny in his heart, and lead in his feet!"

Best Wishes!

Jack

Dear Mr. B.,

I second that "emote-shun."  Good stuff to have and it keeps coming up from time to time.

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Hunt,

Great information, as usual.  It is good to see you re-post this answer.

Glad, too to see you have been back for a while.

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Mr. B.,

Sort of like a nosh of the bubbly, eh?

Best Wishes,

Hazel

Dear Friends,

Would suggest you look at "Atlantic Central's" comments on his system using TE and walk-around block control for HO. Fascinating stuff. On his comments, I purchased a TE to use with a small layout at home, hoping to expand to something big!

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Woody,

What sort of graduate areas do you teach? I am very interested in that sort of thing, education, you know.

IMHO, I believe books are here to stay.  I prefer a good bood in hand vs. an online tome. Thus I will never be "en-tomed" online. Har Har

My uncle Frank, who loved a good pun once told me of a headline in the newspaper that read:  "Man Falls in Cesspool and Lives Three Days!
He Was 'In Turd' But Not Dead!

Sorry, Mr. B.!

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Bob,

"Much more furder, lak fo' or tree mo' stats, HAH?"

For me it is now a long hike to get to the loo!   

Best Wishes!

Jack

Dear T,

On this forum there are very knowledgeable and friendly folks. While not conversant with DCC, I have taken a bunch of stuff apart, fixed it and gotten it to work. If you read a bit before hand and ask some questions, you should be OK. Too, it took me a while to get the courage to do stuff.  As in life, nothing ventured, nothing gained. Howse about asking an expert at your local club for some help, or your LHS? You can do it!

Good luck and Best Wishes!

Jack

Dear Tim,

Very poetic prose! Sort of like Peter Jackson.  It is a sad statement, I suppose to have lived in Altoona, PA since 1991 and not know much of Pennsy, PennCentral, or Conrail history.  However, I have several acquaintances, friends and clients who have worked for the Pennsy, PC, Conrail and NS.  Good and bad stories. I try to focus on the good stuff.  Our local Altoona Railroaders Museum is a good one, with lots of memorabilia. One should see it sometime, just to get a glimpse of how it used to was. Deep mechanical and technological roots, not to mention plain grit that fathered the westward expansion past the Allegheny Mtns to the western frontier that was western Pennsylvania!

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Friends,

Doesn't Tony's make a decoder tester before installation? Might be used to test a defective decoder.  Anyone have experience with this baby?

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Tim,

Since this thread has be co-opted, here goes. Living in Altoona, PA we are very familiar with the merger of Conrail and NS.  Does Conrail Quality equate with NS quality?   

Best Wishes,

Jack

Dear Rich,

I once heard of a man who invited a lady to dinner and informed her that they would have to go dutch. To which she replied, "OK, Buster. I'll to to dinner and you go to Holland!"

In the rural communities of Pennsylvania the nooning meal is called dinner and the evening meal is called supper.  Dinner was a term used by the city folk.  Thus was told of a young secretary who called her Mother to say she would not be coming home for supper as the boss was taking her out to dinner.

Best Wishes,

Jack