Ask Trains.com compilation March 2023: In the March compilation, Cody answers viewer questions about topics ranging from turning around locomotives on smaller layouts, to dual mode decoders, to the merits of home-mixed wood stains versus commercial options, and more! Cody is joined by Model Railroader’s Eric White, and from the Model Railroader workshop demonstrates wood stain mixing, the Bulls Eye Drill and Tap Jig, and other ideas and techniques related to model railroading.
Are you looking to learn more about your model railroad, or do you have questions about full-size trains? We’d love to hear from you! Send us an email at: AskTrains@trains.com, or leave a question in the comment section below. We’d love to hear from you!
…………………………………
Ask Trains.com is a regular video feature of Trains.com for magazine subscribers and Trains.com members, where editors answer the questions readers and viewers are asking.
Special guests can include editors and contributors from Model Railroader, Trains, Classic Toy Trains, Garden Railways and Trains.com.
Questions can be about any railroad or model railroading topic, including on the fan configuration on an SD45. These can include questions about railroad operating practices, railroad lantern manufacturer details, model locomotive details, and toy train transformers, among others.
Trains.com and Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno works through many of these questions, which are posted twice a week, each week, all year! See all our answers to questions online!
Love this segment on a monthly basis. Picking up a little bit of what was left behind from Cody’s Office segments.
Cody, a new question. I am replacing the worm in the rear truck of one of the newer SW-1 switchers. Walther’s sent me the replacement worm, but I am having trouble removing the cover over the worm. Any hints or a procedure for removing the cover over the worm gear.
Bill Stamm
Denton, TX