Trying out my new Walthers Mainline ML-8 Plymouth and comparing it to my BLI WLB Plymouth

The ML-8 has an onboard Current - Keeper, meaning it ignores #8 unpowered frogs

I have a HO DCS equipped engine that I am switching over to DCC. I would though like to keep the DCS decoder to use for sound only. The one problem I have is that it needs a Cam. So is there a way to turn that off? It would work much better for me as I am going to run the sound through a speaker separate from an engine one. I have tried emailing MTH but their are quite slow to reply so I may get an answer here first.

Here's a closer look at the details in another photo taken at New Britain station, with model references.

http://blog.newbritainstation.com/2017/03/i-2-1324-at-station-c1947.html

Happy Modeling!

Randy

Finally I have gotten a start on the centerpiece of the layout -- the Napanee viaduct and river valley/waterfalls. Been interesting, originally I was going to use commercial piers and so forth, bought a few and did a temporary setup. After starring at it for months and months decided I really didn't like it. Problem was that comparing pictures of the prototype with mine made it obvious that at the least the stonework was way out of scale.

I recognize that I am nobody. My art is created to suit me, my hobby, life. In fact one of the most, ridiculous things I ever heard was, you need to take a break from the Hobby. A hobby is often the only legal self-medicating procedure this world has. And I partake with fervor, so does my new friend.

Well I ask Michael Paul Smith to have a chat about what drives his hobby. And what do you know, we found Common Ground.

You can view more of Michaels work here at http://www.visitelginpark.com/

I'm sure we can all relate to a temporary descent into madness prompted by a search for a long-coveted item. Whether it's a one-of-a-kind locomotive, or a rare craftsman structure or resin freight car kit, my guess is that most of us have beaten the bushes of eBay and searched through the musty back rooms of hobby shops during our search for the Prize.

Darren and I at True Line Trains get our fair share of (deserved) flak (flack? how do Canadians spell it Darren?). We're really just a couple of guys who really love what we do, even if we're not that good at it.

This is the 2nd part of the story of the revision & building of the N-Scale stockyard/feed lot using a 3D printer for the parts. First here is a video of the 3D printer in action printing a section of fencing and gates.