Steam locos
Intermittent dcc loco running
Have a pfm united gn 4-6-2 with sound that runs intermittently. That is it may go a couple of inches with the sound operating, stop and possibly resume again or short out with no resumption possible when I hit the reset button. Any suggestions? Thanks . jack F
The steam and smoke are absent!
I know that I'm not the only one bothered by this, and I know that the problems seem insurmountable. But so was sound in an HO loco not that many years ago, never mind N scale.
Help make my MDC Shay run
Returning to model railroading after 35 years, I was seduced by the cornucopia available on eBay. So it was that I purchased an MDC Shay, knowing that this was not a quality mechanism. It was advertised as being a "contrarian" runner. That means bad. But I figured since someone had gone to the trouble of installing DCC and sound, and detailed, painted and weathered it, how bad could it be?
Well, it's getting power, because it makes the right idling sounds. It will move about 6 inches on command (NCE cab) then goes dead. Whistle and bell work during that short run.
Daydreaming - a British style 2-4-2 in 55n3
As I mentioned in my thread asking about [British] Colonial steam locos, I'm daydreaming about future projects. I have the remains of an HO scale Life-Like 0-4-0T that I picked up at a train show, and they need a home. The frame is damaged, the body is missing pieces, and the main rods are gone, but the motor runs and there is enough frame there to do something useful.
How to use categories
We've just added Steam Locos and Diesel locos to the post categories, which allows you to create a "virtual forum" for posts on those specific topics if you like.
Take this post, which has a photo of Craig Bisgeier's 1890s layout:
Sierra Railroad #3
Thank you, Joe, for creating the steam loco topic. This will make it easier, once people figure out it's here and how to use/access it, to have a place to discuss steam locomotives.
Though I'm sure this will primarily be about model steam locos, I figured it wouldn't hurt to start with a photo of a real one.
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