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Mid South Model RR Club Update Ethonal Plant
Many people lots of time and effort, great results. Some background and some fake buildings in other corner and scene will be close to being finished.
Engine Driver Day 2 & 3 & More
Day two and three brings solutions and more questions. I have received suggestion how to rotate the screen on Android machine in engine driver.
Wi Throttle and Web Server using JMRI
This is a brief video of my first use of a wi throttle and web server panel on an pad. 10 x 7". I will be working on this and improving my skills and knowledge of the products and hardware. This is how you get started. Running the Wi Throttle is very easy for any operation. Controlling the layout you will need a lot of setup before you can control form wi throttle connection through web server.
LSR MARKER LAMP GOES DIGITAL
The Lone Star Region of the NMRA Marker Lamp Publication has gone all digital and electronic. This publication has been printed in Black & White and Mailed to members for as long as I can remember. Now every one in the World can visit the web site and read the publication and view the color photos and attached videos of the activities of the LSR-NMRA. Hope you enjoy.
http://www.lonestarregion.com/documents/marker_lamp/marker_lamp_winter_13.pdf
COMPUTER BACK UP A MUST
Went cruising last week on Disney Magic out of Galveston, the grain elevator and RR tracks are right alongside of ship terminal and I parked my car at Galveston NHRS Museum so that makes this a RR story.
Got home plugged in Computer, NO START, knew that the way it was acting that probably power supply. Monday got it fixed.
While waiting set up laptop and had it set up with backup hard drives to continue on. I downloaded current version of JMRI and restored was ready for big op session on this weekend.
GET A LARGE BACK UP DRIVE AND USE IT. IT IS CALLED PEACE OF MIND.
NCE-DCC SETTING UP CONSIST
Video on how to consist loco's with a NCE DCC system.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8koWXhU-xk
For none mobile users http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8koWXhU-xk
JMRI OPERATIONS NEW MANIFEST CREATOR
The following manifest is from my layout for Train 100, a West to East Manifest Fright that runs across the layout and sets out and picks up cars from various Towns. This is another great advancement in the JMRI Operations Program and will be a built in part of operations program with the down load in a very short period of time. Dan & Dan are working on the final clean up and it will be available to all soon. I will post a note when ready. Open to see manifest.
UNION PASSENGER TERMINAL NEW ORLEANS NEXT TO DOME
This is video shot from rear of Amtrak's City of New Orleans as it pulls out of UPT July 2012. You will see the NEW ORLEANS ARENA and SUPERDOME To the left side of picture. The throat of the terminal goes to one track today at one time it was ten tracks wide. REA was in area were Arena is Dome sits on all of the old IC RR property.
KATO NEW DRIVE COMING
Attached video is about new Kato drive watch the end it tells the story.
Why you should Subscribe to MRH
At least twice a month as a subscriber you receive an update e mail. Today's update contained a link to a playlist on You Tube for model railroad operations. This is a great site. It has videos of operations from at least 10 different providers and I did not try an figure out how many layouts. Open post to see links.
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