Hi again, 

As mentioned in my previous (and first) blog entry, my 5.5 x 2.5 N scale layout isn't prototypical, however it is my plan to create a themed Scottish layout and try to stay true to this as far as possible. 

I wonder if anyone makes 75cm gauge equipment... I can see the attraction of narrow gauge railroads.  I blog about my time working in southern Argentina with narrow gauge steam in my backyard.  Southern Diversion

Marc Simpson

I recently retired and vacated the parsonage (I’m a Lutheran pastor) we occupied for 23 years.  We moved from NJ to PA in retirement, buying our first house (at the tender age of 65), and downsizing in the process.  While the layout described in this blog was small (it nearly filled a 13’x12’ room), it wouldn’t fit into our new abode.

I have been having a lot of trouble with flickering lights on my Scaletrains 

rivet counter Gevos, which I fitted with ESU DCC v4 non sound decoders. I did the normal thing of cleaning

wheels, checking the wiring etc, so looking thru my JMRI decoder profile for these locos I noticed that Railcom

was turned on for all of them, I turned this off and since then NO flickering. I do not know if this has been

covered before but wondered if any one else had experienced this as well.

Brian

Due to the length of the post on my website, I'm not going to replicate the entire list of 3D printers on this blog.  Not only is that unnecessary, but the post has over 3000 words on it and nobody wants to read through something of that length all at once, especially on a website like MRH where there's a lot of new things to check in on every day.  So rather than replicate the entire post, I'm instead going to do a quick summary.  The full original post on my website can be found

I have posted many photos of my layout. All of them have been the 'plywood pacific' variety. After years of trackwork and wiring, I finally started to cover up that plywood and foam with some basic scenery.

Since the last ballasting I did was around 1992 or so, I had re-learn how to do it, plus how to weather the ballast and track. Like most things I try, I started out terrible, but got better the more I do.

Here's a B&W shot of an E7 headed east

Last section running to the bridge was placed Sunday.  Since then I have “manually” run a string of cars across the bridge in both directions.  Very smooth running and no problems noted.  Last step is running power.  

I would consider this project to be one of the more “challenging” I have taken on.  Could have made it a lot simpler and gone with a simple 2x4 to bridge this section.  But wanted something functional that would also draw interest to the layout.

Yesterday I shot a number of pics of the layout, and I thought some here might be interested in more current views than what I've shared here previously. I'll post the photos in my first reply.

August 2020 - the beginning!

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