Last year Carstens Publication started a new once a year magazine exclusively HOn3 and in April of 2009 I pre-ordered their new "2009 HOn3 Annual" it arrived on time around the first week of August and I was expecting a book full of adds like most Narrow Gauge magazines. To my surprise it turned out to be an above average HO Narrow Gauge magazine with very few adds and lots of great construction articles and a number of multi-page step by step projects.

I've been actually looking at what I've gotten done lately between times when I actually have to work for a living. I actually have more time to do this at the beginning of a semester than I have in the middle or the end despite Holidays which take up much of September. Still I do spend time reading the messages here and I enjoy them. This fits into my Monday/Wednesday teaching schedule since I have long breaks between classes in which to do this.

Last week I had promised to show photos of my old N-Scale diesels from various manufacturers. These should be looked at while you think of the CommeNtary article in the September issue of MRH which happens to be quite good. Some of the photos are out of focus but you can still make what the photo represents. Keep in mind that these locomotives reflect late 1970s to early 1980s plastic moulding technology which is nowhere near what it is today. The mechanisms that drove these locomotives also left much to be desired.

Last week I erected my Borve modules in my hallway for my next operating session in 3 weeks. So I made a short movie along the layout.

Markus

Does any one out in model railroad land know how to wire dcc to an olderAHM Rivarossi 060 usra switcher

Rocky Mountain Printing Co. added to Silverville Industrial

Dist. http://www.grandepacificmodelrr.org/html/silverville_project_15.html 

New Town on Grande Pacific Apex Project 

http://www.grandepacificmodelrr.org/html/apex_project.html 

Hello everybody,

Thought I would say hello and show you what I am working on...

This is an older iteration of my current layout. Basically it is a dog bone at grade disguised as a double track main.

I've been working on my layout in fits and starts lately, but I wanted to share a VERY easy technique I've discovered for modeling rolled roofing found on many buildings.  So let's get started!

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