Here is one of those times I wish I'd had more time... I did have the opportunity to go into the Historical Display room as well as the contest room, I just didn't get to spend as much time in either as I would have wanted to.

My photos from both are at:

http://www.shultzinfosystems.com/gallery159/view_album.php?set_albumName...

A video of the Milwaukee Layout:

First I want to thank everone for their input and help.

   The easest way for me to solve this problem was to obtain a Lionel DC Converter Box Part # 8-82116 its use for large scale Lionel Engines since they run on DC current. This Convertor has been specifically designed to convert alternating (AC) to direct current (DC) from 0-30 volts and is equipped with an 8 amp circuit breaker.The convertor is compatiable with AC output transformers operting between 0-30 volts.

I've finally finished, for now, the work on my Klitsa Koal mine. The mine is scratchbuilt using wood I cut in my shop, parts from a plastic kit, balsa and tinfoil for the roofing. The bridge is a scratchbuilt copy of an actual bridge spanning a gorge on the Spokane Falls and Northern on a route that brought their line into southern British Columbia in the late 1890's. A photo of the bridge can be seen on page 22 of "The Kettle Valley and its Railways" by Hal Riegger.

Note: all the photos in their full size (8 & 10MP) versions along with many others (I shot 150 on Sunday alone) are located at http://www.shultzinfosystems.com/gallery159/view_album.php?set_albumName=NMRA2010

Sunday... as I write this, the National Train Show has been over for about an hour, although I had to leave around 3pm.

Need a diagram to built a rectifier circuit. Need to rectifive 18 volts ac to 18 volts dc. 2 amps.

What rating for the following:

Bridge rectifier

Electrolytic Capacitor

Voltage regulator

I'm finishing up my latest wood structure kit - this one is by Mountaineer Precision Products (Kit #1) called "Historic Little Blue House - LaGrange, Kentucky". It's based on a real structure that is still standing in Kentucky. As you can see I didn't finish it in blue. I usually don't finish a structure in the same color as the kit shows and I prefer gold for this kit.
 

The days all start blending into each other - and I'm a little surprised to realize that tomorrow is my last day here.

Today got really busy - I started by thinking that we just be videotaping interviews with a few select companies - I'd personally targeted BLMA, which is practically a tradition now, ExactRail, since Chris Clune was here with Blaine (rhymes with "train") Hadfield and I definitely wanted to talk to them, and Tangent, pretty much just because - they do a good interview and had a couple of new products that I think will be of interest to many modelers.

Okay, let's start with the photos that were inappropriate last night (because Athearn hadn't actually shown this stuff publically yet), but are fine now that the show is well and underway. I apologize for the poor photos - these are from a cell phone.

Incidentally, other than the green locomotive, we borrowed the other four temporarily and gave them the "Click 'n Spin" photo treatment. It may be sometime next week before they are up.

...and now, the news...

(Note: Some of you might have seen a version of this post go up briefly last night. After reflection, I decided that some of the items were inappropriate too be posted at that time and I took it back down. Here it is again, without the inappropriate elements, which will instead be in my Friday report, for which they are entirely appropriate!)

 Finally, we in the Trainz community now have decent D&RGW F units, reskins of the new ATSF units by NorfolkSouthern37, who literally took and completely did a new mesh and detail job on the old Auran F7 A and B units, now, finally a year later, we have them in D&RGW.