Hello fellow modelers!

I would like to present my version of Wolfgang Kufer DCC decoder v1.2.

On the ad for Mike's video is a great looking scene.  Use of a photo backdrop I assume.  Looking for information such as an article by Mike about how he created that scene.

Thanks

It is on page 33 of the Vol. 101 July 2018 issue of MRH magazine.

Hey everyone!  

Finally got around to coming up with a track plan for my new layout, the Chicago & Northwestern Marshline Subdivision.  My latest video talks about the history of the Marshline and shows you the track plan I came up with while trying to best use the space I have.

I'd love to hear what you think!  Thanks for watching.

It is 2018, and here I am in Kansas City, Missouri. The 2018 National Train Show will be held in the Kansas city Convention Center (Halls A, B, and C)  

This is an event that takes a lot of set up, and some of the vendors and modular layouts have been working at set up since yesterday ... 

Photos below.

More National Train Show threads ...

Caught Thomas on his way to Canada yesterday heading North on Interstate 91 in Vermont.

Was at the illinois railway museum a weekend after day out with thomas and he was still there have to say it was a perfect day for photos

And percy too

On Aug 5th I hosted an operating session for Operations Special Interest Group members going to the NMRA National Convention.  Five intrepid conventioneers ran a first shift session on the W&N Branch.  I also want to thank Bob Allan and my son Andy for helping with the session.

Rick Stern, the Wilmington Yardmaster , classifies cars on the lead while Howard Gardner brings No 51, the north local into Montchanin.

I had to take down my Madras Switching layout a few years ago and I was disappointed that my Jefferson Plywood building had ended up in storage. I really liked the unique look of the building but I really did not have a plan or a place for it. In the recent issue of MRH the idea building a free standing layout by Joe with his Siskiyou II gave me an idea. I  really like the look of the built in backdrop and valance, but I am wanting to build something narrower that I can hang on the wall.

Conventional wisdom has it that the CN ore jennie fleet all had 4 side ribs to support the lower hopper of the car in this style: http://www.cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=16437 .  Unfortunately no one makes an exact model of this car, most models are of the more common  Missabe car version with 2 support ribs: https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:20864701.