I have been working out details on my 3D printed Shay.  I am at the point that it runs.  I now have to go and reprint some parts and include some of the changes I made.  The goal is to be able to just print it and put it together without any work to get it to fit together.

I recently visited a friend, and I was able to film his 2 amazing layouts. His O gauge layout is his pride and joy, but I think his HO layout is pretty darn good too...

https://youtu.be/XKooOJRU_qk

https://youtu.be/gVfIhwWCxqM

First off to Joe and his wife. The fact that you even got the issue out is amazing dedication. Rest and get well first and for most.  Second, does anyone know if there is a way to make a favorites list of the blogs you like to follow so you don't have to hunt them down? Its probably staring me right in the face and I just don't see it.

Thanks,

Wayne

Since retiring last summer and moving to central Pennsylvania, I’ve been working on this layout, designed for me by Rob Chant.  The benchwork is built on top of IKEA Ivar shelving in a corner of our basement family room.  The theme is an early post-WW 2 (1947) PRR branchline terminal in central PA.

Hi All,

Here’s the latest video from my Seaboard Central channel. In it I show how I program a ScaleTrains SD40-2 to run just like the prototype.

Hope you find it useful! Thanks for watching! Tim

https://youtu.be/A8Laq7XC8j4

This video describes using a motion sensor to activate a display at a train show.  The Northwestern Vermont Model Railroad Association also uses the modular display at an August fair.  Members own their own modules.

In the mid-1970s Kennecott Bingham Canyon started testing diesel motive power at the mine, the old Electric motors had given them many years of great service, but now it was time to upgrade. Pictures from the Don Strack collection found at utahrails.net a special thanks to James Belmont for his wonderful pictures.

Stripped down (lettering & numbers) using Mr Color - Thinner, original Kato shell is a Burlington Northern - Phase 1b shell.  

I picked up a new/old-stock Athearn RTR SD40T-2 a few years back and only just now got around to installing a RailPro LM-3S receiver into it. Let me back up a bit and state that the loco ran just fine on straight DC-only power. Fast-forward to today: AFTER installing the RailPro receiver and soldering any/all connections in the loco, it ran incredibly erratic! It would run a bit, stop, start, run, stop, start, yadda, yadda. When standing still and just touching one of the trucks, it would lose power.