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Operation session On the coal and steel railroad April 29, 2015
Operation session today on the Coal and Steel RR.
My regular operator and me, operated the layout today. I was dispatcher, we both took turns on being the conductor and engineer.
Sun City Model Railroad Club
Been watching this one grow for a couple of years it looks complete but not finished. This is outstanding work for a public model railroad group.
B.T.S. Flagstop station in TT scale
This year I was infatuated by buildings.
This is my TT-scale Flagstop station from B.T.S. (http://www.btsrr.com/bts37400.htm)
What I do with my train catches
I capture trains in film for a hobby, I guess. But what do I do with all that footage? Well, I make a production for myself called "My Local Trains". The first three weren't very well put together, but volumes 4,5, and the beggining of 6 which I just started, are pretty good. Here is the beggining of Volume 6, but not in HD like it is at home
BLW Demo Units
To All: Today we see two A Cab Units passing Glen Tower on the layout. These are Bachmann DCC equipped locomotives pulling a manifest freight. Nicknamed "Sharks". BLW classed them as DR-4-4-1500's. Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St. Louis Rail Group Layout
Building a Background Building
Keith Hayes describes a background building he recently added to his layout depicting Leadville, Colorado in Sn3. You can read about it here: http://coloradosouthern.blogspot.com/
Enjoy if you visit, Darel
Weekend Project - Installing a Digitrax Sound Decoder in an N-scale Kato E8A with an Aztec frame
I have some great running N-scale Kato engines (E8 A/B, PA-PB-PA) as well as a BLI Paragon2 sound equipped E8A/B set. But I was really interested in seeing how sound could be added to at least some of the Kato “A” units.
HO 1950's/60's NYC-ish 7'x17' Layout
Building a layout for a client in his 3rd-floor game room based on Monticello, NY in late 1950's/early 60's:
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