I have had my NCE powercab for a while now and have only over the last few months come into purchasing my first sound loco. The first thing is apparently you can change how to loco functions by changing the CVs...I have no clue how to come up with the Value after i put in the CV ? or even if i am putting in the correct CVs at all ?

Any help with this would be great, be kind I am new to world of programing decoders (haven't attempted it before now)

Nick.

As part of the mine I need a shovel to move the ore. There are a lot of modern track hoes and other mining equipment out there, but none of that would be right for an early 1900's steeple cab locomotive. HBM&S, Bingham mine and some of the Missabe range mines had the 4160 series Marion Shovel. So here it is ready to dig ore in HO scale...sort of.

Time to get back to work on Grande Pacific. It's sky painting time. Going to tackle a large section of upper level and try and finish it. First step remove cars and buildings. I will try and shot video during painting. Visit the Grande Pacific Facebook page and join to get notices of a lot of great activities in Model Railroading. https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/ahouston3/

The last few days I made some cargos for my open cars. All loads are removable within seconds, without even touching the car.

Gondolas with gravel:

Gondola with crushed rock:

Gondola filled with debris:

Hello again finally,

Wow, another long lapse in a blog entry from me, but as you can see below, I've put a lot of that time to good use.

I've spent some time over the past few weeks with the QD electronics cleaner with limited success. I finally took today off and got out my Xacto knife and scraped a bit of carbon from the brushes area of the Bachmann GP50. It now runs pretty well, but I think I will order a new motor for it. That should fix it right up.

I've seen some basic demo videos for RailPro, but nothing that shows a regular use scenario.
SO... I made a little operations video to share with you today.

Sorry in advance for the unscripted and generally poor quality of the video.
I hope you find it useful and informative anyway!

Please see Take Two for the 1 handed demo.

Here is the original video:

Recent upgrades at the Mid South Model Railroad Club. The brewery scene was done by Jimmie Boudreaux and the new signal mast is Casey LeBlance. Great work by all. MSMRC is located in Baton Rouge, La. Meeting Night is Tuesday 7:00PM