Inspired by the dumping gifting of some HO train set stuff from a friend, I looked for something to do with it. The idea is to create an enjoyable layout for as little money and effort as possible. And the different scale and era will be a nice change of pace. I found a gentleman selling more train stuff, but he lived two hours away. His asking price was $30, and I offered $60 if he'd meet me halfway. Which he did.

Wreck on the Copper King Mine railroad. Larry Sax father worked on the Bull gang they did heavy repairs on shovels and trains around the mine, so we have many pictures of wrecks at Bingham Canyon mine. Correction the last wreck was at D-Line bridge not G-Line as said. Pictures from the Larry Sax collection, utahrails.net.

Hi,

Could anyone assist me with some informtion on block signals.  I have two NJ International Bi-directional D Type block signals, one being 28 ' high and the other 15' high.

I'm trying to find out under what circumstances they would have been used in relation to their height.  28' seems quite high, not quite signal bridge height but higher than a dual head interlocking signal.

Any assistance appreciated.  Thank you.

Regards

Scott

Anyone out there that is old enough to remember the Hamm's billboard on to of the San Francisco brewery? I would like to model the Billboard in 3D with the glass of bear at the top. It is my understanding the the lights on the glass would light to make it appear that the glass was being filled with beer. I am going to attempt to model this but don't know the exact sequence.

Did the lights come on from bottom to top then stay on for awhile then all go out at once and start over? Or was there some other sequence.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

I have to say that Running Extra is well worth the money. I was trying to figure out how I was going to do the piping from the distributor on the grain elevator I was building as it had 16 down pipes. They along came Nick Muff with the "Powell Feed and Milling" article. The results of his inspiration are shown below.

Thanks for the great article Nick.

Greg

There is a lot going on and I am still finding this channel's direction. In today’s episode, let’s discuss What’s Happening Now and Growing Pains.

Working on putting up fascia curtains today, managed to find a cheap pre-made blockout curtain.

I'm really sorry, this is going to be absurdly brief and unhelpful. I'm in my classroom scrambling to set up the layout that I put into the deep freeze last March, so it will be ready for a visit from some of my students this Wednesday. I took 5 minutes to whip out my phone and post this quick thought blob. 

https://youtu.be/-mhy7PDtqm0

Ok... For whatever reason, the embed wouldn't work this time. Oy. Anyways, here's the link, hope y'all enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXMnJHbG_vw

SMA35 Interactive DCC Decoders IDEC The Next Generation - Sequencing Movement Sound & Lighting v1.08  https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/40940  describes the construction and use of a new series of low cost decoders that interact with the environment around them (significantly more than in the past).