Wanted to share my latest structure. Only 5 more to go for the NMRA AP Structures certificate.

This is a DPM kit building. It was assembled to model a saloon (probably with “upstairs rooms”) that has gone out of business. The building is empty and for rent. The building is closed and blinds drawn everywhere but the front street level windows, allowing interested folks to look in and see the emptiness. One shade (upper right front window) is even drawn crookedly.

I have 2 older walthers GP15s that a friend gave to me. They were dc models wich i have converted to DCC. They run great with the Tsunami decoders but i cant seem to find a good place to install a speaker. Any hints or Tips?

Thanks,  Cliff McKenney   UP MAN

To All: Received a four pack DA-SR NCE Decoder pack from Walthers Friday.

          I plan on installing them this week in Kato diesels, 3 GP7's and one RS-1

          Two Geeps in NKP, one  Geep in a NC&St.L,and an RS-1 in C&EI colors.

          They are easy drop in's that requires the wires to be soldered. This will  

A big thanks to you wonderful guys out there that keep this forum going.

Thanks for all the input on my speaker issue. Much appreciated . The forum is a great resource for me.

KEEP IT COMING

Hi All,

This will be a dedicated blog within the JL&T Blog for the construction of the buildings & industry that will grace the L&T Branch of the JL&T Railroad.

Jas...

Tony Thompson's article last month on creating more realistic waybills got me inspired to deal with my old waybill situation. I was having some issues with the ebb and flow of traffic on my railway and needed to create some new bills an probably remove others to adjust the traffic flow. I was not looking forward to this, but Tony's article got my juices flowing and I decided that If I'm going to mess with the waybills I might as well make mine more realistic as well.

Well today I got word that one of my new locomotives was progressing nicely and nearly 90% complete.

The locomotive is a Kato RDG GP35 it is rare (I haven't been able to find any) and I actually thought I wasn't going to be able to get one of these for the JL&T Roster.

If you look at a stand of evergreens at the edge of a cutblock, you see a lot of grey(ish) more or less bare trunks, and some branches and foliage at the top.  If the clear area was logged off a while ago there'll be all sorts of small bushes and deciduous trees growing up.  I decided to see if I could reproduce this effect at a distance with a minimum of detailed tree construction.  Here's the result of a couple of evenings work.  Each "tree"&nbs

 To All: Progress on layout--Installed a new billboard featuring Cheerwine Diet Soda (est. 1917) and

                                            installed a barber wire fenced in field. Larry and I ran four trains.