Diesel locos
Dumb Luck on my Side - AC&Y Locomotives
Sometimes you get really lucky and don't realize it until a long time afterwards. Such is the case with the locomotive roster of my railroad.
The prototype for my railroad is the Akron Canton & Youngstown, a fallen flag. The AC&Y motive power roster was primarily FM units - H16-44 and H20-44 being the bulk of the fleet. What is the first thing you do when re-entering the hobby after a long time? Buy locomotives! I set out to get me some AC&Y locomotives. This was 2009.
cabless units
Hey everyone. I need some help. I am planning on making some gp38b units but don't know how to go through with this. If anyone else has done this before and knows how. It would be much help. I am planning on making these in ho scale, and I plan on kitbashing them. All advise accepted. Thanx.
Installed first Decoder...
... I picked up a bottom-of-the-line Digitrax decoder (DN135D) to put in an old loco so my son had something to run when his friends come over (don't want them playing with the new DCC/Sound Locos). The Motor control work fine, I still need to mess with the numbers to get it running a better, but it never ran all that great on DC anyway.
Suggestions Needed
I have two Alco Models C-628 Century Alcos. Can't remember what year I bought hem but they are the older all brass engines. Here's a picture of the engine.
Bernd
N Scale Plymouth Switcher DCC Conversion
Hello again. A comment on a previous post (http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/16456) mentioned problems with weight and pickup for these small switchers. I have two of them and plan to convert one to DCC following the excellent results obtained by
My Athearn Split Gear "Fix" article is now complete.
You will find the article at http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/16388
Enjoy it and Employ it.
G.T.
Experience with the Bachmann N-Scale EMD GP7 with DCC
Has anyone had any experience with the new Bachmann N-Scale EMD GP7 with DCC installed? I'm considering buying one and was wondering how it performs.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Bob
SoundTraxx AT-1000 in Atlas GP39-2 - Lights?
Greetings,
I am installing a SoundTraxx AT-1000 sound decoder in one of my Atlas Trainman GP39-2s, but am having some difficulty getting the lights to work. Before I go further, I thought I should ask around so I don't ruin or short out the decoder.
To start with, I followed the directions on this site for wiring:
http://www.soundtraxx.com/documents/appnotes/atl_emdgp38-2.pdf
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