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Soundtraxx Tsunami "coast" throttle cut-out feature

Sun, 2014-06-08 05:31 — mikeconfalone

There has been a lot of discussion on various threads about the recently-discovered Soundtraxx Tsunami "coast" feature/workaround. I outlined it in detail in the Allagash Ebooks - how to program it in, how to use it and the advantages of using it. In summary, diesel operations have been taken to a new level if you use Tsunami decoders. Frankly, it would be great if this became a feature of Tsunami and LokSound decoders, WITHOUT having to go through this workaround.

SW-9 with Soundtraxx Tsunami, EMD 567 Sound!...Video results

Sat, 2014-06-07 22:02 — james660660

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

Walthers SP SD9

Sat, 2014-06-07 05:56 — TomSP

Hi All,

I hope I am not disappointed, but have just received after a long backorder a Walthers SP SD9, in Black Widow.

All the Black Widow locos I have , the lettering and the ends of the handrails are in white, this loco has silver lettering and silver handrail ends. Before I blow my top at Walthers after the Athearn GP9 debacle is this correct.

If not this time I wan't my money back.

From a Aussie modeller on a limited buget

Rgds

Tom

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Essex Terminal Sweep

Sat, 2014-06-07 02:17 — etrtrainman

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I have not done kit bashing for a while, I seen photos for these thought I would try it out. The Essex Terminal does not have one in its roster mine version will. It is based on the CN SW1200rsm.

Source for Kato SD38-2 dynamic brake hatch?

Tue, 2014-06-03 20:13 — IAISfan

Does anyone know of a source for a spare Kato HO scale SD38-2 dynamic brake hatch? Paint scheme/undec doesn't matter, as I'm having a tough time finding one in any form. Any assistance would be very much appreciated.

Joe Atkinson

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Copper Basin Railway Locomotives

Mon, 2014-06-02 18:37 — parkerlocoworks

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I'm going to try and keep a running log of my N scale locomotive builds here for the Copper Basin Railway. The prototype runs copper ore in Eastern Arizona and will be a shortline on my new layout in the coming year. I will have 4 locomotives total to build, two high hood SD35's and two RSD 4/5's, each a matching pair.

UP opens a new intermodal terminal

Thu, 2014-05-29 10:56 — Eric H.

It's not everyday when a major US railroad opens a state-of-the-art facility. I got lucky the other day when the Union Pacific held a grand opening ceremony for their new Santa Teresa Intermodal Ramp. The new facility will streamline intermodal operations for industry in the El Paso-Juarez region and reduce refueling and inspection time on mainline trains. Here are a couple of UP units and intermodal equipment that were on display at the event.

Can your sound decoder replicate this? (EMD 645-16, SD40-2 Rev up/dn)

Wed, 2014-05-14 13:45 — Bill Brillinger

I was describing to somebody a sequence of sound that I wish the RailPro decoder could do and they said, "Can other decoders do what you are describing?"

I suspect the answer is yes, but since I have no experience with other systems, I am looking to you to provide some examples...

This video by (railjames on youtube) shows what we want to replicate: