Trackwork
My first module - The BIG test
So having completed the wiring of the module it was time for the Big Boy test.
I hooked up my Roco Z21 system, whipped out my iPhone, added a new loco and voila...it worked perfectly!
Even my 22" curve was ok.
Next I tried out the Intermountain BNSF ES44AC.
My first module - Wiring
It's been quite a while since my last post, so I have quite a bit of catching up to do.
Very soon after gluing the track down my little helper and I tested it out with a recent purchase.
Then I carefully flipped the module up onto it's side and proceeded to start my first ever wiring.
Here is how it looks.
Double Main Tracks to Single Main Track Free Mo Module - Signaling, Control, and Operation
Hi everyone,
I am doing a small shelf layout but wanted to experiment with signaling. I plan to do a free mo module (3' long) modeling a location just a mile or two east of Kandiyohi, Minnesota. It is now BNSF, but was originally Great Northern. It is CTC-operated and is set up with two main tracks (operation in both directions) converging into a single main track. My question has several parts:
First Run...
At 11:00pm CDT on July 19, 2016, the N-scale Bonne Terre Railway's recently accquired GP35 completed a full circuit of the layout's twice-around (folded loop? / folded dogbone?) mainline loop. It's more a wooden spike moment than a gold one, for the track is currently laid out with Bachmann EZ track, which, because of its sectional nature, is too broad for the board in some places and too narrow in others, but it is a start progress!
Colorado Front Range - How to build a control panel on JMRI: Panel Editor
Every wonder how to build a control panel in JMRI, or what it would take to get my computer to control my turnouts or for that madder anything. We here is a simple How to Video on Panel Editor 101 this will at least get you started on a panel and see what it will take and maybe open your eye to the possibilities. This is a simple project to get start on.
Hope it helps someone.
Mike
Colorado Front Range Railroad update July 2016 - First JMRI panel
July brings me to the First JMRI control panel so here is the up date. I have a how to do following in a seprate post and video. hope you like the update.
Mike
S&NE Track nearly down
I have laid the bulk of the track. I have found out that I am short of about 3 yards of straight so I have them on order. In the meantime, I can get on with the wiring and fitting the point motors.
Here is where I am at the moment.
Free Track Planning software SCARM v.0.9.33
The new SCARM v. 0.9.33 is ready and published, coming with several new features and updated track libraries. Read more details here:
SCARM Model Railroad Track Planning Software 0.9.33
Hope you will like it :)
Mixy
Building a foldable yard for PNW FreemoN
Another project! The guys in the Freemo group really REALLY want a yard to be able to support some operations. Up until now, we have pretty much been in "proof of concept" mode and getting all the modules bullet proofed. We have attracted some new active participants and now have a pretty decent length of run and variety of industries, and a couple of other yards that are under construction.
There's a hole in the benchwork......
The final 18" segment of mainline track awaits the construction of a bridge and river on the bench work. This will complete about 400' of mainline in two rooms, and a chance to run trains all the way around the second level.
Despite having to take a few days off next week to move one of the kids into an apartment up in VT, I hope to post the progress of this area as it progresses, which I hope will be rapidly.
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