Notes
We had to deal with trains going around the loop for the open house.
Operations
Greenville & Howland Paper. Work in progress
Working on some foreground scenes for my paper mill complex. Still need to weather the heavy equipment but that will come in time.
The tracks at GHP is the eastern terminus for the railroad and uses both tracks in this area for switching. The layout uses a "modified" double oval being that the main track is the outside loop and the passing track is the inside loop. The passing track has almost all of the industries on the layout with the exception of the Town of Bownell which is the midpoint and has a few sidings there.
Operating sessions.
I know nothing about the formal logistics of hosting an operating session, as my layout is small, an "L" shaped dog bone for a continuous run of about 50', with a yard, and trans load area, and 4 more industries on a spur, so it's not made for operating sessions with more than I person.
My question is, after watching some videos in TMTV, it seems that people who join in on sessions have to pay for the privilege. Is this the norm? Is the cost totally the discretion of the host? And if so, about how much does it cost?
Thanks,
DCC Uncoupers - Let's talk about them!
So there was a post about a fascinating product that disappeared, so let's try again...
DCC uncouplers are coming!
This video is from August 2015:
There is a website for the product but no English content so far: http://www.smart-coupler.com/
There is however a Japanese page: http://www.smart-coupler.com/#!homejapanese/cmil
Uncoupling - what method do you use?
There are various methods to uncouple depending on scale and type of coupler.
What scale and type of coupler are you using and how do you uncouple?
What other methods have you tried but stopped or avoid using and why?
Layout Design Idea and no not a late april fools joke LOL
For years I been planning that big awesome layout..but now I have come to that big moment i finished basement demo and basic remodel I have final layout space available and dreams n thoughts and planning dont fit. So I now have a 16x13 ft space with a 9ft by 1ft extention on one 16 ft side. Walls are only on the 25ft total wall side and adjacent 13ft wall (basement walls ).
Mar 2016-3 - Dave Petty's Midwest Central
The hobby has come a long way since David Petty first dabbled in N-scale in the early 1970’s. His freelance Midwest Central layout is the result of 40 years of imagination and a love for his home state of Indiana.
Operated at Jim's House during an open house.
Operated at Jim's House during an open house. We finished the trains that were left over from his last operating session.
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