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NMRA advertising with MRH?
This past August I joined the NMRA for the first time. Mainly I wanted find out about modelers in my area, and have access to the NMRA get meets, plus I really enjoy this hobby and support their efforts at education. Which kind of brings me to the point of this post. Is the NMRA an advertiser with MRH?
I did a quick check of the advertisers index, and didn't see them as a sponsor. I should probably be writing to the guys at NMRA about this, but thought maybe someone had keener eyes than me.
Toni
Reading Railroad
This is a freelanced railroad, loosely based on the Reading Railroad from Reading to Philadelphia. I started construction in November 2012. Now, one year into it, I am starting my first Blog.
Building a home for a GE 85 Ton Locomotive
Well the purpose of building two GE 85 Ton Locomotives was so I could run them in an open pit much like they did for HBMS Flin Flon and in the Bingham Canyon Pit Utah, if not in other places as well.
Very informative Youtube series about operations.
As a newbie trying to learn all I can about how real railroads operate and how we emulate that in our modeling I spend a lot of time watching videos as well as reading on the internet. I came across this series of videos by 'CNLVN' on Youtube.
Lenz Decoder install in a Mantua 0-4-0 Switcher Engine
Lenz This blog will cover the mechanical rebuild and improvement for electrical pickup on a Mantua 0-4-0 steam engine.
Richlawn RR V2 - Feeding the feeders
[Note - I'm on the front porch right now, so no pictures - sorry]
Detailing parts on the cheap
So, I needed some simulated grid type material for some tiny stairways.
Went to the local hardware store yesterday and asked to see their screen. It looked good so I asked to buy "about an inch's worth" off the roll. The store owner cut off a hunk about 1 inch by the width of the roll and said to take it. 3 stairs x 4 stairways per caboose x 5 cabooses x free = free......
Good materials don't always have to cost a mint.
Turning a corner / Flin Flon yard limits
A quick update on progress on the Hudson Bay Railway. After the big push to get SOMETHING done before the layout tour progress has slowed somewhat, mostly because all the things I pushed off so that I could focus on laying track and roadbed had to be done.
Building bridges to nowhere?
So now that all the benchwork is largely complete, I am working to tie in a switching yard that I inherited from a good friend. This yard will be a stand in for the KCS Baton Rouge yard, and replaces the two track fiddle yard I had in this location. And yes, all the stuff of the filing cabinet stays - the household COO has mandated it's continued storage. I plan to put a small plywood shelf over teh yard with some under cabinet lights to help se ethe end of the yard:
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