I ordered a Bachmann/Spectrum 45 ton switcher engine in HO. My layout is not DCC nor is it straight DC. It is a home brewed PWM (250HZ). So the dual input (analog DC or DCC) decoder will have to go. I have other engines (some Spectrum) that were originally DCC but the modules were easily removed and replaced with a header that allows pure DC only operation. If I remember correctly the DC header may not be required as removal of the DCC module leaves the engine setup for DC only operation (???). But my old memory is not 100%, to say the least.

I was digging around in a box of stored models and came a cross a project I must have started about 15 years ago. It's a representation of a Garford maintenance of way & fire fighting truck that rides on the rails, 3 foot gauge. The plans were published in the Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette in 1989. The drawing was done by Al Armatige. About 2009 Precision Scale Company did a brass model in On3.

Here's what the PSC model looked like.

My daughter's first recognizable picture was an apple. She was perhaps three, and at the time she was already a prolific artist, producing mostly pages of coloured straight, parallel lines. But this day, I was working on the endless basement reno, and she came down and presented me with a beautiful red apple with a green leaf. "Oh, what a wonderful apple!" I exclaimed. She beamed and went upstairs to produce more, reappearing a few minutes later with a sheet of parallel lines. "Lovely!" I exclaimed, "What is it?" She looked at me with the look that I hadn't expected her to perfect for at least another ten years, the look that says "Oh, Daddy, you are so dense!" and she explained, "It's lines."

What did Andrew and I (the other member of the posse being in Nevada) get up to last night?

Lines.

Two roughly parallel lines.

Hi All

I have a couple of real industries that I want to model.  Looking for some pointers and/or suggestions besides what I think below ( that also can be changed ).