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Operations. Interchanges and transfer runs?

Sun, 2012-01-29 03:23 — postman

I am starting operations in my small switching layout and I have some questions. 

My Csx local train spots and pull cars from a small industry yard, 2 tracks,  near a cement plant. This small industry yard has 2 functions, storage and runaround track. A bit later a Csx switcher takes these cars to the cement plant and return with loads and some empties to the industry yard.

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Which design would you use?

Sat, 2012-01-28 22:46 — Alexedwin

This is my first post on MRH.

Please be mercifulwink

These are designs I have come up with for my new layout base.

1 & 2 both will have lift up sections at the door.

My biggest problem has been the aisle space.

Which one would you choose?

 

1.

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Working bells animations and SMD lighting

Sat, 2012-01-28 21:25 — Laurie

G'Day,

here is a link to my YouTube video showing 3 x Blackstone C-19 locos each with animations and lighting using SMD LEDs -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bPU5Sjr_EY

 

2 x locos have working bells and the 3rd loco has a fireman shoveling coal.

All 3 have a 2nd decoder and tiny mocro motors driving the animations.

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Amherst Railway Club's Railroad Hobby Show

Sat, 2012-01-28 20:49 — jeffshultz

Okay... Amherst is big. You kind of come  to grips with that about building #3....out of 4. 

It's almost midnight here and I don't even have all of the photos from today edited down - you're going to get what I have in sort of a free association thing. I was just snapping stuff I thought looked good or interesting, taking pictures without necessarily taking names.... 

So, starting in the comments, here we go....

 

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Rail Colour (color)

Sat, 2012-01-28 11:58 — mikeruby

I've watched many videos and it looks like modern mainline rail is a grey colour, is this because of the type of steel? Other rail is brown, rust colour.

My question is are mainlines grey and older track brown?

Mike Ruby

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Steam vs. diesel models - a paradigm shift?

Sat, 2012-01-28 10:17 — DKRickman

I have heard it said many times that one of the things diesels have going for them is that the same model can serve a wide variety of railroads, whereas each road had its own steam locomotive designs.  That explains why there are more GP38's and GP40's than there are Southern Ps-2's or N&W M2's.

Athearn's new Genesis Model - it's a GP38-2 (Video's up)

Sat, 2012-01-28 07:36 — MRH_News_Online

Athearn introduced it's new Genesis locomotive at the Amherst Railway Club's huge show in West Springfield, MA.

A GP38-2, it includes railroad specific details, including wide and narrow spaced radiator fans, a Canadian National Safety Cab, oil bath filter, split radiator grills, ditch lights (CN), snow shields on the air intakes, and different blower sizes. 

The first four models are Southern Pacific (L-window), MoPac, CN (Safety cab), and Southern (High Hood). 

Delivery is expected in late 2012, price was not specified.


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