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Layout Update: Mid October 2015
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been working on finishing the installation of the two remaining sidings (Paradigm siding & Morris Stock Feed Yard) and placing/annotating the track feeders for the Paradigm section. The bus wire for this power district (Main Level PD #2) was made, marked with two yellow strips of tape every 5 feet (give or take), and run through the pre-drilled holes along the back wall from the east helix to the power cabinet under the window.
Autumn Operation Session 2015 on the C&E
Last weekend we had a nice operation session on the Cleveland & Eastern RR.
While I was involved in the action, little to no pictures were taken. But we gathered some anyway.
Train MA-5 picked up some cars and is leaving Elizabeth Oaks heading east to Cleveland,OH (Staging). Local (mid left) waits for clear tracks to resume its switching job.
Show me some Halloween Fun
As the leaves turn red and orange and the cooler winds blow, October brings not only the start of the model railroading season, but thoughts of Halloween as well.
Show me your horror, your bloody scenes, your zombie hordes, nightly ghost trains and things that will keep us up at night!!!!
I'll start it off with my 1:87 scratch built HO scale Headless Horseman.
Lenz and I feel like I got lost for the last 9 years....
So, has been awhile since I've posted anything. But I recently (within the past year) switched from N to Ho because of failing eyesight, at least up close, and have found something that is throwing me a huge curveball.
Since I last actually used my Lenz USB interface I've upgraded computers at least three times, maybe more. I am using Windows 7 now, and just today found that my interface is a no-go because of "no driver" for the USB interface.
First level critique from what I've learned
All,
Attached is a first level drawing. I have circled the radii of each turn. I opted for outside turns for 42 inch and inside 36. 42's would look better for long cars as seen on the outside and 36 on the inside would not look bad on from the inside. I also showed narrower/narrowest parts of isles dimension for those that have done it before to give advice if I need to widen these.
HO scale
Basement is 41' by 54'
Steps are open on wall side to get tracks behind steps to avoid duck-unders
DCC controller for Grandt Line HOn3 GE 25 ton loco
I have a Grandt Line Products HOn3 GE 25 ton Narrow Gauge Loco, kit #7090. I want to add DCC. What have you used, either with or without sound.
Thanks for the help.
Wes
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
What Are These Things?
Found these near Plainview Texas on the BNSF. Do you know what they are?
"A Nation of Sheep will beget a Government of Wolves." <> Edward R. Murrow
Fixing a mistake? (Sound resonance on foam)
Well, in my eagerness to get to laying track, I think I may have made a mistake. I created an open frame module from one inch boards, and topped it with a one inch thick blue foam board to serve as the layout deck. It's not a huge section (1 x 2.5 feet), and it's rigid enough to support the trains and scenery (a masonite fascia board will keep train crews from chipping the edges), but it drums loudly when a train passes over it. Didn't think of that!
Oct 2015 Act II - New Live Steam in the Garden Series: Fired Up!
Explore the world of garden-scale live steam with Trevor Marshall and Jeff Young. This 6-part series will showcase small-scale live steam in the backyard give you plenty of information to get started in this fascinating segment of the hobby. Part one of six. Watch it now on TrainMasters TV ....
Multi-Deck Sectional Benchwork with Grades
Any examples out there of free standing multi-deck sectional benchwork (multi-deck sections that can be moved every couple of years that aren't secured to walls)?
Any examples of grades across sections and how the alignment is maintained?
Joe Baker
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