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What color are these covered hoppers
I am thinking of building the following covered hoppers but the only pictures are the following. Does anyone what color of body and paint they had? The Jack Frost looks like blue on white, but old color photos often turn blue or red with age. I want to be sure before building them.
Models vs Prototype Wheel Size
Do you change out the wheelsets on your rolling stock, and if so what have you found?
My small fleet of freight cars is still running on the wheels they came with. I've had them out to paint the centers and could see there were some different sizes but hadn't looked into it further until reading the "Make it Run Like a Dream" series by Joe Fugate.
3D printer choices
I'm thinking of getting a 3D printer and was wondering if any of you have opinions concerning brands, ease of use, cost, resolution sufficient for HO, etc. I've looked at the Any Cubic Photon printer but that's about it.
Thanks.
Interesting grain elevator and location plus observations on research
If you are looking for prototypes to model or emulate, Google maps satellite and street views come in handy. As many know, the street view is not necessarily going to give you the same thing as the "satellite" (often flyover) image. In many places, the satellite image is updated every several years. However, the street view may a) not exist at all, or b) be as many as 13 years out of date and very poor quality imagery. If you're following a rail line that parallels a road (highway) you may come upon industries that you're interested in.
Kato 106-102 CN Transcontinental Train set - how to drop in a decoder
Hello,
I've bought the CN Transcontinental Train set, Kato 106-102. I bought the "standard" edtion without any lights installed. But the car at the end, the Sleeper Observetion #1903 "Trinity" does have light installed to my surprise.
I run my trains DCC so I'd like to drop in a decoder in that car to control the light. On my DCC layout the car has always the head lights switched on and I'd like to have the lights changing with the direction of travel.
How can I drop in a decoder and which one do I need?
Lionel 671-238 side rod screw
Does anyone know the tap size needed to fit a 671-238 side rod screw. Yes it is very tiny.
Connecting Keep Alive to Rivarossi U25C
Has anyone successfully attached a Keep Alive to a Rivarossi U25C motherboard? I attached the Blue wire to pin 16 and the black wire to pin 20 following the drawings on sbs4dcc.com. The Keep Alive does not activate even after several minutes. Am I missing something?
Central Vermont Richford Branch - Video Update #10
I just posted a video update on my HO scale Central Vermont Richford Branch to my YouTube channel.
Highlights include:
1. A quick look at some recently weathered and completed freight cars.
JMRI - Operations Pro, down the rabbit hole we go...
Over the last couple of nights, and with the help from a fellow Oper
Tsunami2 responds differently to different throttles... really?
This is making me crazy... well maybe crazier
I have a new Athearn Genesis GP7u (ATSF 2098). I want to set it up to work with my ProtoThrottle. on my Digitrax DCC system. I have other locos that are working fine with the PT (LokSound v4 and Tsunami decoders).
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