Construction on the ATSF Paradigm Division has been progressing slowly over the last month or so.  I have been working on power district # 4 near the west helix for the past month or so. All of the track, turnouts, and wiring has been installed for Michaelson Jct. (simulates Ottawa Jct., KS) , the branch line over the top of the west helix to Michaelson, and Michaelson (simulates Ottawa, KS). Additionally, all of the sub-roadbed (plywood) for the peninsula has been installed and all of the cork roadbed has been glued down and painted with the dark base color that I have been using.

I'm programming my first units with working independent ditch lights - Athearn Genesis GP38-2s and an SD70ACe - and I'm having the same ditch light issue with all 5 units.  I have CV40 set to 6, activating FX5 and FX6, which causes F6 to activate both front ditch lights. 

Hello all,

I've some old rolling stock from Roco (1970's production for Atlas) at home and I would like to modify them to obtain updated cars for my little project of US layout.

They are good bases. I've compared an actual Atlas boxcar with a 70's one: the body is exactly the same: I was surprised!

After I put down my roadbed of homasote I realized I forgot to super elevate my curves. So I had to do it after I laid down my roadbed. The first method I tried I thought was working great. I put down a thin strip of masking tape all the way around the curve. Then I kept adding layers of tape making each layer shorter than the previous layer. But after laying down the tape, I did not get back to it for a couple of days. And I discovered when I put down the tape I was stretching it. And it shrunk causing the tape to come off the roadbed.