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A Few Engines Going East
These were just outside of Midland Texas. It was not a long train, guess it was mostly to move engines.
Regards, John
You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening. <> Creighton Abrams
Colorado Front Range Railroad April Update- Lighting
This Month I look at all the lighting options to light my railroad. Some design points to look at when thinking about lighting your railroad. I look at old and new ideas. lighting a 900 square foot railroad is not cut and dry. We are one step closer to finishing the mainline.
Faded paint
I model a lot of cars that are within 5 or 6 years of the new/repaint date. I was wondering how long does it take before the paint starts to fade?
Operations using a Train Elevator
With no room for a helix, I will likely be building a 6-ft long train elevator (vertical lift) between the two decks of my planned n-scale railroad (6 feet matches my maximum expected train length).
My question here is *not* about *building* a train elevator. Rather, I'm looking for some creative thinking regarding OPERATIONS when using one.
Were there any *prototypical* reasons for a train to *always* stop at some point on the mainline for a while, then move on? What might it be doing (as a model railroad thought) while it pulls onto, stops, raises, then drives off the elevator?.
My lego fan train thing
Well the images and video speak for themselves this is built on a flatcar base with a Lego mounting for the snap circuits fan.
Bloopers:
And some photos
New way to build hills and water
It's just a start but soon your layout may be a pile of sand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l12Z85nL3XQ
Charles
The Misadventures of Laura Station
I bought this kit from M.B. Klein:
I thought I would try it as the originating station for excursions on the Little Trees and Surfside. The listed dimensions were a tad big for the place it has to fit, but I figured if I left off the platform (which for some reason seems to be on the back of the station) it would work. This is the chronicle of what I had to do to make it so.
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New Atlas nscale S2
Wondering if a non sound decoder can be easily installed in the DC version of this new S2. Would like to have one to run on my Surroundtraxx layout.
Doug Brown
New Brunswick
New Atlas N-Scale S-2
Received my new Atlas N-Scale S-2 this weekend and was completely blown away. This is the first sound equipped N-scale locomotive I have purchased and the quality is outstanding. I am a little apprehensive about taking the body shell off of the chassis to repaint for my home railroad. See short video below and a link to my review at my blog.
Re-do it all!
Sadly, my layout has been fussy. There's a small grade on it that the trains can't cope with, and nothing seems to make it past 5-6 laps before something goes wrong! I am faced with only one choice: tear down the roadbed and start over! Here are some final pictures of the half built mess, before I get down to it:
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