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Middle school model RR: we begin operations

We made remarkable progress installing feeder wires before the kids (and teachers) had a week off for Spring Break. I was disappointed that we didn’t quite finish as I had hoped that the break would be the pause before we started operating. So I snuck in during the break and finished up the feeders.

QSI Quantum Engineer Controller

Has anyone used or have any experience with the QSI Quantum Engineer Controller add-on sound system, especially with DC and not DCC control? I have an MRC Controlmaster Walkaround throttle, and was wondering if it is possible to use or adapt this to my throttle? 

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EMD GA-8

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Micro Engineering turnout issue

Ok, here's my dilemma: 

Still running DC.. 1 block - 1 engine operation on a small layout…

I recently installed a Micro Engineering turnout. Unbeknownst to me, the through track of the Left turnout, leading to a spur, is dead after the frog. The frog is double gapped on both sides of the frog. I have feeders soldered to the tail track that provide power to the through track and diverting track. There are also two feeds on the other side of the diverting track. Please see diagram:

My vintage Louis Marx given to me as a child

As a child in the early fifties I got my Louis Marx G scale train set. It has set unused most of my life, following wherever my military career took me, then sat in my closet for the last 23 years. A discussion about Hal Joyce, TT scale, and his starting HP products in my small hometown got me to pull out my train set.

I recieved something very interesting from a friend the other day....

... it is 5 pieces of very old flex track.  I am pretty sure this stuff is from the 60's or older.  The ties are made something like a card board or the like.  They are brass rail, and very interesting. Would this be something a model railroad museum would want?

I don't thought maybe the forum might.

 

Jim

Electrical Needs

I am beginning to expand/improve my current layout. I want to add more overhead lighting, scenery lighting, etc., and powered switches. I currently only have one outlet (20 amp) servicing my DCC bus work, 2 overhead fluorescent lights, and my home furnace! So I definitely need to put my layout on a separate dedicated circuit and add 4 or five more outlets around the layout to prepare for these future enhancements.

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Yet another tree quandary......(of a slightly different kind)

In the photo below, you will see two conifers I've been working on. I'm pretty happy with them and have gotten the look I wanted.  I had always planned to put a third one up on the ridge too. Probably by moving the smaller one forward and putting something a little larger in the back. Now I'm not so sure. It's as if the area begs for something to be there, even if nothing more than a stump or a pile of deadfall.

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Is a router a tool that has enough potential applications to make the investment worthwhile?

As a tool junkie I have no problem working up the temptation and I do have a few situations where owning a router would be helpful, but I just don't know if over the long haul it would be a reasonable investment.  Perhaps anyone who's used one on their railroad would have an opinion on this.


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