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Electrical problem.
I've begun restoration on a 16'x16' layout I built some years back when my children were little. Now that they have children, the layout (having sat dormant for several years) takes on new meaning for play/build time with grandchildren. I never finished the scenic work, so it's perfect for little hands to plaster and paint. I'm running a Hogger and I've got lots of control blocks and remote switches, but something strange happens when I"m at the end of the stretched out cord....
JMRI Operations Free Car Forwarding Program
This part one of 4. The JMRI program start up screen has changed a little but all in this video applies. You do not have to have your rr connected to the computer running the program.
Marker lights on a PRR bay window caboose
Can someone tell me what kind of marker lights are on a PRR bay window caboose?
ATSF 'Map' Box Cars
I picked up an Accurail '3 Pack' of 40' box cars. What color is the under frame and trucks on these cars?
Jim
wiring a wye ( again )
Working on my friend layout and trying to figure how to wire a section of a wye for long trains with metal wheels. The tail track actually leads to another section of the layout. I am thinking that If I double isolate the tail track switch ( hand laid fasttracks) at the diverging routes and make a long enough section down the tail track to handle any length train that will be enough. , but my confusion is on how to flip the frog? we are using tortosie machines. Do I just hook up the bus wires to that section of track as well?
Is P:48 worth it?
My modest modern fleet consists mostly of Atlas 2R equipment and I have a few modules completed. It is now time to decide, before the layout is built, continue in 5 ft gauge or switch to P:48.
Pembroke: Turntable and Roundhouse
My blog post regarding building the turntable and roundhouse for Pembroke.
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