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Update on the CNW Watersmeet Engine Terminal Relocation
Some recent pictures of the progress on the relocating of Watersmeet Engine Terminal
The roughed in foam in the cut created by the raising of the Terminal subbase.

Three track curved crossover in code55 Nscale by Fastrack
A curved triple crossover to exit my yard and make an interchange btween the three lead of my yard
I used Vallejo wash to weatherd the track including Golden artist acrilycs, my favorite paint,

Electrical bullet proof Peco turnouts
Since it nearly exist I use Peco Nscale code 55 track; Peco offer a great line of turnouts, crossing, and double slip.
All of them are handsome good trackwork and work quite well.
However after some years of use, they show some electrical problems, in fact electrical continuity trough the point; this is true on turnouts because of the hinged point which whith time take play and make false contacts.
I modify since years all of my Peco turnouts whith this method and they are become nearly electrical bullet proof.

An extraordinary load!
Some weeks ago a picture was shown here ...
... a really impressive and heavy load!
It was a very fascinating load for me and so I hoped to find solutions for all needed things and techniques for modeling, load including car.

My O scale (2 rail) crane
I'm almost finished with this model! It started life as a MTH 3 rail toy crane. I converted it to 2 rail and added a S-Cab R/C system to control a Stanton drive. The S-Cab radio is mated to a Tsunami sound decoder and powered by a LiPo battery. The tender car is a modified Intermountain composite gondola detailed with all of the gear used by a crane. I have a blow by blow blog going on the A&O Railroad website:
Looking for an op session to attend
Hi guys,
My name is Matt. I'm new to this site and looking for an op session in the Willamette Valley, OR to attend. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Matt
A Question of Scale
I know that HOn30 and HOn3 are two different scales and that they both run on 9mm track (Nscale). My question is ... what is the difference between the two scales? Is one bigger than the other?
Thanks for any info.

Getting ready to take the plunge...
Hi there,
I have a large garage layout that I'm going to be rebuilding for signaling and block detection. Possibly eventually some automated running.
I currently have a Prodigy Advance 2 and about 8 (mostly) wireless cabs representing a fairly big investment. JMRI seems to work fine with it, running trains with wifi and all. There are no signals or blocks on the current layout to test any of the other features of panel pro.
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