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Yard routing?

Well the lower staging yard is taking shape and trains are running! I have the Tortoise's installed and wired to an NCE "Switch  8" which is performing flawlessly. (controlled by a DT400) However with this yard ladder I am finding it to be a pain in the rear to have to line every switch along the way to the track I want. Is there a method of lining all the switches at one time? (For example hitting track three would line up switch 1, 2, &3 etc.) I'm thinking maybe the extra contacts on the machines?

'color' photos of 1800s

here's a link on cnn that has a couple of really interesting modeling ideas.  i especially like the colorization process showing the tall curved bridge with passenger train.

http://us.cnn.com/2014/06/24/travel/12-forgotten-hand-colored/

 

Sound decoder with accelerometer

Does anyone know of a sound decoder that uses an accelerometer to control the sounds of a diesel locomotive?

The accelerometer should be able to trigger wheel squeal by detecting divergence, acceleration and deceleration sounds, as well as ascent and descent sounds.

If possible the sensitivity should detect track bumps and possibly coupler collisions.

Thanks for any response.

Eugene

I'm tiring of pressing the buttons

One for the GN fans

Sorry for the poor quality -- shot from my Windows phone a bit before 6 a.m., north end of Balmer Yard. Someone at one of our car shops has been having fun! The well-ballasted tracks in the mid-foreground are Main 2 and Main 1 a few feet timetable west of CP 23rd Avenue.

BNSF 3-bay covered hopper with GN logo

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1 tree, 2 tree. Green tree, blue tree. Dealing with shadows on the backdrop

Been having some fun lately trying to deal with a particularly nasty shadow on the backdrop.

Here is my problem:

I like the effect of the lone Spruce next to the engine house but the shadow makes it blatantly obvious that the sky aint' real!

I tried painting some darker clouds around the shadow as seen on the right side here:

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Mehano brand ???

I have never heard of "Mehano" brand of HO locos or rolling stock.

Can anyone fill me in on this brand?  Is it a quality brand name or just run of the mill stuff?

G.T.

needing help with scenery...

Hey guys I'm pretty much new I've ben buying trains for a very long time but I'm just now doing my first layout...... and I'm building an around the room layout. Nothing major just a double main around the room. The back track however is elevated, well I didn't think of it at the time I wasn't thinking of doing scenery so I didn't make My shelf wide enough for what I wanted so my shelf is only 5 inches wide. So from the back track to the first which is the outside is almost straight down.

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best compressor for an airbrush

 

I am looking to replace my noisy air compressor for my airbrush. I thought I would ask for some advice.

I am looking for a quiet compressor, one with a tank. My budget is around $100.

-- Bill

The Search for the Most Prototypical Track

After an exhaustive search. One that took me through Atlas, Peco, Micro Engineering, Fast Tracks, Proto87 Stores and so on I finally found some really prototypical track. I'll have to hand lay it, as all the finest tracks are. 

 

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Richlawn RR V2 - Background hills corner piece

**** UPDATED 7-2-14 - I've added trees to the corner piece.  It's still a work in process.  Please see the new posting near the bottom of this thread.

**** UPDATED 6-26-14 - Added additional layers of stuff the the hills.  Please see the new posting near the bottom of this thread.


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