Modeling topic

Newest Early Rail Boxcar

Sun, 2014-03-02 11:10 — ferroequinologist1

Locos - Rolling stock (general)

Choctah, Oklahoma & Gulf RR Boxcar

To All: My newest Early Rail Boxcar project is this Virgina Car & Foundry kit produced by John Canfield. I assembled, painted, decaled (Art Griffin decals) and dullcoated the car. Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St. Louis Rail Group Layout

Cuyahoga River Bridge - Part 2

Sun, 2014-03-02 09:29 — David Calhoun

Benchwork - Roadbed

The cork roadbed has dried and now it is time to test fit, level and make the final installation of the bridge. To start, it is helpful to have an extra set of hands (thank you Mrs. Calhoun) to hold the bridge roughly in place so that temporary supports can be installed to check for level and then installation of the slotted pieces.

Batch Building Stock Cars, What's on your workbench?

Sun, 2014-03-02 08:08 — traintalk

I thought I would post a few pictures of building stock cars in batch mode.

These are craftsman kits offered by PBL in Sn3. www.p-b-l.com

JMRI + PR3 = DCC system?

Sun, 2014-03-02 07:52 — g0

Somebody told me the other day that a Digitrax PR3 (XTRA), hooked up to a computer running JMRI, was all I needed to run DCC on a small layout. I've been looking into a SPROG 3 (plus laptop with JMRI) for upgrading my Husher Central layout from a DC power pack, but the PR3 seems like a less-expensive and better-available option -- if it works... (Edited: I had mistaken the SPROG II for the SPROG 3.)

-Fuzzy
DM Rail Group: St. Louis Northern * IndustRail * South Fork * Paris Coal Railway * Milwaukee Franklin & Norway

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Could use some electrical help on DCC & Auto reverser modules.

Sat, 2014-03-01 17:23 — Ngwpwer

Could use some electrical help on DCC & Auto reverser modules.

Am building this WYE and using the wye at Reno Junction, Ca as the prototype. Just not too sure which legs to isolate for a reverser? Have three Tortoise machines and two DPDT switches to run them.

All legs go around the room.

Thanks RJ

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NY,V & N Rwy. get's a new SW8 in TT scale

Sat, 2014-03-01 12:32 — Bernd

Diesel locos

The New York, Vermont & Northern Rwy. acquired a brand new SW1200. Unfortunately it doesn't come in un-dec. I will need to remove the lettering first. More to come on this model since it's an unusual model, at least for the NY,V & N Rwy.

Builders Photo March 1, 2014