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The Town of Highland Boy gone now but not forgotten.
Bringing the old steam engine out to go back in time to visit the community of Highland Boy, totally ate away by the encroaching mine.
Diesel Locomotive Truck Designs (hinged 3 axle design)
A recent posting on this site brought this subject of diesel locomotive truck design back to my mind. I went looking in the search box, but was not coming up with some of the info I was seeking,...perhaps I just entered the wrong search words?
Car-Mover Winch
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about replicating stranded steel cable. All great ideas. Greg Amer pointed me to the 'Beadalon' bead-stringing wire from Michaels. It worked perfectly Greg!
The prototype:
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To Frame a Layout
I have never built a layout this large before and I'm not sure how to frame it. My last two large layouts were done with L-girder, and that is what I'm trying here. I like L-girder: very easy to build, not a lot of skill needed. Box frame is thinner, but it takes more precision. What advice do you all have?
The Eastborough Industrial
It's taken me far too long but I've finally narrowed in on what I really want out of this layout and have worked out a plan which I think I'll find fun and satisfying.
More in the first post...
New Build questions and intro
Hey,
I'm new here, but have been reading the posts for a while trying to gather a bunch of info to start my new project.
There are no train/hobby stores near me here in Central Texas. Back in '98 we moved from Columbus Ohio, the home of "The Train Station" on Indianola,,, (a fantastic shop that had everything one could want) where I had a 4x8 built out in the basement. That was pre- bluetooth, smart phones, first gen Digitrax, etc. So with that said I am semi-familiar with how this all works.
Using Full-Sized Prototype Radius curves?
I've been interested in designing a layout that uses full-scale, prototype-sized curves without resorting to any 'selective compression'. For N scale this works out to 43" radius curves (1150 scale feet in diameter) to represent a 10-degree curve on the prototype. My thought is that it would better represent the 'flow' of a real train as it negotiates such a curve, and that replicating such movement is a subliminal way to enhance overall realism. The other benefit is that it should make it easier to run longer trains with fewer issu
Merry Christmas! STS version 4 released (Shipper-driven Traffic Simulator)
Just in time for Christmas, I've posted Version 4 of the Shipper-driven Traffic Simulator to the 'net. Here's a link to the folder that contains the STS software and documentation:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FBQzxxBRhtz0rK5plvw2pim55jO0Njiz...
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