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Cornhill and Atherton - an apology
To celebrate the (near) half million reads and 10 years of build on the C&A, I posted a slide show video a couple of days ago. The post has been removed without explanation, but if you want to see it go to YouTube and search for "CandASlideshow".
Merry Christmas all 
Reminder
Just a reminder for everybody to plan on completing any pending electrical or wiring projects in January.
You don't want to work on electrical in February, its a "short" month.
Heljan Turntable Help
I have installed a Heljan Manual turntable with split ring wipers. My question is whether or not to use an AR1 from the approach tracks (2 of them) to the AR and then the output side going to the wipers.
If I understand the wiper function, they should be wired to the main power; the approach tracks wired to the main power; and the stall tracks (all lefts) and (all rights) wired to the main power same as the approach tracks. The engine should cross to the stall track correctly.
Cornhill and Atherton - 10 years in the making
On checking I was pleasantly surprised to see that the individual C&A blog segments total just short of half a million reads and well over 3000 comments
With Christmas fast approaching and the C&A also close on 10 years from conception I thought I would make a quick (4 minute) slide show of images very much in a random order:
My new personalized throttle holders:
I saw these personalized Throttle holders on Luke Lemmons Facebook page. I thought to myself," I could use some of these," so I contacted Mike Polsgrove of Soo Parts fame and asked if He would come up with a design I had in mind. The next morning, Mike had a view for me in CAD. Later that evening he was printing up my throttle holder order. Four days later they arrived unpainted. I picked these up in the mail Friday, I bought some rattle can paint and some #6 pan head 1/2 inch sheet screws for mounting these to the layout.
Requesting recommendations for complete newbie - DCC, RasPI, JMRI, ...?
I'm a complete newbie interested in jumping into model trains with these main objectives:
1) Finding fun ways to control the trains automatically using custom software that I'll write
2) Setting up easy ways for a young grandson who *loves* trains to run and play with them
National Ice & Cold Storage Co finished
Yet another "off-again-on-again" project. Just completed it this afternoon with some weathering. My first structure using foam core board. Learnt a lot, hope the next one will be easier!
Thought I would post these photos even though I still have to complete the scenery, access road and track ballasting.
Lyndon S.
Santa Fe Railway - Los Angeles Division - 1950s
Proper Insulation Joints on Peco Crossovers
Proper Insulation Joints on Peco Crossovers
I'm using almost exclusively Peco Code100 turnouts on my layout. They are almost all Insula-frog turnouts, and being that it is a DCC layout I will be following the recommended practice of insulating both diverging frog tracks,...to prevent wheel shorting at the frog.
I few questions arose in my mind when it came to using the Peco turnouts in a crossover situation. I'd like to confirm my thoughts before I proceed.
Scenery Question
I find when securing real dirt with a 50/50 mix of matte medium and water the dirt shows to be darker when it dries. Is there anyway you have found to prevent the color change? Hair spray will work but is not strong enough for the initial application of dirt but works fine for adding foliage on top of it. Paint will also work but seems to only hold a very thin layer of the dirt. Is the only answer to start with a lighter color of dirt to begin with?
Any other suggestions are more than welcome.
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