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A new toy for Benny
I just saw this. Benny will want one to help with layout construction. Imagine much smaller ones doing layout maintenance! 
Does anyone have experiance with TAT (True Action Throttle)??
I would like to know if it is possible to set the TAT brake with a light throttle and increase the brake setting or adjust the throttle setting to make a precise stop. This is the way the 12 inch scale trains were operated to control slack action.
The reason I am interested is that none of the DCC decoders can do this. The brake will not work if the throttle is open, or opening the throttle cancels the brake setting.
USMRCWA Layout Takes Shape
About 10 months ago I wrote about our club (US Model Railroad Club of Western Australia) having to demolish our old layout and moving to a new location (see http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/6216).
Bobber Caboose
To All: The latest addition to my layout is this bobber caboose assembled from
a Virginia Foundry & Model works kit by John Canfield. I heavily weathered
it to represent many years of hard service.
Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St.Louis Rail Group Layout
Quick Tip: #1 [or smaller] Phillips Bit & a bonus extra
So, I have not had any time to model this week, or last week, or the week before, or ever since my shop found out I can build stuff. This quickly turned into "Hey Ben, I need a corner desk" followed by "Hey Ben, I have this stone Chess set..." I swear, this is the last "For Hire" work I do!!!
Another one gone
Ontario Northland train 698 pulled into Toronto Union Station at 1900 this evening, marking the end of mainline passenger service on the ONR. The Cochrane-Moosonee Polar Bear is still operating.
David
Carving foam rocks, the saga continues
I now have most of the background rocks carved and coloured but I have to tidy up a bit as we've got an operating session this weekend. It would probably mess up our timetable if we had to get out the rotary plow and push through piles of pink "snow".
At any rate, I couldn't resist plugging in a few temporary trees to get a feel for what the scene will look like. I'll say this, planting trees in foam rock is EASY. Just jam em' in.
Kasie on the Bethlehem Branch
I've gotten to a good point. I've got 9 whole feet of track down. Two six foot staging tracks, a switch, and a three foot tail. I've been working on the electrical the past couple of weeks. BTW, this is all DC, for now. The three sections are divided into blocks controlled from a temporary panel. I've got a couple of LEDs to indicate the turnout position.
The next two things I'm going to work on are playing around with the Ir Tx/Rx LEDs to display whether the turnout is fouled from either the two legs.
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