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Switching from N to HO....layout design ideas needed
My nerves, eyesight and general all around age is catching up with me. I'm contemplating a switch of scales from N to HO but the catch is a HO layout will have to go in the existing space of my N layout. The area is L shaped with each leg of the L being right at ten feet long. The widest points of the layout as it exist now are right at about 30 inches wide, I may be able to squeeze a little more width in but I don't know. Obviously some type of switching layout in in order for HO as there is no real room for any type of continuous run loop.
Noisy locomotive
My locomotives are making a high frequency whirring sound when idle. The problem seems to be in sections that are circuit protected. using nce powercab with dcc specialties psx breakers and tcs decoders installed. Running in dcc mode.
Anyone experience similar noisy locos?
Help with n switching yard
Hi everyone, another newbe here. Im in the process of building an N scale layout in 4 modules. The module for the
switching/yard is 1ft by 3ft. Is this possible in this small area and still be functional? I am having a hard time designing
it. Thanks for your help.
Jack
Litchfield & Madison RS-3
To All: Another locomotive run on the E. St. Louis Rail Group Layout is an RS-3 Litchfield & Madison one.I painted, lettered, weathered and dullcoated it. The decals are by Champion.
Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St. Louis Rail Group
In and out Trains
I was having problems with train routing on my Port Road layout. I didn't have enough room to include both the Columbia Branch and the Atglen and Susquehanna Junctions in and near Columbia PA. So my initial solution was to model the modern era in which the A&S has been abandoned and only two trains a day operate on the Columbia Branch.
A Shelf-Based Switching Layout
Work has started on my shelf-based switching model. I was originally inspired by the "Summer Shelf Shunting Project” by M.C. Fujiwara (which was, in turn, based on Byron Henderson’s “Alameda Belt Line”).
I was all set to start when my wife said “I think you should make it bigger.”
“How much bigger were you thinking?” I asked.
“You should make it a show piece” she replied.
Rural Drawbridge prototype
I've spent the last two days riding Amtrak #11 from Seattle, WA to Southern California, CA. And, of course, my face was glued to the window most of the time; camera and notepad in hands.
In central Oregon I spotted the perfect prototype for a drawbridge to fit a non-industrial or rural setting. I would love to build it, even though it won't fit my layout. So, I'm hoping that someone on this forum might have some detailed info on it.
Looking for the least costly trucks for On3
The club I belong too has a fleet of On3 cars that all need their trucks replaced. They are mostly scratchbuilt and hardly conform to the NMRA Gauge. The previous owner of the cars (who sadly passed away many years ago and his family gave the club the cars) was not interested in operation. The O Scale group (currently only 2 of us, but we have a few new members coming on board who are interested in joining the O Scale group) is interested in operation so we want to upgrade the trucks by replacing them all. I originally was hoping to find EBT based trucks, but the
Assistance required from across the Pacific.
I am looking for a map photo's or information regarding the Arcata & Mad River railroad in Humboldt County.
specifically to do with the rail line or lines from the bridge crossing the Mad river just west of Blue Lake
Google earth has provided sufficient detail to make out the right of way thus far but nature has taken over again.
A little hard to do myself since I am in New Zealand.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
New York Centrals Black and Gold color scheme
NOTE: I had lost the pictures when doing a web site rebuild. Just found them today (12/22/13) while looking for some other pictures on a thumb drive.
John,
I found the round-tuit button this afternoon. Here are the Atheran F7 shells. One was made into an F3A before commercial models were available. This was Atherans second up grade. The trucks were much improved on these models. Anyway here are the prototype engines.
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