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Freight Car fleet - Science or Mysticism
Having felt the soft touch of the UP and riding the furlogh board..lol..I now have more time to look into my layout and some details I have been neglecting.
The Shops
We only have a few photos of the large Bingham Canyon shops perched on the mountainside, they were always trying to fine space, like us modeling. My small scratch-built engine house on the Copper King Mine and Railroad.
FYI - Foothill Model Works evacuated
Hi all,
FYI - I thought it might be a good idea to post this here as a separate topic so that any customers can get a heads-up that will draw attention and hopefully allay some fears as requested below.
Copied from another forum, after being relayed from elsewhere -
Lets see some grey/overcast sky backdrop
I would like to get away from the traditional sky blue and explore a grey or overcast sky. Anybody that has gone in that direction please share your photos.
-Scott
Shippensburg Classification Yard - Track work...
Shippensburg Classification Yard - track work being finalised and secured into place today.
Turnout Indicator
I am looking to use LED turnout indicators on my small layout. I also want to be able to power the frog. I have searched MRH and all over the internet and am suffering from wiring diagram overload. I think I have found what I am looking for on the Wiring For DCC website. there are two diagrams, one for a 2 lead LED and one for a 3 lead LED. The wiring is simpler for the 2 lead. Just to make it worse, I want to be able to run in DC and sometimes in DCC. Will the switch, resistors, diodes, and LEDs work exactly the same?
Filling in the tiny gaps on a wooden deck flat car to simulate a steel deck
Hello fellas, I would like to hear from anybody that has changed a wooden deck flat car to steel.
I have Bachmman 3 Axle truck depressed center flat car that I wish to make look like a steel deck. Has anybody attempted this task and if so, how. The groves a very small and i would like find out what material was used to do the job.
Thanx Steve Klein
[How to] curve flex track with rail bender (Fast Tracks)
Hello. In this thread I will show, how to curve flex track with rail bender from Fast Tracks. Usage of rail bender gives you two advantages:
1. You will get curves without kinks.
2. You can lay flex track on your layout very easily, because it will be already pre bended to needed radius.
The process of curving flex track with rail bender can be broken in three steps:
1) Remove rails from ties.
2) Use rail bender to curve rails to desired radius
3) Install curved rails back on ties.
Cribbing
You cannot have enough cribbing on your layout, around tunnels bridge abutments holding back the mountainside. At Bingham they used everything for cribbing.
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