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Further Travels on the NG Circle 2020
If you have glanced at Part One, my family and I made it through RGS country and headed north towards Montrose. On the drive from Ridgway to Ft. Garland, I was forbidden to stop for anything other than gas. Okay.... Two can play at that game, so we took the old Gunnison route and finally made it to Alamosa. From there it is just a few short miles (okay 48) to our cabin in the sky (no, literally at an altitude of 10,500 feet). Reaching our destination, the crew had no idea what was in store for them the next day.
Traveling some of the NG Circle May 2020
After being cooped up in my home for months (literally been off my job since March 7th) I decided I had enough and would venture to my small humble shabin (shed/cabin) in Colorado. Sitting round left me a lot of time to read about my favorite railroad and longed to see some of the real sites along the RGS right away. I planned several excursions and this is a little of what I was able to see. I will try to give some new/ old photos as well.
Too much time on my hands
We continue to march towards the end of June 2020, and the closing date on our new house. I'll have a very nice basement in which to build yet another layout. This will be, what, my 8th or 9th? I've lost track. Anyway in the past month I have been designing a number of different plans for the 12 by 16 foot space. That also includes an extra area off to the side that I will use for a workspace. It can also be used to house a part of the layout if I want. So here is what I have come up with so far.
Vendor Response
I hope this type of post is legal because I like to give credit where credit is due. I recently had an issue installing a Decoder Buddy and contacted the company. Within a week I had a complete replacement from Nick Santo and was able to resolve the problem This a great product to use on an older non-DCC model from a responsive company.
Grade crossing, switching and horn
I have a question about some detail of proto ops - given a situation where a grade crossing has to be crossed while switching.
In case the locomotive is pulling their cut of cars it's obvious - the engineer will have to sound the horn before crossing the street as usual.
But if the locomitive is pushing the cars, let us say 10 cars, and no shoving platform is in use?
Please show us your Moguls, Consolidations, and Decapods
Well, it's that time again! This week we will focus on Consolidations, along with other locomotives of the 2-?-0 variety (including 2-6-0 Moguls, 2-10-0 Decapods, and the rare 2-4-0). My example for this week is actually one of my dad's locomotives that he gave me permission to use for this blog post. It's an On30 Spectrum Consolidation that dad bought when the two of us began to develop an interest in narrow gauge. Someday, it is
Additional power
Speculating that I may need additional power due to the size of my projected layout, I am wondering if I can supply rail power beyond 50 feet using an older Troller Autopulse transformer (pictured) to help supplement the Digitrak Zypher I am using for this dcc layout. Running up to 10 engines over the various parts of the layout, can I supplement with this power pack or do I need to go to a DB 210 booster?
I have two of these items and was using one on my old layout to provide power for lighted buildings and Tortoise switch machines.
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