Since Joe asked for some layout pics in a previous post I though I would make a new entry. As with most layouts the Chippewa is under construction.

The picture below is base on the old Kate Shelly bridge her in Iowa. It was constructed from Evergreen Models structural shapes (ordered in bulk). It is 14.5 ft long and stands 60 inches off the floor so the center can be used as a duck under. This took about a year to build.

Here we go again!  Lumber is on hand for the start of construction on my fourth iteration of my proto-freelanced Port of Green Bay Railroad.  I went back to basics to plan for my new 29'x11' finished layout room, starting with the Version 2 plan that I really enjoyed (Version 3 was too big!).  Take a look at the attached plan...and some photos of that layout in action.

well i am having trouble just getting things shipped to me from a couple supplier's, and now wondering if digitrax is worth it.

as most of the threads focus on another brand of dcc controllers.

i read where digitrax "is now shipping" and that info is old, but my last order has been waiting for two months now, the first was canceled by a suppler. (after a two month wait)  and all this is just for one item.

looks like digitrax does not care about there end users.

Hi all

I was wondering about the following...

If i got an 8-pin Loksound5, if i am not mistaken AUX1  (green wire) is for installing an extra led (extra to the white cable meant for the headlight...).

On the ESU page (functions for sound-files for an EMD 576B prime mover, S0746 reference) it mentions that F5 key activates AUX3 (rotary beacon).

So i am wondering, if i wire an LED to AUX1 (green wire) can i somehow reprogram the decoder to have AUX1 activated as Mars Light by pressing F5? If yes how? ( I got a Z21 command station by the way...)