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Fuel bunker loads for tenders
I made them by cutting up an old piece I had for a coal hopper. I made it by gluing coal bits to pieces of balsa wood. I carved the pieces I cut from the hopper's piece to fit the tender's fuel bunker. 2655 was the hardest to fit, as it had inner lips near the top edge on its fuel bunker.
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Keep Alive, lift gate in track, and derails
Every so often I see a comment about how killing power to tracks when a lift gate in the track is opened isn't very effective when a loco has KeepAlive. The loco is supposed to stop, but can keep going and end up on the floor.
Here is a link to pictures of a possible solution. Split rail derail will put the loco off the rails, but if it's strategically located the train will still be on the layout. I can see whittling extra parts off some old turnouts that aren't DCC friendly, and wiring a switch machine to activate when the lift gate is opened.
IAIS's West End - Attention to Derails
As I mentioned back in my blog post about switch locks ( https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/35731 ), I've long planned to add working derails to my layout in order to further immerse my crews in the experience of their prototype counterparts. I finished that task about a week ago and thought I'd share what I found in case others were interested.
Description and photos follow in the first reply.
Alternative for Foam Tak Glue
I picked up some Woodland Scenics Foam Tack Glue for laying down new foam roadbed and track. It works great, but it is quite expensive for a 12 oz. bottle. Has anyone used a less expensive product (other than latex caulk) that works just as well?
Thanks,
Grampy
Adhesive For Corrugated Aluminum Roofing
I have a rather large warehouse (28 X 14) with a low pitch peaked roof made from styrene. I'm going to be installing some pre-fab corrugated aluminum roofing to it and can't decide what to use for an adhesive.
What's your go-to adhesive for installing these to styrene ?
Strobe Lights and Beacons
Hi everyone,
How do you model locomotive beacon lights from the 1960s through the 1980s in HO? Particularly earlier styles like the Pyle Beacon? Light types and detail #'s would be appreciated. Thanks!
What to do with an old Bachmann Consolidation?
I'm just getting started back up modeling. I have a bunch of rolling stock from back in the past, but the one item I have that I'm not sure what to do with is a Bachmann 2-8-0 Consolidation from about 1988. It's still new in the box actually.
I bought a Tsunami DCC decoder to put in it, but then I took a closer look at the loco. It's got the old-style pancake motor in it and the two halves of the frame are energized by the locomotive wheels. The tender trucks are the really cheap snap-in style with plastic wheels and no power pickup.
Y Junction Track Plans
Hi everyone,
I am considering more and more the possibility of a medium sized layout in the future that functions as follows.
A stub ended yard on one end of the layout followed by a Y junction with a branch line splitting off of the main line. Each would be point to point operationally with two small staging yards or a common staging yard on the opposite end. The main could be continuous run though.
A-Track - Support for NCE DCC Systems - Updated
This announcement about A-Track, a FREE easy-to-use software application for NCE DCC systems, is posted with the generous permission of Joe Fugate, in the hope that some of the MRH community may find it useful. Any comments or queries are very welcome.
A-TRACK Version 4.4.206 has now been released
I've Been Working on the Railroad!
Prepping the West Sacramento scenery for the buildings under construction.
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