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Converting an old Bachmann Spectrum K4 to DCC

I got an old Bachmann Spectrum K4 recently from an estate sale.  It is a DC version.  I am certain it is not DCC ready.  I want to convert it to DCC sound.  Is there a how to somewhere that I can follow for the conversion?

Paul

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Converting brass locos to DCC part 05, step 2 Make it run like a dream

 

I stole the phrase "Make it run Like a Dream" from the trilogy of books, Make it Run Like A Dream by Joe Fugate.  They have been extremely helpful for trackwork and rollingstock.  I ordered the whole set from the MRH store.  I am eagerly awaiting the third book about locomotives. 

Like I mentioned, I try to do the least disassembly – more touching means more chance of breaking or losing parts.

Introducing Greggsburg Terminal Rail at Carquinez MRR

In today's video we check out a members private railroad. He brought the set into the club to run at the winter open house. These cars are pure fantasy and the attention to detail is fantastic.

Canadian Pacific commercial coal shed - photos?

Kanamodels made a nice laser kit of a CP commercial coal supplier shed, but I've not been able to find a photo of the prototype. Can anyone point me to a picture of one in use 'back in the day'?

Thanks!

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Christmas Eve...

Tonight was freaking AWESOME! The neighborhood kids didn't know what hit them. Instead of just holiday crackers, they got real toys... stuffed animals, toy trains, whistles, engineer hats, silly putty, toy cars... thanks to all of the folks that helped out this year!

Getting started with Car Cards and Waybills

Hi Folks:

Im hopefully getting to the point where most or all of the track bugs are out of my layout, so I can actually run trains on the lower mainline (upper yet to be built) so I have been a busy beaver writing my car card and waybill database.  I enjoy writing databases, and did this one in access, so it does things the way I want it to, it uses the operations sig industry list, and a bunch of my own forms and queries and such, so that I can generate car cards and way bills and such.

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Trackside Treks Episode 4: VTR all the way

You can watch episode 4 here.

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For lovers of steam AND Jeeps (the car kind)!

I've always loved Jeeps. I'm a diesel modeler at heart, but this short video just gave me a greater appreciation of steam!

If you're a steam and Jeep enthusiast, here is your heaven! :)

Scott Thornton
www.milanbranch.com

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Railserve Beverage Bottling Facility, Update #6

Another short 2 weeks home before the holidays went by too fast. I took some time re-letter, safety stripe and weather some corn syrup cars. With all of the supplies out I continued onto some structures. 

A landscaping tutorial I made some years ago

From tomorrow December 25. until December 31st. I will upload a video each day from a landscaping tutorial I made some years ago. Enjoy the videos.

 

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