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Chessie System MOW cars blog
In this blog I will be posting my modeling efforts in building MOW cars for my Chessie System railroad. Enjoy.
Finding a New Club location, Winchester Model RR Club
I just received notice of this from a group I associated with when I lived up near DC. Such a shame to hear of such a situation that appears to happen with some regularity with model RR clubs.
After 30+ years, it looks like the Winchester Model Railroad Club is about to lose its lease. If that happens, we will have 30 days to dismantle the layout and strip the building to the walls. We are actively pursuing space for a new layout and other options. We don't expect to disband the club.
Berlin 1929: Turnout Control.
I had been thinking about how to control the turnouts on my layout, given that I wanted a system that not only followed the operational practice of having cards for the wagons, but also the manual element of setting the path for the train before it is allowed to move.
Train Hysteria
Fun topic... when trains first came into being, there was a lot of hysteria surrounding the new technology... from burning down cities, to making women too independent, to the health hazards of rail travel.
Let's see some of the hysterical/historical stories you've run across in your research of railroading!
This could be fun, and please, make it just fun!
A great day at the club layout- record breaking train!
Our modular club layout, the Adirondack & Lake Champlain, is on display at the local mall during christmas every year. Today, we made a record breaking train- 105 cars!
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MOW train on the UP in Slidell, LA
Here are some MOW cars encounted on the UP in Slidell, LA (That's Louisiana for you northerners)
The group of cars and the NS converted Pullman were an awesome find for a northerner.
Hope you can get some good out of the pictures, posted in the first comment below.
I’ll take a walk now and see what I missed......
Nick
Tsunami cv setting
Concern that use of a multimeter to measure track voltage, as described in new video, and then to use this to set a cv to match track voltage is incorrect.
This is due to the waveform on the track being NEITHER straight ,level, DC nor sinusoidal AC; what correction factor applies?
Carquinez MRR Cab Ride Eastbound CP Main Davis to Sparks
This Winter Open House video is a Cab Ride video from Helix to Helix on mountain level. This is the second level of the layout and runs from Davis to Sparks then around the south Helix on the reverse loop.
Full Size Paper Templates of Trackplan
Full Size Paper Templates of Trackplan
To begin with I am not a computer geek who has ever learned how to manipulate computer track plan softwares. And to tell the truth I never thought it was an idea worthy of extensive study to learn just to singularly design my new layout. I really thought (hoped) that someone would come along and do that computer designing/visualizing for me,....someone who enjoyed doing that sort of thing.
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