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N&W Pocahontas District: Making Appalachian Forests
My Pocahontas District layout models an Appalachian coal hauling railroad situated on the border of West Virginia and Kentucky. As you might guess, given the locale, I've got some mountains that need to be covered with a ton of trees. But how do you do that? I wanted a technique that would be fairly easy and quick, do so with minimal cost, but also look as realistic as possible.
Looking for Really old MRC decoder documentation
I thought I had a few of these around... and I found them. Might even be more curse than blessing!
OLD (circa 1998) MRC decoders - hard wired into MRC locos sold with DCC Systems as intro level locos.
The locos are FA-1s and the decoders are labelled (on the PC) TER 414W All wires leave the board from one end and are soldered.
The First Railroad Depot on the Hudson River
Who built it? "The New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company".
Who were they? The third railroad to be charted by the state of New Jersey. This charter allowed them to build a railroad from the Shore of the Hudson River to New Brunswick.
Time span that this terminal existed and was operational? 1834 to 1857.
Benchtime Podcast #39
I am an avid listener of this podcast and was happy to participate.
The banchtime podcast is an audio-only program that focuses on building models. I liken it to the original Scotty Mason show. Anyways I am pretty happy how it turned out so check it out, please.
Downsizing My Empire: How I Shrank from a Midsize to a Small Switching Layout in the Same Basement
This is a forum post showing how I went about reducing the size of my HO scale model railroad layout. The process took a little over a year, required a lot of thought and planning, and now I feel that I am at the right size that matches my lifestyle. At the same time, I decided to adjust my model railroad prototype while keeping the central theme. I’ll explain everything that went into this and show what the layout looks now. I hope this post shows that you don’t need a large layout for your dream layout and that small layouts can be fun to build and operate as well.
Flex Track Preparation
What's the state of the art in preparation of flex track for realistic appearance? I'm thinking spray track grey or brown, then detail paint individual sleepers/ties. Then lay track and paint rail (rail brown) with a paint pen then further weathering.
Is there a good guide in a mag or online?
Mark in Melbourne
Helix - clockwise vs. anti-clockwise?
Is there some kind of a standard for choosing it?
I tried looking for more details on the web but nothing meaningful comes up. Sure, there are plenty of photos of helices, but that does not tell me their background story.
Which direction should be chosen and how is that direction decided upon (is it based on the direction trains come from or go to; whether trains change direction, or not inside the helix; some other parameter, etc)?
Need dimensions of Boeing train containers
I wasn't able to find this anywhere else so I thought I would ask here:
Does anyone know the dimensions for the BNSF/Boeing Fuselage train containers? Specifically I'm looking for the container that fits immediately behind the aircraft fuselage, only takes up about 1/2 of the flatcar and has an angled face on the front. I believe that container holds the vertical and horizontal stabilizers.
The container I'm looking for is shown in this picture from Walthers:
Zephyr Xtra/PR 3/Decoder Pro Programming-STRANGE Issue Please Help Me
Help!
I have a Zephyr Xtra, connected to the layout and a separate programming track through a PR3. I use Decoder Pro v4.12 to program.
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