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URR Track Plan for 2x8 switching layout

Hi all:

Some time ago, I blogged about my process of choosing what to model after returning to the hobby.  I was deciding between Conrail, a proto-freelance concept I had come up with twenty years or so ago or modeling the Union Railroad in Pittsburgh.  I ended up choosing the Union Railroad because my grandfather was an engineer with them, retiring in 1976.  That is the year I have chosen to model because of the variety of motive power and operations still available. 

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CN's new GATX (GMTX) GP38-2 leasers - decals

Hello,

CN has put a big order into GATX for GP38-2's in taking leased operations from G&W Goderich-Exeter here in Southern Ontario as well as being power short anyway. I'd like to model one and I can't find a GP38-2 in the skeme and logo's, etc.

I did find this model on the GATX site proper:

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3D printing - Dinghy

3D printing has been around for a while now but there are still drastic improvements being made in the 3D printing world on a weekly basis!

I’ve been using the Anycubic Photon since the start of the year and I’m always amazed when it finishes printing.

Lately I’ve been working on printing a dinghy for an upcoming video and since 3D printing has been talked about quite a lot in the model railroad community I wanted to share some of the results for anyone who is on the fence about getting into resin 3D printing.

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SMA28 JMRI Sensor Channels – Direct Arduino to JMRI Communications - Simple Support for Lots of Detectors

There are many applications in animation and model railroading where sensing a position of a loco or car is convenient and essential for operation.  Signaling, actuation, etc. require not only the use of an appropriate sensor but also sensor coordination and communication with some form of model, animation, or layout control.  The Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI) is one such control that I started using early in my animation work, and is free, widely used, and readily available.
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Knott's Berry Farm Railroad

I put this in my blog, but I think I want to put it here as well...

This is the Knott's Berry Farm Railroad...

This guy does a lot of videos about theme park history, and was recently doing a video on Knott's Berry Farm (check his Youtube for more on Knott's if you're interested)

He's a bit excitable, of course (like taking a kid to a theme park for the first time) While he was doing his video, he got invited by Knott's to come in the following day to do a show all about their steam engines.

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RailPro vs DCC

On other thread, quite a discussion about RailPro vs DCC came up.

Rather than hijack that thread any further, let's move the discussion here.

To start with, we'll copy in a few posts to get the discussion going.

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JMRI Operation - Question About Managing a Shared

I’m actually trying to figure out how use a pool of car for two similar industries in JMRI Operation.

Basically, the layout has two different lumber yards which have different trailing point position. It means cars have to be dropped off at other locations (the closest yard) to be picked up by the opposite direction train back to staging.

-Léo Cauchon – Facing East – Receives Lumber from Limoilou, ships Empty to Limoilou. Empty are sent to Beaupré Yard before being picked up by westbound train #523 en route to Limoilou.

I want to do a "Jim Six" on this kit.

I'm determined to weather this kit to look like the superb job Jim Six has done on Accurail kits.

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Simulating spray polyurethane

I'm in the planning stages of modeling a small building that was covered in spray polyurethane, used as insulation. It adds thickness to everything and things like windows and doors are "sunk-in". It has some texture but not as much as stucco. Being somewhat smooth in texture but somewhat bumpy overall. Think of a frosted cake; you might have smoothed it but the frosting could be thicker in one part and thinner in another.

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Locomotive Frame Lights

I have Googled this subject using various words and phrases but to not avail. Even looked for night photos as a guide.  I am looking for information on where to properly position the frame lights on hoods and E-units. Presuming about the center of the trucks? Front and rear? On E-units?

I obviously have way too much time on my hands.  Thanks.


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