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MERG DCC Booster
I finally got around to building my MERG booster. The booster is a kit available from MERG. merg.org.uk You need to be a member to buy their kits but it is well worth the price for the information available to you and the other kits they have in their kit locker.
A New Beginning, Chapter 6
After going back and forth with myself several times, I finally decided I did want a removable bridge for continuous running. Mostly when I am working at the work bench and just want to see the train go by. So here it is. Yes it's ugly. But it's functional. I will paint it dark brown and maybe add some type of bridge like structure, but it works. It's snug. Doesn't move at all.
What Motive Power to Use?
I'm leaning toward building an HO shelf, switching layout based around the International Harvester plant in Ft.
Decoder installations
I have had several false starts at doing this. I opened up some loco's to see what I had to deal with and sort of lost interest. Mostly I lose interest as I am not certain of what I am doing and watching video's and reading the manuals doesn't seem to answer all my questions. I have a couple of Lok pilot decoders I just received. Those should be simple as I wont be changing the installed light boards.
Anyone in the St. Paul, MN area? Need research help.
As the post title indicates, I need some eyeballs on a few documents held at the Minnesota Historical Society. MNHS has photo copy services, but they won't even verify to me that a partial document exists.
So my hope is that someone is nice enough and would be willing to verify a few documents held at MNHS. I have all the information needed, box location, drawing number etc. I just need verifying that these drawings exist.
I know this is a shot in the dark, but I figure it can't hurt.
Craig
Broadway Limited or MTH Pennsy H10?
I am building my fleet of Pennsy power for a branch line layout. Can anyone give advice on the advantages/disadvantages of the MTH and Broadway Limited versions. Currently the MTH looks more available, but I am not sure of what decoder they are using. Both look great, and both are expensive.
How does a Yardmaster manage empties?
I have been building a freight car routing progam as part of the final module for my Comp. Science degree. Each Way Freight (WF) that is generated is displayed as a switch list. The following is an example.
Via Sevier
I just learned more about the Southern (the railroad I've taken a shine to... almost all of my engines, and cars are Southern now) from this video, than anything. Oh, and to the guy at the LHS that said the Southern would never have a Santa Fe box car on their trains... 3 seconds in disproves that!
Also, there is a yard that looks like it would be cool to model, and some rather unique switch track that I have yet to see modeled. This was fascinating!
Photo Tour - Last Hurrah
My formerly free Photobucket account dies in about a month. I figure what better way to celebrate being able to use free photo hosting for the last decade than to recap some of the highlights from my account over the years? I’m sure this will hit the bandwidth quota real quick so I can’t guarantee how long the pics will stay....
ALPINE RAILROAD IN NJ-EVOLUTION IN PICS PART IV
After fixing my problem with getting my locos up a 2% + grade (it was never consistent for the entire run) I then saw another aspect of my original plan that I never really loved. At that point I had my loco run up hill about 4 inches over the course of 8-10 feet or so but coming back down hill was done inside another tunnel on the opposite end of the layout in about 3 feet. Needless to say it was a steep hill downward though a few tests showed that locos would not fly off the track or even move that much faster so it was doable but I didn't love it.
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