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DB210 to non-Digitrax Base Station
I recently purchased a Digitrax DB210 as a friend stated I needed a power booster and suggested one.
I am trying to figure out how to connect it to my DCC++EX base station.
It seems the DB210 will only work with a Loconet system. OR am I missing something?
Rolling Stock, Copper King and Bingham Canyon Mine.
We are looking at some of the rail cars Bingham canyon mine once had, and the ones at the Copper King Mine.
Notching and percent of applied power
My locomotives are controlled at present by a Digitrax Zephyr Express. When the throttle is advanced it indicates a percentage of power applied via its 2.4" LCD screen. It's a straight rheostat type run from 0 - 100% that must depend on the decoder for power regulation to simulate notching if I get the CVs tweaked right.
Here is a great link discussing prototype throttle notching:
Bascule Bridge as Lift Gate to Room Access
Has anyone contemplated or have experience using the Walthers Bascule Bridge (933-3070) as a swing up gate for room access? The Walthers web page shows the opening after the approach is 21.5 inches. I was considering expanding the opening of the bridge using balsa wood to 28 or 30 inches. I could then use the bridge as the access point to the interior of the track area. I may have to increase the counter weight and hopefully I would not have to add a larger lift motor. Thoughts???-
What to do with Wine Bottle Corks
Over the years the wife would have a glass of wine red to be exact, so now have 30-40 wine bottle corks to do something with. I model in HO and like to do something with one or more corks, regardless of scale like to hear suggestions "how" these could be used around a Railroad?
Carter
A customer has ordered a car, now what??
Continuation of the thread I started regarding building jobs around customers needs. In this part I will be talking about once a car is ordered how does the crew know where to actually spot it.
Not every customer served everyday
decoder selection
For the last 17 years or so I've pretty much just used NCE's D13SR decoder. Until recently, it has had everything I've needed, good motor control, four mappable functions and affordability. After I finished my rotary dumper and was loading more coal trains, I found NCE has a hard time with the sustained counting ties speed loadouts require. Somewhere along the way I have two TCS decoders and I found they work well because they have BEMF.
Switching the Mill
This was way funnier the first time I wrote it. But for some reason after I checked the preview and it asked me if I wanted to use a previously saved version, it erased everything I did...
So I'll just have to let the pictures do the talking...
Sylvan just released an HO Scale Container Ship Model
https://www.sylvanscalemodels.com/whatsnew.htm
Almost 40” long.
Not cheap but the deck opens up and a lot of detail.
Mike
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