Modeling general discussion

It doesn't look like Sue and I will get to travel this year. A very fine holiday gift came through the YouTube today. One of the people we got to meet a few years ago on our travels was Per Laursen. He has given us royal tours of his railroad and is a very gracious host and as you can tell in the interview a very fine person too! We will sorely miss our visit this year! It was with great happiness that this showed up this morning on the YouTube! I'd like to share it with you all. This is not the first time Per's layout has been on YouTub

Not sure how old this is .any ideas

Fri, 2020-12-11 20:07 — Tim765

I'm not sure how old this is . If anyone has an idea on what company made this and what year range it is that would be awesome to know. I plan on putting it on my layout I'm making as it is.other then trying to get it working.its just to cool as it is

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Tsunami EMD 567 Question

Fri, 2020-12-11 09:06 — gogebic

Modeling general discussion

I plan on permanently consisting two F-7s. My question is should I install one Tsunami with dual EMD 567s as found on E units in one of the F-7s or a single EMD 567 decoder in each F-7? I'm going for a tandem sound and, I wonder if I'll get the effect by using a dual EMD 567 in just one of the F-7 units.

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New Loco - purchase with or without DCC/sound

Wed, 2020-12-09 13:19 — dbuonomo

I'm getting ready to purchase a new locomotive. As is the case with new locomotives today, I have the choice of DC and adding DCC/sound with after market product, or purchasing with DCC/sound. It's a newly released model, so a 21 pin connector is readily available.

I am going DCC on my layout, but new to DCC in general and I really don't know much about which decoders/sound are preferable, least hassle, etc. I can tell you that the DCC option is paired with ESU LokSound.

Tank car handling in the 1950's ?

Tue, 2020-12-08 10:24 — ctxmf74

Hi All, I'm planning to have a small fuel distributor on a spur on my layout and was wondering if anyone is familiar with tank car handling in the 1950's era. Was there anything in the general codes requiring spacer cars between engines and caboose and gasoline or other oil products tank cars? Would these rules apply when an engine was spotting a tank car on a spur or just in a train? Any info would be greatly appreciated....DaveB

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Cleaning the Train Room

Tue, 2020-12-08 07:58 — railandsail

I'm building my train layout inside a 12 x 16 Handi-House shed located in my carport,....early photo..

Its basically a closed room with a single entrance door on that one end.

HELP please !, .....resize a couple of images

Mon, 2020-12-07 10:08 — railandsail

HELP please, resize a couple of images

I have 2 images of arches that exist on the viaduct bridge at Balt. I need to resize them so I can print them out accurately in order to more completely finish my mock-up model.

I believe I did this once before, but I am having trouble this morning. What I had done in the past is cropped them to the exact width I wanted to image, then resize them into inches with my IrfanView photo software, then print them out. But for reason I am NOT getting an accurate size print out today ??