After years of not finishing a 555 timer circuit for this cabin car I decided to try an NCE Light It lighting decoder. For this application, it performs very well on the test track. I added a 5.5v 1f super capacitor as a keep alive. The 1f capacitor is overkill. It keeps the decoder led interior light and 0603 marker light led for a few minutes (I was hoping for 10 seconds) and according to my power cab, only draws a maximum of 0.08 amps inflow. Adding the decoder to the caboose took only an hour or so but the truck pick ups and 0603 led light were already on the caboose.

Hi,

I was wondering as Mike is constantly progressing the Allagash Railroad, is it possible that some new videos can be produced for purchase?

Its been a real joy and a learning experience watching the Allagash videos. They have helped me a lot in formulating my own layout and working out how it will operate.

Regards Daryl Blake

The Treasure State Railway.

This is a great layout of the late Pete Ellis. The video quality is not the best as the original 8 mm video was played on the TV and than recorded with a camcorder. There is also some distortion as the TV elongated horizontally to fit the video to the screen. 40 foot box cars look like 50 footers and the little consolidation looks lake a lot larger locomotive.

Merry Christmas to all !

Ross A