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Transfer Terminal Kitbash: Beginning to come together
The walls are together, and mostly detailed -- there are still some signs to compose and print, and some delicate pipes that will have to wait almost until final assembly. Also, the east-end dock and canopy has to be built. I set it up with tape to determine the final position on the baseboard:
November 4, 2014 update on the Colorado Front Range Railroad
Well we have over 512 feet of track laid 37 turnouts build. I also give a tour of my Denver Union Station and my scratch build Grain Elevator that is over 51 inches long.
I hope this video inspires some of you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLFjPXHv520
Mike Deverell
Ops Night - Watching My Crew Run Trains
I took some photos of the last operating session at my place. Let's see how things went...
Busy,Busy,Busy!
Well it surely has been a busy summer. Haven't had much time for the On30 Mushroom layout. I did purchase a couple of 1/4" sheets 4x8 drywall for the backdrop. I installed one yesterday during an unexpected lull in the work week. Customer accidently locked us out of the house. I used that time to hang the drywall.
Bluebirds
A few short videos on my Nickel Plate Road "Bluebirds" testing on our Keystone Midland Model Railrod Club layout. The City of Cleveland sleeper has a newly installed lighted drumhead. A few minor problems with some cars, but that is what testing is for anyway. Enjoy.
Yardmaster Express
This is a little off topic in one sense- it is not model railroading- but it is about trains, well, a game about trains anyways that I think is pretty cool.
The game? Yardmaster Express- a new offering from an indie publisher, that funded recently-ish on kickstarter and should be available soon. Here is my review:
If you like games at all, even the light family -fare kind of games, you should check it out!
My new virtual dispatcher - DON
I wanted to add some interest to my solo operating sessions on my little layout and I thought how nice it would be to have a dispatcher. The wife wasn't interested in the job, so I had to get creative.
I thought how those smart phones can respond to verbal input and I got the idea about doing the same with a computer and created a virtual dispatcher that runs on my laptop and is accessed via a voice actuated headset. I call my dispatcher DON (Dispatcher On Now) and it / he has greatly increased my enjoyment operating!
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