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  1. DakotaLove39

    Time for me to show off!

    Some photo highlights from yesterday. NP #858, my Bowser RS3, also got a full LokSound & Scale Sound Systems install recently. The result is an RS3 model that sounds friggen awesome and draws a lot of attention. I've mostly used 858 as a switcher since the sound upgrade, so last night I...
  2. DakotaLove39

    Time for me to show off!

    Nokomis District is alive. Full track power established. We have already begun running jobs! 😁🍻 Actually, it's had a dramatic impact on our ops scheme. One of our main yards used to be slamming busy, and the other fairly dead. We switched the midway point town to take cars from the dead yard...
  3. DakotaLove39

    Time for me to show off!

    It's been a while. While I've been working on Nokomis District at the club, I've been pretty fizzled out on model railroading otherwise during the summer. That and tree issues at the cabin pretty much kept me away from running trains for a while. Soooooo, I decided to run eight locos and 90...
  4. DakotaLove39

    Hennepin Overland Railway Historical Society

    Boy, this thread is old by now. So much has changed in the last few years. Happy to say we weathered the Covid-19 shutdowns, although we lost a couple members during that time. We have since been growing back pretty steadily now rostering about 45 members. These new members, along with...
  5. DakotaLove39

    Icing Docks

    Hey guys, I'm searching for a prototype. My club has this double-track overhead icing dock, and our recently instated scenery man has it in his head that it doesn't look right. I swear I have seen an icing platform like this one,; I'm just not sure where. Can anyone help?
  6. DakotaLove39

    Time for me to show off!

    Really loving the JMRI operations at my club. Jobs have been super fun and intuitive! Photos from our second official ops night.
  7. DakotaLove39

    Running Bear's March 2022 Coffee Shop

    Aw yeah, I finally got this little Rivarossi beaut back to 100%. We found this, abandoned, in my club's member storage area. Club is really hurting for geared steam power so I claimed it on behalf of the club (after three months trying to shake up an owner). Just needed a new driveshaft for the...
  8. DakotaLove39

    Time for me to show off!

    Just finished a modification to my FreeMo module to allow me to use my NCE powercab with it. Most FreeMo groups I can find use Digitrax, and I equipped my module as such. A simple wire harness and Tamiya connector on the track power bus lets me use the module at home and Digitrax elsewhere.
  9. DakotaLove39

    Time for me to show off!

    More SDL39 action on a yard transfer job at Hennepin Overland. We recently kickstarted switching operations using JMRI switch list. So far I am really enjoying this method over car cards. Very slick system!
  10. DakotaLove39

    Time for me to show off!

    After 14 months, I've finally received my ScaleTrains SDL39! No serious Milwaukee modeler can go without one! (Unfortunately, they are arriving with hit-or-miss QC issues. Mine is g2g but some other folks aren't as lucky.) I gave 585 a thorough shakedown run both light and loaded, then set it...
  11. DakotaLove39

    Running Bear's March 2022 Coffee Shop

    Hey folks. I'm still alive and kicking. I think it's funny. The harder times get, the more I feel like my outdoors hobbies are way more practical and necessary than model trains. Thanks to help from YouTube and my uncle, I've learned how to repair large and small axes needing new handles, now...
  12. DakotaLove39

    Mail Call! Railway Post Office, commonly abbreviated as RPO has rolled in!

    I've been busy with other stuff lately, not much railroading here although I have a couple of back burner projects simmering. So, uh. You guys like SDL39's or ScaleTrains? I got mine yesterday. I was originally going to get a pair, but I let one go to buy something else. No regrets, very happy...
  13. DakotaLove39

    Time for me to show off!

    Video compilation from a couple runs at Newport club over the last few months.
  14. DakotaLove39

    Running Bear's January 2022 Coffee Shop

    Last video of 2021 is uploaded. My last big freight train at North Metro, filmed back in August.
  15. DakotaLove39

    Running Bear's December 2021 Coffee Shop

    Hour and a half to go until January, according to my clock, so I'll put this here. I haven't been doing any videos lately. Too much stuff going on and not enough bandwidth to sit at the PC for hours. Finally put together a video of my last big haul at North Metro club, though. After this and my...
  16. DakotaLove39

    Time for me to show off!

    I haven't been doing any videos lately. Too much stuff going on and not enough bandwidth to sit at the PC for hours. Finally put together a video of my last big haul at North Metro club, though. After this and my Brewing Industry video, there will be no more North Metro on my channel.
  17. DakotaLove39

    Time for me to show off!

    Highlights from yesterday at Hennepin Overland. More to come later, right now my phone is mad at me. GP30 #340 and F7A #47C, part of a three-unit lashup, working the grain elevator in Wobegon. Rapido 'New Look' bus waiting for passengers at the Hastings depot. Twin Cities Hiawatha meets and...
  18. DakotaLove39

    Running Bear's December 2021 Coffee Shop

    Still alive and back to normal. Covid-19 isn't the worst illness I've ever had but that thing sucks all the energy out of you for days on end, even after the congestion passes. I had enough in me for video games and to start taking inventory of my 1970's freight cars with JMRI. My intent is to...
  19. DakotaLove39

    Running Bear's December 2021 Coffee Shop

    Apparently I had to try out Covid-19 for myself. Thanksgiving day was the absolute worst, and every day since then has been better. I've been sicker with less scary bugs in the past, but even with that said the mental toll of this has been a real B. I went and did a drive-thru swab test Sunday...
  20. DakotaLove39

    High costs

    $250 locomotives are sound-equipped. If dollar numbers are holding you back, don't be looking at sound stuff. Stick to DCC ready or older models.




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