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    New house, new railroad

    I agree. My currently layout doesn't have any scenery because I keep re-arranging the track plan. I finally like most of what I have but am still working out a few areas. It has been valuable for me to run an existing plan for a while to see if I get bored with it or if it will satisfy my...
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    Walthers GP9 one truck shorting

    Give it a run early this morning as I didn't have time after I reassembled it last night. Works great now.
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    Walthers GP9 one truck shorting

    Looks like you were right. Ohm meter shows that fixes it. We'll I guess at least I know how to disassemble it now. :)
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    Walthers GP9 one truck shorting

    @bnsf971 I'll give that a try. It's a brand new one that I've been using for a while now.
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    Walthers GP9 one truck shorting

    Left the trains last night. Came back this morning and the system kept showing a short. I've finally traced it to one of the axles on one of the trucks. For the life of me I haven't been able to figure this out. Looking for suggestions.
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    Survey regarding Online Model Railroad Shopping

    My dad has been to PF&S recently and they have lots of used stuff too. I Haven't been to Bill's yet but have made it to Spo Valley had a good conversation with the owner a while back.
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    Couldn't resist

    I don't know was just looking around. I found it interesting that several were at the 6 price but a couple were at the regular sale price. MRL, BN, Sinclair, were but UP wasn't. Maybe I went there from a Google ad?
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    Couldn't resist

    So it sounds like there would be only a few of these around and from the discussion it sounds like it would carry water for maintenance of way. I actually found an image here of the actual car. https://pbase.com/mrmrl/mrl_maintenance_of_way. @Topherisme I agree I appreciate so many quick and...
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    Couldn't resist

    I couldn't resist several tank cars at $6.80. (Yard Master Price) https://www.walthers.com/tank-car-ready-to-run-montana-rail-link-blue-white. (Part # 931-1446) If nothing else it will be a good car to practice weathering. It has metal wheels so I will not change those out but I might change out...
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    Town and country - automated N-scale layout

    Here are some interesting specs. I personally have a bolt if you ever wanted me to try out some code for you. :) https://shop.udoo.org/en/udoo-bolt-v8.html This looks interesting to but I haven't gotten one yet. To many other unfinished ideas. https://udoo.org/udookey/ I lean towards trying...
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    Town and country - automated N-scale layout

    @kleiner I agree. I prefer the newer languages than C but am comfortable with it. The Udoo x86 and Bolt will run the latest Ubutnu or other distros. They are x86 code. They used to have more memory and speed then the Pi's too. My Bolt has 32GB of ram. The x86 has a Arduino hat built into if for...
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    Town and country - automated N-scale layout

    Sounds fasinating. Looking forward to seeing updates. Have you looked at https://arduinorailwaycontrol.com I've played around with it a little. He recommends hall effect sensors over reed switches. If you went with a esp32 or esp8266 they are basically an Arduino with wireless built in. Also you...
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    2022 is arriving soon What are your future modeling plans

    Probably over ambitious but we'll see. 1. Have fun operating my train with my boys. 2. Get the staging yard expansion operational. 3. Start a YouTube channel. Hope to have topics including. Corrugated metal, fdm and sla 3d printing projects, etc.... 4. Get some info posted on my...
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    Running Bear's December 2021 Coffee Shop

    Started adding my expansion. Still working in the track design. Hopefully a staging yard or regular yard an maybe some Industries.
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    Running Bear's December 2021 Coffee Shop

    Yes it probably would. I've thought about getting some old time passenger cars and run them as an scenic/excursion train behind a stream engine. My layout leans towards the northwest in the 1970-1980 time period. Great Northern is the main focus but a Burlington Northern and Montana Rail Link...
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    Running Bear's December 2021 Coffee Shop

    His train was running without a caboose because his brother was running 3 cabooses on his train so there wasn't any left. They seem to treat them as temporary passenger cars since I don't have any. Wouldn't mind a couple but their length is an issue. 18" radius.
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    Running Bear's December 2021 Coffee Shop

    Conversation with my 6 year old son tonight as we were running trains together with my 4 year old. Me (yardmaster/conductor) - You need to pick up those 3 tank cars and covered hoppers in the yard. Son (engineer) as he pulls into the yard. - I need to pick up a box car too. Me: Why's that...
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