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  1. dennis461

    Trestle bent spacing?

    14'
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    Old Cabin in the woods Scratch build.

    Good work, now cover the gable ends!
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    MRC Universal 16Bit sound/decoder ( EMD 567 )

    MRC is made by XLSystems, in New Jersey. I have four sound decoders in steam locomotives, HO. Love them. I cannot get Digitrax sound to work at a volume I can live with in steamers (only have one diesel with sound).
  4. dennis461

    Led head light for mallet

    The hard part will be routing the wires back to the DCC decoder. I use micro LED bulbs more now instead of the large 3mm LED's
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    New Ballast Vacuum Project

    Sorry, could not watch to the end. Get rid of stupid music and make it a "tutorial".
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    Add Tsunami-2 to Bachmann 0-6-0 slope tender

    You gotta hope it is DCC ready. You may have to cut the tender weight in pieces and re-arrange to put a hole in tender bottom.
  7. dennis461

    Running Bear's February 2023 Coffee Shop

    Tried running trains this morning and this happened. Reloaded onto track, tried going through the crossover again, same result. Then found the front coupler laying on the track!
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    Running Bear's February 2023 Coffee Shop

    Raining again in NJ. Stay inside and play with trains.
  9. dennis461

    diameter of typical harbor pilings

    So, HO scale 3/16" max 16" real world do NOT taper top. They are driven into the silt with BFH hitting the fat end skinny end down
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    East Palestine Derailment. Video Shows Truck on Fire, 20 miles before derailment

    Doesn't the End Of Train Device detect fires 30 cars ahead?;)
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    Brass gears for mantua with can motor

    STart by measuring the can motor shaft diameter or the shaft through the worm gear
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    Actual inches conversion to HO feet

    That one (and I'll bet others as well) approximates the conversion. Not a big deal for short measurements, but be aware its around 1.5% off.
  13. dennis461

    Front End Friday

    My favorite loco (till next month)
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    Questions Surronding Inherited Railroad Collection

    ebay takes 12% of the sale prices. seller should revise post to at least tell us what state the estates resides
  15. dennis461

    Running Bear's January 2023 Coffee Shop

    One cup down. Fire started in the wood stove. Going to pick up more wood today, it's free in large box form the pallet repair shop. When do model trains stop breaking down. I'm getting tired of always fixing something. Today a blue box Athearn diesel is making grinding noises.
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    Digitrax decoder and sound install

    You got it backwards, XLSystems always built the MRC, now selling under their name. I just ordered another one to replace a failed one year old Digitrax that stopped 'chuffing". I'd say,pick something, test it out every which way, make sure you like it before converting a fleet.
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    Digitrax decoder and sound install

    If this is a first install for you, go with XLSystems. Very inexpensive, includes speaker and reasonable volume. I prefer these over DIgitrax in my steamers. http://xlsystemsdcc.com/product/xl-0001911-28mm-ho-scale-universal-steam-sound-decoder-w-28mm-speaker-w-buffer/
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    Hangable and portable 6x10ft g scale layout?

    "...Would this be possible?..." No. But go ahead and get started. It will be a good learning experience for you. First put together a list of materials with prices, see how much it will cost you. When I was young my brothers and I built a small 4x8 layout hinged on the wall over a bed. It was...
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    Building a room for only trains and other hobbies

    Good luck.
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    Building a room for only trains and other hobbies

    1. Where do you live? 2. How old are you? 3. Have you built any other buildings? 4. Can you dig a ditch and pour a concrete footing? 5. Can you run electric to the building? 6 Can you install heating equipment? 7. Do you have $10,000.00 to spare? I may be moving soon and am considering...




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