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  1. J

    40' x 8' x 8' shipping container layout

    Nice looking scene Dave . It appears in the original photo that there are some other buildings, is the plan to recreate the entire thing?
  2. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    I think along the same lines as you . I am kind of a hoarder when it comes to scrap . I have gone back to the pile more times than I can count !!
  3. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    That is the diagram I keep finding , which has 3 ports on the front , but what I have has 4 ports and I cant seem to find a diagram of that .
  4. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    can anyone tell me which port the DB5 booster plugs into?
  5. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    I finished laying the entire mainline and what I am calling my switch loop . After a good cleaning it is on to wiring!!!
  6. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    On the last image (4890) there are 2 open spaces and I think I will build up flat areas at track height and build some non-railroad serviced scenes.
  7. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    Well I got some more roadbed and track down and was able to do some buss wiring work.
  8. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    Those are the NCE EB-1 circuit breakers . I am dividing the layout into 4 separate power districts , I guess I should have mentioned that in the original post .
  9. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    Is this correct guys? As I have stated before wiring is an alien language to me .
  10. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    the bottom layer of OSB is for support/structural and the top layer is homasote for ease and holding power of track spikes . Actually the entire layout is this way .
  11. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    Can someone please explain to me how it is the less work you do on the layout , the bigger the mess you make :)
  12. J

    autoreverser placement

    Todd , the situation I have would be you bottom crossover drawing and where the rails diverge going into the loop portion is where I have my insulators. My loop is a single track . In the drawing that I posted the different color rails represent , for lack of a better term , the positive and...
  13. J

    autoreverser placement

    Horseman , I am not sure I follow what you are asking/saying . As I said my grasp of wiring is not that great . The way it is right now , I have insulated joiners on both sides of the crossover on the short loop side . I had planned to go somewhere on the other side of the layout and isolate...
  14. J

    autoreverser placement

    my crossover is built up - 4 turnouts and a cross . My interpretation of lead in a piece of flex on each side of the turnout . The switches are peco streamline insulfrogs . I had read that "the longest train " included all freight cars because of the possibility that a car might have sound or a...
  15. J

    autoreverser placement

    you will have to excuse the crudeness of the drawing but it make the idea . Black and pink are the rails and green is the crossover location. I have omitted yards and sidings for clarity.
  16. J

    autoreverser placement

    Paul , you are correct , there would have to be some lead in to the crossover on both tracks . Tim , if I draw my plan out without the crossover there is no issue . Since the crossover creates the problem , in my simple mind isolating the crossover and lead in would solve the problem but I will...
  17. J

    autoreverser placement

    So I have basically a folded dogbone and want to put a crossover in . Where would the autorverser be placed ? would I isolate the crossover itself and put it there?
  18. J

    The PIR-fect Valley Railway

    Maybe (most likely) it is just me being lazy , but I think the track looks more realistic if it is not perfectly straight . Love the progress , it is coming along nicely . The steamer looks quite nice running on your layout , definitely a keeper.
  19. J

    caboose hobbies throws

    I am looking for some Caboose Hobbies throw to switch adapters for Peco switches . I am using some throws that I had on a different layout and for some reason I did not keep the extra adapters . I need probably 35 in total . If you have some you would like to sell , I would like to buy them.
  20. J

    BearClaw Valley Railroad V.2

    I think it will work well for me . I plan to be able to work the yard while another train does continuous running so I can work and railfan at the same time .




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