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Finally started putting folks into my JNR passenger cars. Starting at the rear of the train, the OHAFU33 received all of the rest of the peoples that I have. Going to have to order more.
OHA33 PAX.jpeg

OHA35 GIRL.jpeg

OHA35 GUY.jpeg


Heck, even selfie girl made it in.
OHA35 PAX SELFIE.jpeg
 
D51 DCC sound continues.

Forgot that the tender has a subchassis and it interfered with the connector slot, so had to cut part of it as well as clearance the weights.
SUBCHASSIS CLEARANCE.jpeg

TENDER WEIGHT CLEARANCE.jpeg

CONNECTOR CLEAR WEIGHT.jpeg


Also added wires to the pickups to help with reliability.
TENDER PICKUPS WIRED.jpeg
 


I bought the RHB Glacier Express to complement the Bernina Express. What I didn't know is that these cars have no provisions for interior lighting. I was going to shelf the cars, but I started looking at battery lights. I had these magnetic LED pucks.
MAGNET LIGHT.jpeg


So I removed the LED and wired the LED strip to it with a 470 ohm resistor.
MAGNET LIGHT WIRED.jpeg


Tested just right.
1ST CLASS LIT.jpeg

BAR CAR LIT.jpeg

CARS LIT.jpeg


Now I can move forward with detailing the interior and then adding some peeps. The only bad thing about these pucks is that they drain the battery when sitting since it has to detect the magnet.
 
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