CambriaArea51
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Patrick- They say the two best days of owning a pool are the day they set it up and the day they take it down.
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I often use this as my avatar. Station cat
I hope to show off more of Newport club in the future. The aisles get kind of tight, making wide-angle shots difficult.
Speaking of new locos, though. A friend came through for me at a local club garage sale. Proto-2000 MILW SD7 for $45! I'm a big fan of SD9's and SD7's, so it's about time I get another one.
I also watched this video. #2 is the best choice.
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Jaz avalley
Station cat
I looked it up so impressed, shame it is not in the UK,
I often use this as my avatar. Station cat
Greg@mnrr
Section Hand
Good Afternoon Everyone in Model Railroad Land. Sunny and warm here in Southern Wisconsin. Just home from the cabin and catching up on the Forum news.
Wish that Southern Pacific locomotive from Rapido would arrive soon. The SP doesn't fit my era, theme or locale, but like they say it's my railroad. Serious the locomotive maybe ripe for leasing or a outright purchase by the CM&N Railroad! I just love that Bloody Nose on the SP locomotives.
Down to the railroad tomorrow. I just have to make it up the basement steps. Need to run my new MILW locomotive from Rapido. I have several car kits to assemble.
Reading the threads and seeing the photos and videos about the model railroad clubs like the North Metro, it just makes more sense for me to join a club and run some longer trains...and make use of and running on a larger, much larger layout. I think I have narrow my choice down to two clubs in my area. But both require a lone drive from by home, but worth it.
Hearing so much about Scale Trains, I can't wait for my two MILW units to arrive from the manufacture. I understand that the sound is suburb on these locomotives. I ordered the Muesuem quality models so the details should be excellent.
Heads up to both Scale Trains and Rapido who answered my emails to them in the same day or the next day! Great customer service.
Miller Time......
Greg
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Wish that Southern Pacific locomotive from Rapido would arrive soon. The SP doesn't fit my era, theme or locale, but like they say it's my railroad. Serious the locomotive maybe ripe for leasing or a outright purchase by the CM&N Railroad! I just love that Bloody Nose on the SP locomotives.
Down to the railroad tomorrow. I just have to make it up the basement steps. Need to run my new MILW locomotive from Rapido. I have several car kits to assemble.
Reading the threads and seeing the photos and videos about the model railroad clubs like the North Metro, it just makes more sense for me to join a club and run some longer trains...and make use of and running on a larger, much larger layout. I think I have narrow my choice down to two clubs in my area. But both require a lone drive from by home, but worth it.
Hearing so much about Scale Trains, I can't wait for my two MILW units to arrive from the manufacture. I understand that the sound is suburb on these locomotives. I ordered the Muesuem quality models so the details should be excellent.
Heads up to both Scale Trains and Rapido who answered my emails to them in the same day or the next day! Great customer service.
Miller Time......
Greg
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MilwRoader_Steve
Well-Known Member
Mystery solved, boys and girls. The answer is ... ... ... [wait for it] ...
I'm an idiot.
You've seen this image, methinks:
The problem is, where that wall is drawn on the inside aisle by the Turntable, you see the dimension is 29-1/2 inches.
Only it's not!
I mentioned that I was concerned that I lost about 5 - 6 inches somewhere. I thought it was my bad construction skills. But it was bad measuring skills. That aisleway is 23-1/2 inches, not 29-1/2 inches. So when I moved the Turntable over so I could clear that corner with the saw ... ... ... I actually moved it 6 inches further west than I had drawn! Holy F'en Yardsticks is Right!!
This is what it really looks like:
Which is why those two legs to the turntable are as tight as they are. But as I have often said, our Good Lord often looks out for idiots and children, and I ain't no kid. Fortunately, miraculously, impossibly, it will all still work. Go figure.
Thanks for listening, and I'll just go quietly away and play by myself in the sandbox from now on.
I'm an idiot.
You've seen this image, methinks:
The problem is, where that wall is drawn on the inside aisle by the Turntable, you see the dimension is 29-1/2 inches.
Only it's not!
I mentioned that I was concerned that I lost about 5 - 6 inches somewhere. I thought it was my bad construction skills. But it was bad measuring skills. That aisleway is 23-1/2 inches, not 29-1/2 inches. So when I moved the Turntable over so I could clear that corner with the saw ... ... ... I actually moved it 6 inches further west than I had drawn! Holy F'en Yardsticks is Right!!
This is what it really looks like:
Which is why those two legs to the turntable are as tight as they are. But as I have often said, our Good Lord often looks out for idiots and children, and I ain't no kid. Fortunately, miraculously, impossibly, it will all still work. Go figure.
Thanks for listening, and I'll just go quietly away and play by myself in the sandbox from now on.
DakotaLove39
Always Improvising
Greg, there is a guy down in Illinois I chat with infrequently, also a Milwaukee Road guy. He's known for his Beer Line home switching layout, but he also has to scratch that drag freight itch with his club's layout. Running big freights once in a while is a nice, spicy challenge to keep you on your toes. I have a blast with it.
I hope to show off more of Newport club in the future. The aisles get kind of tight, making wide-angle shots difficult.
Don't forget Rapido is trying to do a run of 'Baby Trainmasters', which would include MILW paint. They couldn't meet the minimum pre-order number last time they tried, though. I have one on pre-order, but the thing is just as expensive as the ScaleTrains SDL39's. Allegedly due for release late next year or spring of '23.
Speaking of new locos, though. A friend came through for me at a local club garage sale. Proto-2000 MILW SD7 for $45! I'm a big fan of SD9's and SD7's, so it's about time I get another one.
CHRlSTIAN
Happy to be here !
Welcome to the club. You're not alone.
Patrick
What, me worry?
Morning all,
It was hot yesterday (101°) in Doo-Dah. Going to be hot for the next few days (Air temps over 100° and feels like of 105°+). Work was a pain due to the changing of the main switches confused many computers IP addresses, which kept me hopping as I'm the one who apparently knows how to fix that problem. The switches assign the IP addresses to the computers and with the change, some received new IP addresses which were assigned to other machines. Not hard to fix, but something the kids hadn't seen previously. Damn, I hate being the "Old Man".
(God isn't omnipotent, he's just been around so long that he knows everything...
)
Hopefully today will be quieter.
BBL
It was hot yesterday (101°) in Doo-Dah. Going to be hot for the next few days (Air temps over 100° and feels like of 105°+). Work was a pain due to the changing of the main switches confused many computers IP addresses, which kept me hopping as I'm the one who apparently knows how to fix that problem. The switches assign the IP addresses to the computers and with the change, some received new IP addresses which were assigned to other machines. Not hard to fix, but something the kids hadn't seen previously. Damn, I hate being the "Old Man".
(God isn't omnipotent, he's just been around so long that he knows everything...)Hopefully today will be quieter.
BBL
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning Everybody. Clear and a nice cool 71° here in North Central Texas. NWS is predicting 98° again today like yesterday, but it only reached 94°, thus keeping their record of misses intact.
I spent more time yesterday morning doing household chores than normal. Maybe I just did them slower. I blew off mowing yesterday as there was just no wind, an essential part of outdoor tasks when it's warm like this time of year. Today's forecast shows the wind picking up later today so I'll resume then. The HOA doesn't mind the raggedness anyway. I am the only member!!! Meanwhile, I did do some cleanup in the garden removing the remnants of the squash and some tomato plants.
Thanks for the likes and comments everybody regarding the Downtown Deco structures; Tom O, Christian, Gary, Patrick, Karl, Chad, Guy, Moermusic, Garry, Hughie, Curt, Tom, Sherrel.
Today I need a hardy breakfast Flo, how about a chicken-fried steak with southern cream gravy and a pile of grits. Make it a sugar free A&W root beer to wash it down with.
I did spend some time out in the train shed yesterday, mostly doing odds and ends. Since I have all of my field grass/weeds stuff out, I did some more of that. I have many areas that I added ground cover to in the past few months, that I never put in the weeds. So a little here and there whenever I have the stuff out. I ran out of fine gray ballast which I use for roads/drives/parking areas, which put a hold on an area that I am currently working on. I took the unusual step of ordering some from Amazon instead of going to the LHS. Even though Amazon is slightly more expensive (by 79¢), I don't have to spend $12 on gas to go to the hobby store. Somehow I didn't have it on my list when I went two weeks ago. I also resurrected another small project that got set aside a few months ago, simply because it got put aside. It's one of those antique Magnuson resin vehicle kits from the 80's.
I had attached the two vehicle halves, painted it and the tires and moved it out of the way for something else. Well now I resume.
A little more detail painting and decals and I have a MOW vehicle for a small mini-scene that I have in mind at one of my switch towers.
I also had time to run and document an out and back switching run to keep a train crew busy. Their job was to pick up two empty boxcars and drop off two reefers and a boxcar in Charlottesville.
One empty is at Miracle Manufacturing. It will be replaced with a full one of lumber for furniture.
Next door at Federal Cold Storage, they will drop off a reefer of frozen vegetables.
A little further south they will exchange an empty for a full RBL boxcar at Loy Distributing, a local beer distributor.
Oooops! That shot is a little fuzzy!
After using the caboose as a handle, they drop the two empties off down the siding while they run around on the main.
They are now in position for picking up after the loads are dropped off.
First the RBL is dropped off at Loy's.
Then the boxcar of lumber goes to Miracle Manufacturing.
Then I hit the limit for photos in a single post, so I will add another post to finish the trick.
Patrick -
Steve J - You mentioned the Kadee coupler hanging low. No car or engine goes on my layout without an initial inspection for coupler height, weight and overall visual inspection. That includes adding metal wheels when needed. All of the resulting measurements and information then goes into my rolling stock database along with any future maintenance records.
Interesting about the "ah-ha" moment regarding the TT placement. I was wondering how you were so far off with the track placement when you first posted it. Fractions of an inch always, but not that far off. Glad that you finally resolved it.
I find that engine sound on a layout can be cute but annoying. That's just me though.
Garry - Have a safe trip to see 4014. I remember that you have seen it before, but it is still a sight to see.
Curt - You mentioned your dad and hearing aids. They were unquestionably the best investment that I ever made.
Today is my late mother's 92nd birthday. She joined her maker in 1994.
Everybody have a great day.
I spent more time yesterday morning doing household chores than normal. Maybe I just did them slower. I blew off mowing yesterday as there was just no wind, an essential part of outdoor tasks when it's warm like this time of year. Today's forecast shows the wind picking up later today so I'll resume then. The HOA doesn't mind the raggedness anyway. I am the only member!!! Meanwhile, I did do some cleanup in the garden removing the remnants of the squash and some tomato plants.
Thanks for the likes and comments everybody regarding the Downtown Deco structures; Tom O, Christian, Gary, Patrick, Karl, Chad, Guy, Moermusic, Garry, Hughie, Curt, Tom, Sherrel.
Today I need a hardy breakfast Flo, how about a chicken-fried steak with southern cream gravy and a pile of grits. Make it a sugar free A&W root beer to wash it down with.
I did spend some time out in the train shed yesterday, mostly doing odds and ends. Since I have all of my field grass/weeds stuff out, I did some more of that. I have many areas that I added ground cover to in the past few months, that I never put in the weeds. So a little here and there whenever I have the stuff out. I ran out of fine gray ballast which I use for roads/drives/parking areas, which put a hold on an area that I am currently working on. I took the unusual step of ordering some from Amazon instead of going to the LHS. Even though Amazon is slightly more expensive (by 79¢), I don't have to spend $12 on gas to go to the hobby store. Somehow I didn't have it on my list when I went two weeks ago. I also resurrected another small project that got set aside a few months ago, simply because it got put aside. It's one of those antique Magnuson resin vehicle kits from the 80's.
I had attached the two vehicle halves, painted it and the tires and moved it out of the way for something else. Well now I resume.
A little more detail painting and decals and I have a MOW vehicle for a small mini-scene that I have in mind at one of my switch towers.
I also had time to run and document an out and back switching run to keep a train crew busy. Their job was to pick up two empty boxcars and drop off two reefers and a boxcar in Charlottesville.
One empty is at Miracle Manufacturing. It will be replaced with a full one of lumber for furniture.
Next door at Federal Cold Storage, they will drop off a reefer of frozen vegetables.
A little further south they will exchange an empty for a full RBL boxcar at Loy Distributing, a local beer distributor.
Oooops! That shot is a little fuzzy!
After using the caboose as a handle, they drop the two empties off down the siding while they run around on the main.
They are now in position for picking up after the loads are dropped off.
First the RBL is dropped off at Loy's.
Then the boxcar of lumber goes to Miracle Manufacturing.
Then I hit the limit for photos in a single post, so I will add another post to finish the trick.
Patrick -
And eventually just like AT&T, through mergers and acquisitions, it's mostly back together again!
Steve J - You mentioned the Kadee coupler hanging low. No car or engine goes on my layout without an initial inspection for coupler height, weight and overall visual inspection. That includes adding metal wheels when needed. All of the resulting measurements and information then goes into my rolling stock database along with any future maintenance records.
Interesting about the "ah-ha" moment regarding the TT placement. I was wondering how you were so far off with the track placement when you first posted it. Fractions of an inch always, but not that far off. Glad that you finally resolved it.
I find that engine sound on a layout can be cute but annoying. That's just me though.
Garry - Have a safe trip to see 4014. I remember that you have seen it before, but it is still a sight to see.
Curt - You mentioned your dad and hearing aids. They were unquestionably the best investment that I ever made.
Today is my late mother's 92nd birthday. She joined her maker in 1994.
Everybody have a great day.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
OK! Let's finish this up.
Next up is the reefer at Federal Cold Storage.
Then they back up to the empties and caboose waiting on the siding for them.
Finally here they are waiting for the dispatcher to give them the signal that the main is now clear so that they can return to the yard.
I hope that you have enjoyed this "day in the life" segment as much as I enjoyed doing it.
Next up is the reefer at Federal Cold Storage.
Then they back up to the empties and caboose waiting on the siding for them.
Finally here they are waiting for the dispatcher to give them the signal that the main is now clear so that they can return to the yard.
I hope that you have enjoyed this "day in the life" segment as much as I enjoyed doing it.
TLOC
Well-Known Member
Good morning global modelers. It is warm and sticky already on the south deck in So. Central Wisconsin. I have been out here since 6:30 and it was 76f degrees then, it is only 78 now heading to 90+. The dew points and humidity numbers are in the 70’s. This will soon become an indoor day.
One of the daughter’s neighbors asked if I could bake some buns for a B-day party for the Labor Day weekend. Checking the long range forecast tells me I should be saying no, too hot. I rarely make bread or in this case buns during the Summer months. Terry when I mentioned it said to just crank the A/C and make them. 2 years ago the B-day party was a 3 day event over the Labor Day weekend so I will need to ask for a number. Also when I say yes, I will need to make some practice breads, pumpernickel and rye breads sound like good practice loaves.
We had homemade Reuben sandwiches for dinner yesterday. They were excellent, my wife and my sister spent the afternoon experiment making the “thousand Isle“ sauce now known as the secret stuff. What a mess in the kitchen yesterday but they were both in their element. Grilled on the outdoor grill as that is what my sister has used all year round for most of her adult life. I love the taste of food from the grill but I am not that crazy about using it. But, I do use it all year round.
The SIL stopped by last night. He’s been kind of shy around me since he quit managing the homestead, the second time. He got such a great offer to be a HR analyst for a Chicago area company he had to take it. Also, the daughter and Terry joined us. The land the SIL has his vineyard on they will buy from us at market value. I again asked the daughter if she doesn’t want to run the property management business and she said no. They are aware that if they are not working for us there will be no monthly checks. I have had lots of offers for our Wisconsin apartments in the past but we were hoping the kids would take over. Oh well. We will keep Texas and sell off the rest. We offer 1st to the complex managers and we will hold the financing for them as this has worked great for us in the past.
Trains, I walked into the layout room yesterday and the ground goop is hard enough now for ground covering. I had a buddy stop on Sunday and take my wire armature measuring devices or templates. He is going to create just the twisted wire portion of the trees for himself and me. He had called yesterday and said he hit up Michael’s for all their florist wire that wasn‘t green. The green is 22 gage wire and too flimsy in my book for any large trees 5”+. 26” gage is what I use. Green works great for bushes. He has worked with me doing this portion as has my 7 year old grandson. He was hoping Wednesday evening to come over and work on the branches and use my spray booth to paint what he will have. Knowing this guy and his work ethic I believe we will be looking at a couple hundred tree trunks to form. Hopefully the US Women’s National or Canada’s hockey teams have games Wednesday night at the world Championship in Canada. I need a hockey game on to form branches. I wasn’t planning on making any trees until Fall but if he is going to create the twisted wire part I can work on making branches early. Wednesday he will give me my trunks and we will work on his. He is a good modeler but absolutely no confidence when it comes to scenery. Back in June I went over and helped him with the ground goop mix and use on his very nice “plywood Pacific”. He has colored it and put down the forest floor and is ready for a million trees. He makes a great puff ball tree but wants decent foreground trees. That’s what we will be making. Like Terry and I he is high risk for Covid and is vaccinated wears a mask everywhere, only does outdoor seating at restaurants and has been with his partner or SO the only non family members in the house for dinner and socializing. Terry does ride in the group rides with the SO who does fit in with the girls nicely. His layout is too big, in the lower 1/2 of a barn he renovated for himself to live in.
Yesterday on the grocery run I was impressed 100% masks on in the store. I mentioned it to Terry and she looked at me like I was crazy. Seems I missed the county suggestion not mandated that everyone be masked indoors starting yesterday. All 3 stores yesterday had the signs again saying must be masked. I heard yesterday the 3rd jab for Pfizer is 8 months after the initial jab, so December for us.
Gotta go, I have to gather up all my egg cartons and foam for the tree trunks, the trees below need more shaping and trimming then the leaves added
enjoy your day
TomO
One of the daughter’s neighbors asked if I could bake some buns for a B-day party for the Labor Day weekend. Checking the long range forecast tells me I should be saying no, too hot. I rarely make bread or in this case buns during the Summer months. Terry when I mentioned it said to just crank the A/C and make them. 2 years ago the B-day party was a 3 day event over the Labor Day weekend so I will need to ask for a number. Also when I say yes, I will need to make some practice breads, pumpernickel and rye breads sound like good practice loaves.
We had homemade Reuben sandwiches for dinner yesterday. They were excellent, my wife and my sister spent the afternoon experiment making the “thousand Isle“ sauce now known as the secret stuff. What a mess in the kitchen yesterday but they were both in their element. Grilled on the outdoor grill as that is what my sister has used all year round for most of her adult life. I love the taste of food from the grill but I am not that crazy about using it. But, I do use it all year round.
The SIL stopped by last night. He’s been kind of shy around me since he quit managing the homestead, the second time. He got such a great offer to be a HR analyst for a Chicago area company he had to take it. Also, the daughter and Terry joined us. The land the SIL has his vineyard on they will buy from us at market value. I again asked the daughter if she doesn’t want to run the property management business and she said no. They are aware that if they are not working for us there will be no monthly checks. I have had lots of offers for our Wisconsin apartments in the past but we were hoping the kids would take over. Oh well. We will keep Texas and sell off the rest. We offer 1st to the complex managers and we will hold the financing for them as this has worked great for us in the past.
Trains, I walked into the layout room yesterday and the ground goop is hard enough now for ground covering. I had a buddy stop on Sunday and take my wire armature measuring devices or templates. He is going to create just the twisted wire portion of the trees for himself and me. He had called yesterday and said he hit up Michael’s for all their florist wire that wasn‘t green. The green is 22 gage wire and too flimsy in my book for any large trees 5”+. 26” gage is what I use. Green works great for bushes. He has worked with me doing this portion as has my 7 year old grandson. He was hoping Wednesday evening to come over and work on the branches and use my spray booth to paint what he will have. Knowing this guy and his work ethic I believe we will be looking at a couple hundred tree trunks to form. Hopefully the US Women’s National or Canada’s hockey teams have games Wednesday night at the world Championship in Canada. I need a hockey game on to form branches. I wasn’t planning on making any trees until Fall but if he is going to create the twisted wire part I can work on making branches early. Wednesday he will give me my trunks and we will work on his. He is a good modeler but absolutely no confidence when it comes to scenery. Back in June I went over and helped him with the ground goop mix and use on his very nice “plywood Pacific”. He has colored it and put down the forest floor and is ready for a million trees. He makes a great puff ball tree but wants decent foreground trees. That’s what we will be making. Like Terry and I he is high risk for Covid and is vaccinated wears a mask everywhere, only does outdoor seating at restaurants and has been with his partner or SO the only non family members in the house for dinner and socializing. Terry does ride in the group rides with the SO who does fit in with the girls nicely. His layout is too big, in the lower 1/2 of a barn he renovated for himself to live in.
Yesterday on the grocery run I was impressed 100% masks on in the store. I mentioned it to Terry and she looked at me like I was crazy. Seems I missed the county suggestion not mandated that everyone be masked indoors starting yesterday. All 3 stores yesterday had the signs again saying must be masked. I heard yesterday the 3rd jab for Pfizer is 8 months after the initial jab, so December for us.
Gotta go, I have to gather up all my egg cartons and foam for the tree trunks, the trees below need more shaping and trimming then the leaves added
enjoy your day
TomO
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Patrick
What, me worry?
Willie: IIRC Most of the "baby" Bells are owned now by AT&T or Verizon. Even AT&T was bought out by SBC and then that name used instead of SBC (Southwestern Bell Corp.)
Christian: Nice switching layouts. My personal preference is #1 as I think you have more space for some industry along the back side. You could even add a switch to the rightmost track (as the picture views) and go to the back side. Either one could be used to build on in the future as well...
Christian: Nice switching layouts. My personal preference is #1 as I think you have more space for some industry along the back side. You could even add a switch to the rightmost track (as the picture views) and go to the back side. Either one could be used to build on in the future as well...
GarryCBQ
Well-Known Member
Howdy .....
Willie ..... Thanks for well wishes for my plans to see 4014. I like all of the industrial switching you can do on your layout. I like your Magnuson Models truck. I have put some together myself.
Steve (Dakota) ..... I like the MILW SD7 in your picture. I'm fond of SD7's and SD9's, too.
Here are some SD's on my layout.
Willie ..... Thanks for well wishes for my plans to see 4014. I like all of the industrial switching you can do on your layout. I like your Magnuson Models truck. I have put some together myself.
Steve (Dakota) ..... I like the MILW SD7 in your picture. I'm fond of SD7's and SD9's, too.
Here are some SD's on my layout.
MilwRoader_Steve
Well-Known Member
Greetings all!
Big storms this morning in the NW twin cities! Lost power at 0615 as a big limb came down next door taking out neighbor's main power feed wires to the weatherhead. We lost some big limbs too, but seemingly no damage to structures. Power still out at 10:00 as I came into the office.
I installed the last turnout and the two legs to the turntable last night. Chill down the champagne, because I hope that when I take out the pins and lift the waterbottle weights - - - I'll test via gravity HOG mode and all will be well. That will be the complete yard layout done with installation!! A big milestone.
Next will come the wiring of the main bus and all those feeder wires. I'm counting 20 pairs!! Plus I have some joiners I want to solder. Then to wire up the power feed to the electromagnet uncouplers. And for those, I got some nifty Circuit boards that will do a timed power on. I saw them on Larry Puckett's "DCC Guy" and they are really slick. One can set the variable time for the power on, and it will even display count-down LEDs. I don't really have a big enough control panel area to mount those count-downs, so will mount them up under the benchwork, somewhere.
Lots still to do, but hopefully, I'll be running trains in the yard within a few weeks! ----- Steve J
Big storms this morning in the NW twin cities! Lost power at 0615 as a big limb came down next door taking out neighbor's main power feed wires to the weatherhead. We lost some big limbs too, but seemingly no damage to structures. Power still out at 10:00 as I came into the office.
I installed the last turnout and the two legs to the turntable last night. Chill down the champagne, because I hope that when I take out the pins and lift the waterbottle weights - - - I'll test via gravity HOG mode and all will be well. That will be the complete yard layout done with installation!! A big milestone.
Next will come the wiring of the main bus and all those feeder wires. I'm counting 20 pairs!! Plus I have some joiners I want to solder. Then to wire up the power feed to the electromagnet uncouplers. And for those, I got some nifty Circuit boards that will do a timed power on. I saw them on Larry Puckett's "DCC Guy" and they are really slick. One can set the variable time for the power on, and it will even display count-down LEDs. I don't really have a big enough control panel area to mount those count-downs, so will mount them up under the benchwork, somewhere.
Lots still to do, but hopefully, I'll be running trains in the yard within a few weeks! ----- Steve J
Greg@mnrr
Section Hand
Good Morning Everyone......a warm start to the day will is expected to be a hot and then wet one for us. This morning Riley and I sat outside while Cathy mowed some of the lawns. We were OK in the shade and then the Wisconsin State Birds hit us in huge numbers and we retreated to the house. Those mosquitos are some thing else.
Looks like from the radar that TomO and our cabin is getting nailed with storms and heavy rain.
Garry: Great as always and I like the consists! Very realistic. Multiable bridges in a scene is effective modeling and makes for an interesting track plan.
Christian: I like the second plan the best, unless you can have some reason the track in #1 being off at an angle.
TomO: Glad you can make your shade trees in large qualities. Looking good.
Willie: A productive day spent doing switching moves.
That's about all for now.
Greg
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A freight enterin Rocky Junction on the CM&N Railroad. The locomotive is a MNS unit.-Greg
The New Rive Mine at near eye level on the CM&N Railroad. The indicator lamps above the hopper loading tracks change color with the position of the turnouts lea dig into the hoppers.-Greg
Busy area of the CM&N Railroad near the pulpwood logs that are waiting for pickup and then delivery to the mills.-Greg
Looks like from the radar that TomO and our cabin is getting nailed with storms and heavy rain.
Garry: Great as always and I like the consists! Very realistic. Multiable bridges in a scene is effective modeling and makes for an interesting track plan.
Christian: I like the second plan the best, unless you can have some reason the track in #1 being off at an angle.
TomO: Glad you can make your shade trees in large qualities. Looking good.
Willie: A productive day spent doing switching moves.
That's about all for now.
Greg
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A freight enterin Rocky Junction on the CM&N Railroad. The locomotive is a MNS unit.-Greg
The New Rive Mine at near eye level on the CM&N Railroad. The indicator lamps above the hopper loading tracks change color with the position of the turnouts lea dig into the hoppers.-Greg
Busy area of the CM&N Railroad near the pulpwood logs that are waiting for pickup and then delivery to the mills.-Greg
CHRlSTIAN
Happy to be here !
Me too !
Absolutely no reason for that.
I also watched this video. #2 is the best choice.
MilwRoader_Steve
Well-Known Member
For what it's worth - This is the completed yard:
That is all the track down!
At least for the time being. I think I will order the coaling station and then put in the programming track (the permanent, the one shown is temporary) to mate up with the coaling station.
That is all the track down!
At least for the time being. I think I will order the coaling station and then put in the programming track (the permanent, the one shown is temporary) to mate up with the coaling station.
Patrick
What, me worry?
Surprised over lunch as I went to the Hobby Town in Wichita (7 miles north of my office) and actually found they had the Micro Trains N-Scale trucks in stock, and for less than I found them online. I had a couple of other errands that put me in the area anyway, so it really wasn't bad. They said they only raise the price when they get them in and not current stock. NICE!!! Still over $7.00 for a $2.00 car...lol
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