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Dumb Luck on my Side - AC&Y Locomotives

Fri, 2014-01-10 08:50 — LKandO

Sometimes you get really lucky and don't realize it until a long time afterwards. Such is the case with the locomotive roster of my railroad.

The prototype for my railroad is the Akron Canton & Youngstown, a fallen flag. The AC&Y motive power roster was primarily FM units - H16-44 and H20-44 being the bulk of the fleet. What is the first thing you do when re-entering the hobby after a long time? Buy locomotives! I set out to get me some AC&Y locomotives. This was 2009.

cabless units

Fri, 2014-01-10 07:31 — PineCreekRR

Hey everyone. I need some help. I am planning on making some gp38b units but don't know how to go through with this. If anyone else has done this before and knows how. It would be much help. I am planning on making these in ho scale, and I plan on kitbashing them. All advise accepted. Thanx.

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Installed first Decoder...

Wed, 2014-01-08 21:18 — rswinter

... I picked up a bottom-of-the-line Digitrax decoder (DN135D) to put in an old loco so my son had something to run when his friends come over (don't want them playing with the new DCC/Sound Locos). The Motor control work fine, I still need to mess with the numbers to get it running a better, but it never ran all that great on DC anyway.

My last weathering project

Wed, 2014-01-08 00:24 — Angelo

Suggestions Needed

Tue, 2014-01-07 12:15 — Bernd

I have two Alco Models C-628 Century Alcos. Can't remember what year I bought hem but they are the older all brass engines. Here's a picture of the engine.

Bernd

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N Scale Plymouth Switcher DCC Conversion

Mon, 2014-01-06 12:47 — dtsmith

Diesel locos

Hello again. A comment on a previous post (http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/16456) mentioned problems with weight and pickup for these small switchers. I have two of them and plan to convert one to DCC following the excellent results obtained by

http://bbmgroup.com/decoders/switcher.html

My Athearn Split Gear "Fix" article is now complete.

Sun, 2014-01-05 20:32 — Ghost Train

You will find the article at http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/16388

Enjoy it and Employ it.

G.T.

Experience with the Bachmann N-Scale EMD GP7 with DCC

Sun, 2014-01-05 18:08 — Cascade Bob

Has anyone had any experience with the new Bachmann N-Scale EMD GP7 with DCC installed? I'm considering buying one and was wondering how it performs.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Bob

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SoundTraxx AT-1000 in Atlas GP39-2 - Lights?

Sun, 2014-01-05 15:13 — emillerz

Greetings,

I am installing a SoundTraxx AT-1000 sound decoder in one of my Atlas Trainman GP39-2s, but am having some difficulty getting the lights to work. Before I go further, I thought I should ask around so I don't ruin or short out the decoder.

To start with, I followed the directions on this site for wiring:
http://www.soundtraxx.com/documents/appnotes/atl_emdgp38-2.pdf