Steam locos
Put a SoundTraxx Tsunami into an HO Bachmann Old Time 4-4-0
I have a "what-I-did" reworking an HO Bachmann Old Time 4-4-0:
http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/1879/bachmann_4-4-0/sound/
also as a PDF:
http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/1879/bachmann_4-4-0/sound/rework.pdf
D&D Mining & Steel 2-8-0 Locomotive
Seen pictures of a steam loco still working a a steel mill in 1979 and I am modeling mainly between 70s and 80s. I figured I would do a steam loco for my mill. The paint scheme is copied from a small railroad company in Eastern KY called Morehead and North Fork. The model started out as a Bachmann Southern locomotive. I still have to weather it but here is a picture of the locomotive fresh out of the paint shop. 
Re-box locomotives
I have a few locomotives that I have yet to add to my layout but do not have the box the locomotive came in.
Decided that I should go for a display box for the interim.
Ran across a few cigar boxes and decided to use them
Loose/Worn Gears effect (lunging on down hill grades)
Sometime back I read an article on MRH about loose or worn gears causing (steam) locomotives to "lunge" on down hill grades. Now, I can not find article.
I have one Rivarossi Mikado that lunges, more or less, depending on the number of cars it is hauling on the down hill grades.
Can anyone advise me on which article I may have been reading, please?
G.T.
UPDATE:
programming decoders
Good afternoon all, new here. Looking for help programing BLI Paragon2 steam.
Any one experienced a "run away" ? I have had two locomotives do it. My buddy has had the same problem with three. An acquaintance had one. Cannot say for the acquaintance on his experience.
My bud and I use the NCE Power Cab. I do our programing with Decoder Pro 3. I have contacted NCE, and was advised to turn off the answerback sound and turn off BEMF. BLI advised, set that.
Someone's Treasure
Could this be a long lost treasure, just waiting to be rescued?
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181174868495&ssPageNam...
San Pablo Valley Railroad #16
Yesterday I completed (well, nearly completed) the first locomotive actually lettered for my freelanced HOn3 railroad, the San Pablo Valley.
The locomotive started out as an unlettered Blackstone C-19.
And emerged from the SPV shops looking like this:
DCC Conversion - Small N-Scale 0-6-0 Saddle Tank
My younger brother, who is in the early stages of building a new, large N-scale layout, recently asked me (as the family's DCC and electronics expert) to convert one of his older locomotives to DCC operation.
Restoring an old MDC 0-6-0 (part 2)
I haven't posted in a while, been busy with other things. Since my original post about restoring an old, crusty MDC 0-6-0 (read it here), I have cleaned up all the parts and rebuilt the motor...
Construction of the Second Spline Helix - Part 3 - DCC Testing
I finally finished the second of two spline helices for my N-scale layout that is under construction. I have included a video, this time with sound, since it is a sound equipped engine, that shows the results of the first DCC test of the second helix.
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