DCC - Electrical
DCC and scent?
I'm sitting here watching a great film called 'Nebraska'. Lovely opening scene with tank cars set on a BNSF line in Montana. In doing so, I have a waft scent of tar with the windows cracked open on a lovely Summer evening. Living in
a condo in a busy condo construction zone in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As I watch the film and huff the 'notes' of tar I realize
I am modeling an industry called 'Polytar'. A manufacturer of asphalt shingles.
Custom Paint -VIA Rail RDC 6215 on the Trenton Subdivision in N Scale
When models are not available of the items you want to include on your layout, customizing is the next option.
In this photo VIA Rail 6215, an RDC 2 moves out of the engine shop area following maintenance to resume duties on the branchline.
DCC engine showing short when placed on main line with Digitrack
Engine running fine until hitting a rail spike that poped up in center of rails and tried to place it back in service but started the DCS50 flashing indicating short. Placed other engines on track and ran fine. What is wrong with my loco?
Kynar Wire
This product may be old news to some, but I came across Kynar wire a short while ago and figured that it may have considerable potential for model railroading. The stuff I have is 30 AWG and as you can see from the photo it sits neatly between the 38 AWG magnet wire from Ngineeering and decoder wire.
To me the advantage over magnet wire is that it has very good insulation while still very thin and relatively flexible. Anyhoo thought I would share another tool in the arsenal for those tricky wiring jobs.
Speaker for a early BLI NW2
The speaker on my Broadway Limited NW2 with a QSI decoder has a cone that separated from the voice coil. Does any know what impedance (8 or 16 ohms) the decoder expects to see in the speaker? The literature I have found doesn't seem to indicate which it is.
Thanks for any help on this.
Bill
Tsunami Soundcar - an alternate idea - STATIONARY APPLICATION FOR YARDS??
Guys (and gals!),
I'm hoping some of you tech savvy modelers will comment on this.
Friend Neil Schofield and I were discussing the Tsunami Soundcar product. In theory it's a great idea, but for those of us who have larger layouts and lots of cars, its all but a non-starter due to cost considerations. But Neil proposed an interesting idea.
Bachmann DCC locomotives on the cheap
My local shop is selling off Bachmann DCC GP38-2's for $96.00 CDN. This is a great price for a first DCC locomotive on a fixed budget. A little unbelieveble for a DCC locomotive. Anyone have experience with these? Should I just wait and save up the $250.00 for an Atlas? How do the Bachmann's run, are the sounds authentic and lights work and so forth? Thanks in advance.
Brad
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