DCC - Electrical
The Brandywine & Benedictine Railroad - Suwanee, GA
This is the fourth layout I operated on at Dixie Rails. It is a great example of a well planned layout and a great craftsman. The B & B is in two parts very good investment in time to watch both, many great ideas. You will have to open post to see second link to part II.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9W-9N6pcCA
The Diamond River Valley Railroad- Lawrenceville, GA
The is another of the great model railroads of the Dixie Rails group. Great operations and layout design. Built switches in place buy printing Fast Track diagrams and gluing them into place and building on top of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt-rD8QNPew this link is for the Kindle users as I have found out.
THE SAINT LOUIS GATEWAY N GAUGE RAILROAD
This N Gauge Layout is part of Dixie Rails in the Atlanta GA area. This is the best running N gauge layout I have ever operated on. It is DCC and not once the whole night that we ran 50 trains did we have one problem due to track of electrical connections. The owner John Wilson has come up with a system of moving blocks of cars with markers on top that are easy to read for all of us who do not see numbers on N scale cars well.
http://m.youtube.com/?reload=3&rdm=mc3h053tl#/watch?feature=m-ch-vid&v=l...
NORFOLK & WESTERN RR, NORCROSS, GA.
This Model RR is part of a group in the Atlanta area called Dixie Rails. This video was taken during a operations event attended by 50 operators from around the country. This RR will be part of the NMRA national convention in Atlanta July 2013. I will post video of three more outstanding layouts.
http://m.youtube.com/?reload=3&rdm=mc3h057ml#/watch?feature=m-ch-vid&v=U...
Switch Machines, which one.
Currently my Credit Valley Railway (CVR) is in boxes in a storage area. I am back to designing an "ideal" layout that will be built as modules once I get the space.
Installing Signals with manual control (without detectors)
Can I install and control signals on a DCC layout, at any prominent place of my choice on the layout, without detectors or electrofrog turnouts?
Is there a way for my to manually control the signals without having to use detectors?
How do I install basic signals on a DCC layout?
My name is Conor. I am 16 years old and I would consider myself a semi-experienced intermediate modeler.
I am in the process of designing and constructing a layout that is 12' x 10' in my basement. It will have approximately 150 feet of track.
I am new to DCC and understand the basic concepts of the system. (bus line, feeders etc.)
I am planning on using a Digitrax Super Empire Builder 5 Amp Command/Booster Unit and will operate a max of 2-3 trains at a time.
Helpful Hints for Getting Started Building your first Model Railroad
Hello Everybody My name is Dan Kelley AKA: Rio Grande Dan here on the MRH forums.
I'm a member of the MRH Spam Police and spend 40 to 60 hrs a week reading through the many Posts and Blogs here on the MRH forums. While reading I keep seeing one problem that many new Model Railroaders are having and that is "WHERE & HOW DO I START?"
Fitting A DCC decoder in to the HO Atlas AEM-7
I am hopefully about to install some DH163's into some AEM-7's. But the space looks very cramped.
To save me trying to fit them in the wrong place, has anyone done this already and can advise?
City of Industry Layout
CITY OF INDUSTRY LAYOUT Project 02-12
Here is my second project, and it is a departure from my previous plan to begin design on the MP/TP operations in New Orleans, namely the Race St. Yard, and Annunciation St. Passenger Terminal, with some of the surrounding industry which the railroad served, i am still in the very rough planning stage for it still gathering information and maps and photographs of the area for the time period during the war and just afterward, pre-NOUPT era.
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