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RAIL FANNING THE PEAVINE 2
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watching the switching action going on at Cal Gas...december 2012
enjoy the the vid. questions & comments are welcome
vinny...aka...bnsf6951
Mainline Midtrain helpers : Emulating the prototype
Dear MRHers,
OK, here's one for the BrainsTrust.
I'm seeking at creating a layout scene which will feature mainline mid-train loco ops. As part of this, I'm looking for "typical" trains which make use of such distributed power systems. Grain and Coal come to mind, but are there others?
(visualise sitting at a grade crossing in your car, crossbucks flashing,
and watching a loco splicing 2x strings of autoracks or container-stackers roll past?)
FWIW, I'm focussing on BNSF and UP ops in the Grain states...
NEW TURNOUTS & GROUND THROWS INSTALLED
this past week i changed out the turnouts & added ground throws for cal gas & fertizona. atlas gp38 # 3501 & atlas gp40 #2964 have the switching duties. power for the manifest are 2 kato sd40-2's bnsf # 6798 & atsf #5073. all power is equipped with digitrax decoders
thanks for watching & as always comments & questions are welcome.
vinny...aka...bnsf6951
Train 54, Where Are You?
Mile Posts on the prototype railroads serve many important purposes. On model railroads they can serve equally important jobs if installed carefully.
Of these jobs, mile posts can tell a train crews where they are and help them determine how fast they're going.
Eastern NG mixed with standard
I'm a bit of an anomaly modeling Eastern NG and standard. That said, I understand there are a few others of us here, so I'd like to see some inspirational pics of your layout where the standard meets the narrow. Whether it's dual gauge or not is irrelevant. Coal transfers are especially neat!
Radio for layout communications
Hi everyone,
It will soon be time to replace the radio system we have been using for layout communications & I was looking into the FRS style using add-on headsets that are now in use on many layouts. Before signing over the $$ for a new system I was wondering if anyone can tell me the good & bad experiences they've had using these. What pitfalls are there? What plusses?
Several things that come to mind are:
Power Desk
It's about time I start blogging about my railroad modeling interests. I have the tendency to get started doing something (model railroading for instance) then after a few months, other things seem to draw me away for a while. So I may blog a few times a week, then go months without anything!
However, the nice thing for me is I just got involved with a very active model railroad group just a few miles away, and I'm sure I can draw some writing inspirations from this group.
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