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I have been busy building my layout hoping to start some operations soon. Having built several layout previously and visited and operated on many more I wanted to incorporate as many of the positives I had seen as possible. The big issues for me ,as usual, were time and space. Being older comfort was important.
4 Iconic trains side-by-side
(Photo courtesy of PA)
At 06:00 BST on a fine and sunny Sunday 23rd April (10pm Pacific time Saturday) there was once only gathering of four trains and 5 iconic locomotives on the British East Coast Main Line (ECML) north of York.
Wiring Walthers LED Traffic Signals with DPDT - Need Some Help
Greetings,
I posted a thread a few weeks ago about how I am wanting to have a grade crossing protected by traffic signals that the crew can switch to either let the railroad or the auto traffic have control of the crossing. Here is a link to that thread:
Block signals
Has anyone used the Azatrax TS2 block signal control board. It looks like a good product. I have sent them 2 e-mails trying to get more info but so far no reply. Are they still in business? Any help is appreciated.
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Teetering on the Edge of Another Rabbit Hole - Passenger Train Consists
What a fascinating - and frustrating - hobby this is! It offers an amazing amount of depth and breadth - everything from carpentry, electronics, art, scenery, architecture, historical research - but who has the time or money (or either!) to do any more than scratch the surface? The best model railroads balance all these wonderful aspects into a cohesive whole. And almost all model railroads risk teetering off that balance into a rabbit hole . . .
Cars, Computers, and QR Codes* - Part 4
(Link to Part 3: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/29596)
Update: In the last post I said that I think the car usage cycle is like this:
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Empty, available for assignment
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Empty, but enroute for loading
Surfline Concept Layout & Questions (Freight Ops & planning)
Hi all,
Long post warning. Having read several books / topics / pages on the topic i am a bit stuck so your help will be much appreciated (as always). Trying to do plausible things in a mix of Prototype with some freelance, possibly along the lines of Joe (Fugate) where he did mention Prototype with capital P and freelance with small f (if i understood the concept correctly).
Marklin HO
You can run 2 Marklin battery trains at a time on the same track. How can you run 3 or 4 at the same time and control all 3 or 4 separately ? Thanks.
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