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Flirting with the Sacramento Northern

Sun, 2014-07-27 11:19 — sunacres

I enjoy imagining what kind of a layout I can build whenever I take control of a space. Even when I’ve worked in office cubicles I didn’t hesitate to sketch up ideas for shelf layouts that I could fit in, even though it might have been bad for office morale to slack off of work so brazenly. But I seem to be ensconced in my current classroom for the foreseeable future and the Inglenook convinced me that a model railroad would be a legitimate and appropriate educational tool. For some kids, maybe better than just appropriate.

Mathy timespackle

Sat, 2014-07-26 10:52 — sunacres

I’ve never been to an actual model railroad operating session other than watching club layouts during visiting hours and my own home layout activities with my kids. I am so grateful for the effort that folks have put into sharing their sessions on DVD and YouTube, especially Joe Fugate and Charlie Comstock, and for the published guidance from writers like Tony Koester. I’m hoping my naivete works to my advantage somehow as I adapt what I’ve gleaned to the special case of a classroom full of eager, chatty kids.

Railroad Tycoon. do you play?

Thu, 2014-07-24 11:42 — casenundra

Which version do you play? Or, do you play at all. "Railroad Tycoon" introduced me to the concept of progression of raw materials to basic materials and then to finished goods.

I still play the original D.O.S. version which was released in 1990. I use "DOSBox" to play on my Windows 7 computer. The newer, updated versions,and I have them all, just don't have the magic of the original.

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Just a taste to whet their interest

Wed, 2014-07-23 10:31 — sunacres

If you give a kid some sectional track, a power pack, an engine and some cars of course the first thing most of them will do is make a circle of track and see how fast the train will go. That’s the natural order of things.

My intention with the Inglenook was to disrupt the natural order enough so that the kids would sense that there’s something else going on.

RAILMOPS

Thu, 2014-07-17 11:59 — tommypelley

Does anyone know of any software that functions like railmops without all the programming. I don't mind having to input my own info but haven't done any programming since the old BASIC days.

JMRI Operations - cars are getting extra length?

Sun, 2014-07-13 20:58 — tbdanny

Hi all,

I'm just setting up JMRI operations for my layout, and I'm getting a bit of a bizzare error:

As you can see, the error message is telling me that the car is 24 feet long, whereas the actual length entered in the car details is 20 feet.

JMRI operations - android app?

Tue, 2014-07-08 17:28 — tbdanny

Hi all,

I've got an old Samsung Galaxy Tab which I'm planning to use with JMRI to run my model railroad. I'm also planning on using the JMRI operations module for switch lists, etc.

I was just wondering, is there a way to take the switch list information from the operations software running on the PC and pull it up on the tablet via wi-fi at all?

Cheers,
tbdanny

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San Diego Model RR Museum

Mon, 2014-07-07 17:44 — kerrydel

I'm going to be in San Diego over Labor Day weekend. I'd love to be able to get to get to run a train at the Model RR Museum, on ANY of the layouts there.

Does anybody on these forums have an 'in' at the museum?

I'd greatly appreciate any opportunity!

Thanks in advance.

Kerry