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More Scenery done
I did a little bit of scenery this week, around the GP mill and in the far corner of the layout.
Mantua steam loco coupling rod nut size
Hi; I need to undo the coupling rod screws on a Mantua 2-8-0 steam loco but my 2.5mm nut spinner is slightly too big and turning on the screw heads, my 2mm nut spinner is too small. Does anyone know the correct size of nut driver/spinner to fit and if so where I might obtain one please?
Signaling for an interlocking plant with Arduino and Tortoise switch machine contacts.
I have an interlocking problem where, in a relatively small space are located 8 track switches and 7 entrances and exits in and out of of the plant. Also it looks like I will need 18 signal heads to control movements within the this space. I am modeling the the B&O with a junction with NYC at this point. One signal (S1) will be NYC format the others are B&O.position light signals. The B&O also uses marker lights,white, blue, and one called lunar white as well as the red, yellow and green. The marker lights, with as man
C&O RSD5 - Long or Short hood Forward?
Dear C&O fans,
Hopefully a quick one, which significant hours online searching has not yet definitively answered....
For the C&O 905X series Alco RSD5,
and the C&O EMD GP9,
Did C&O consider the Short or the Long hood to be the Front?
Run like a dream locomotives book
Not being a pest, or at least not intending to. Do we have an updated time line for the locomotive book.
Lost Instruction Sheet
Anyone have an instruction sheet for the Proto 2000 HO 10,000 Gallon Type 21 Insulated Tank Car? Could you give me a PDF of it? Just not sure where all these tiny parts go. Thanks in advance.
Three of Four VIA Rail F40PH-2 Engines Finished
I have finished custom building the third of four N Scale Kato F40PH engines to VIA Rail colours.
This engine is in the later Large Flag scheme.
Latest 3D Print - Weekend Project
Needed a small storage building for a project. Weekend project. Files from Thingiverse.com, printed on my Printrbot Play.
Video -VIA Rail Operations on the Trenton Subdivision.
WIP Update #3 -VIA Rail F40PH-2 in N Scale
Today was spent researching, deciding a road number and applying decals to VIA RAIL F40PH-2.
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