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Surroundtraxx Up & Running2
Here as I promised, my N Scale layout in operation. Recording with my Blackberry Playbook did not do the sound justice, especially the bass. Hope this interests someone.
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?"
Repowering an 0-8-0 Steamer
Here you go, for the steam enthusiast. A Walthers 0-8-0 re-powered with a Mashima motor and gear head.
1/87 RC Vehicles
Ok guys, when you get tired of playing with your DCC engines and want to load that hopper car or tractor trailer with some sand or what have you. Here ya' go.
Bernd
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.
Minimum Friction Contacts
As I talked about in my thread on motorizing the Atheran crane thread that I had an idea of making a truck with less friction in the pick up wipers. I came up with the idea of using a tiny ball bearing race on the axle of the trucks. I'm using a set of Intermoutain 33" dia. wheels as an experiment. No electrical connection since both wheels are insulated. The axle is brass plated with a blackening. I just want to test this theory out to see if it will work. I'm going to use pieces of .006" thick phosphor bronze sheet cut into a narrow strip.
capacitors
is it possible to use a capacitor on DC locomotives to keep them running over "dead" spots?
-just curious because I have a lifetime and a half supply of capacitors in various sizes that i could use
Thanks in advance
Does anyone have experiance with TAT (True Action Throttle)??
I would like to know if it is possible to set the TAT brake with a light throttle and increase the brake setting or adjust the throttle setting to make a precise stop. This is the way the 12 inch scale trains were operated to control slack action.
The reason I am interested is that none of the DCC decoders can do this. The brake will not work if the throttle is open, or opening the throttle cancels the brake setting.
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