Starting Thursday, the 11th, we'll be running with a dispatcher. We'll be doing this till the Open House on May 1st & 2nd. We need to get comfortable with...
June 3 Business meeting June 10 Regular dispatcher operations June 17 Regular dispatcher operations June 24 Regular dispatcher operations with waybill...
I've added a file folder (Files section) that has information for waybill switching. It has a list of the colors used on the waybill tabs for each town. I've...
I am trying to teach myself to solder. I have a pencil style iron and rosin core solder. My attempts so far involve trying to solder rail joints and has seen...
First piece of advice is to tin the rail first and thes wire before attempting the connection. Then place the tinned wire against the tinned section of rail...
Ralph, I've been out of town, so I'm slow in responding. Here's my rambling $.02 worth: First the items being soldered have to be clean. A Q-tip and alcohol...
I picked up a Walthers doodlebug a few months ago (at Paul's suggestion) with the idea of repainting and relettering it. Before painting, I took it all apart...
I installed an NCE decoder in my doodlebug today. I've added two more pictures to the doodlebug album. The first shows the bug with the decoder installed but...
Thank you to those who posted advice about soldering. I am now in the process of soldering all the rail joints in my 4X8 pike. Thanks for the help. Ralph...
Ralph, Don't solder all the rail joints, just those on the curves. You need to allow for track expansion and contraction. Soldering on the curves prevents...
Hello Gene, Harry, George,Eric and all. Going to be in Virginia the first weekend in August Any chance that anyone will be at the layout Friday or Saturday ...
Here's the operations schedule for the next four months: August - Running trains under dispatcher control. September - Transition era waybills operations. Any...
Hello Everyone, I added a new folder called Signals. The folder has pictures of our new operating signals. I will be adding more pictures of the signals as I...
Just a reminder, the open house is next weekend: Saturday, November 19th, 2005, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 20th, 2005, Noon - 4:00 p.m. If...
Hey guys Here's a request: Send photos ! Would love to know how it goes. Were I not in Iraq I am sure I would be making an excuse that we need to go see my...
... That's getting > more difficult each year.:-) When do you get back to the ... Thanks George, It will be awhile. Normal rotation is 6 months and I am on...
Mike, As I predicted - I forgot my camera. I saw a number of visitors acting like railfans shooting up rolls film (or compact flash cards). I don't know if...
Dec 8 - Modern passenger trains Dec 15 - Transition era passenger trains January - Transition era switching (any era for running through trains) Fwfruary -...
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