Here’s a short demonstration showing how a DCC decoder with a Keep-Alive capacitor can help short wheel base locomotives get through complicated track work that they sometimes stall on. In this example, a TCS KAM4 decoder is installed in a Athearn SW1000 switcher. Operation of the switcher before and after installation is shown for comparison. […]
The Silver Rail Club has been providing a full day of model train activity for seniors, veterans, their families, and the general public since 2007. Here’s a look at the many different locomotives, passenger sets, and rolling stock we keep moving through our traveling layout – and also down the track on the large-sized display […]
This layout has period trains, planes, and automobiles. Featured in CTT Dec 2009. Waterfront industries, a small shipyard complete with drydock (CTT Feb 2012), seafood plant, Oyster Point Lighthouse, etc. […]
Name: Eric Schade Forum User Name: captain perry Railroad Name: Winnegance and Quebec Location: Phippsburg, Maine Scale: 1:13.7 Theme: Maine Narrow gauge Description: My little SD Warren Engine, a 7/8″ scale modified Ruby, hauls some pulpwood on a snowy February day. This is the engine discussed in the October and December 2013 issues of Garden […]
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Enjoy a visit back to JSM’s Lionelville for Christmas 2013. Running on the main line is MTH 9401 Berkshire pulling O scale freight cars from MTH. On the branch line, a Lionel 726 Berkshire with 2426W semi-scale tender from 1947 is pulling K-Line Midnight Chief passenger cars. Other items of interest shown in the video […]
A Joe Works HOn30 Shay pulls a string of ore cars from the processing mill back to the mining district. The train will climb approximately 17″ from the mine site. The elevation is possible on the rugged 3′ x 7′ section of the layout by utilizing a helix on each end of this part of […]
The Union Pacific Railroad flirted with steam turbine power in the 1930’s and in1939, two experimental turbines, simply named no. 1 and no. 2 took to the rails. These two examples are brass units produced by Overland Models. I installed QSI Titan decoders in each unit and utilized a custom sound file for steam turbine […]
The video features a log train, making its way from the high country to the mill at Sawyer. The train will pass through Clear Creek, over several bridges and through several tunnels. The Dixie Creek Central shares track rights with the Fiddletown & Copperopolis Ry., which serves mines on the upper level of the layout. […]
