There is a big Red power button at the top of almost every window of JMRI to turn on track power. This will begin sending signal with a voltage...
I guess timing the distance traveled doesn't make use of a FastClock. 2.18 seconds to travel 1 foot is 50MPH at 160 scale. But if you are using...
The club I joined has several Harper's ferry modules but I'm sure I can find something to add. I'll probably start along the c&o canal, maybe...
If you google or search YouTube for stationary decoders there is one DIY system running around using an Adruino that has 15 outputs. I can't...
One of several stories. The Cumberland times newspaper had the best pictures but it is behind a paywall...
It's only a hazard for those who don't have a problem staying in their lane. If they both came down at the same time it could catch those trying...
Your drawing shows actual wires between the cars. Why not just connect the battery and lights through wheel pickups. Let the rail transfer the...
During the weekly shopping trip I walked next door to Hobby Lobby while the wife was buying cat food at Petsmart and purchased some Basswood to...
Yes, nice buildings. Just looked at the website for rs laserkits. I like what I see there. I know where I am going to be getting the materials...
How would that work? Can the train only traverse the reversing loop in one direction? I guess that is my answer, if the power pack is hooked up...
My dad used to say he traded in his Lincoln when it cost more than $0.25 to fill it up. Later I found out he meant more than $0.25 a gallon to...
Went to the Bunker Hill train show to see what a TTrak layout looked like in real life. Made a token purchase of another coal hopper to add to my...
So when you did the paint job did you start with undecorated cars, strip the pain off some prepainted ones or just paint over an old design? If...
Most Cellphone cameras have fixed F stops. The adjustments you can make are ISO, shutter speed and white balance. Given enough light you want to...
So did you have to mill any of the frame? I'm thinking on doing a similar conversion but I don't have a milling machine. I guess I could spend...
I just bought an auctioned coal hopper on EBay. Most of my browsing isn't serious so I put what I am willing to pay and if I get outbid oh well,...
I have a couple old non prototypical Bachman engines I am about to start digging into. They are listed as a a Chessie F9 and U30B model but...
After a day of trying to get logged in properly i'm in. I'm finding that tapatalk is not the way to register for a forum. I'm a computer...
