beardog posted:Deuce, did you get my note about the bag of people, cows, pigs, etc I wanted
to send your boys?
Beardog,
I'm sorry, I did not. If you emailed me, I haven't checked it in a few days. My apologies! I'll check it and get back to you once I can get on my desktop in the morning.
We did some night running today ... sons request.
i sent it thru here, I saw one of the boys said you needed people on your layout. I have a bag full.
Send me your address at jgerding49@sbcglobal.net and I will send them to you
John
beardog posted:i sent it thru here, I saw one of the boys said you needed people on your layout. I have a bag full.
Send me your address at jgerding49@sbcglobal.net and I will send them to you
John
John,
Email sent. Thanks!
New delivery:
I bid on some original 072 (#711's) turnouts and they arrived, yesterday.
Didn't need them but got them in case I want to expand some storage tracks.
They came with the original boxes and inserts.
Two of the light covers were broken and no controllers were included.
comparison of the old versus the new (old is on the right).
I've read that some say the old are much better than the new.
The 711's have an all metal base as well as the frog and guard rails are also all metal.
Apples55 posted:Y'know... I accidentally bought one of those some years ago. Thought it was just a Lionel Lenny the Lion boxcar. But I guess I can credit Lenny with the absence of pesky Gi-raffs, Pink Flamingos, and their associated droppings on my layout
Heh! I may order just the head, and retrofit one of my gi-raffe cars as a lion-el car... 
Mitch
i am seeing operating flamingo cars in the future, meanwhile the flamingo squadrons are
loading the p--p chutes just in case
beardog posted:i am seeing operating flamingo cars in the future, meanwhile the flamingo squadrons are
loading the p--p chutes just in case
Heaven help us...
With some great music from The Carnival of the Animals to boot!!!
beardog posted:i am seeing operating flamingo cars in the future
Pink Flamingos cars? What a Divine idea!
Mitch
some people have wAYYYYYYYY too much time on their hands
Kevin, The trees look great!
Deuce, that is a great photograph!!
lehighline posted:PCRR Dave and Mike,
I like the LEDs already. This just adds to the collection on the ceiling and removes the fluorescent tubes from service.
I have the first 2 banks on dimmers now. The only issue is they do not go completely out when the dimmers are at their lowest setting. I'm told there may be an adjustment. I just need to find it. The new banks are just on a switch for now. I do plan to install a dimmer on these as well. Meanwhile, time to put the layout back together!
Chris
LVHR
Chris- many LED rated dimmers have a low-end trim adjustment on the face of the dimmer. Take the wall plate off and see if there is a small lever or wheel. You can adjust it until the lights go out.
Bob
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:beardog posted:i am seeing operating flamingo cars in the future
Pink Flamingos cars? What a Divine idea!
Mitch
That is DEEPLY disturbing... you just can't unsee that 
Dan Padova posted:Well these photos are not of what I did just today but many days during the past couple of months. As you may see, all of the pre-planning sometimes goes up in smoke. Look at the tunnel portals. They were just fine until I tried to run my RDC and Train Master......LOL Some cosmetic work is on the "To do" list.
Dan- the layout looks great. No worries about the lopsided tunnel. We're all a little lopsided.....
briansilvermustang posted:
Brian - I've been waiting to get a peek at some of your Alaska collection. I like your shots of 604 & 605. That lounge car is a beauty. Are those E-8's near the top of the pyramid? Alaska is a great railroad to model. Scenery will be hard to beat. All the best.
I got the idea to move a Gateman to the front of the layout in front of Ivor’s shed and add a car-dashboard switch so my young visitors could pop the gateman out of his hut at will...
decoynh posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Brian - I've been waiting to get a peek at some of your Alaska collection. I like your shots of 604 & 605. That lounge car is a beauty. Are those E-8's near the top of the pyramid? Alaska is a great railroad to model. Scenery will be hard to beat. All the best.
MTH F-7's ABBBA...on wall Lionel ABA's in video...
room is 12'x35' will be mostly a winter setting, lot's of snow !!
Added my first building to carpet central, let's see what I can get away with.
Old Mike
Raised the track surface, painted it, ready to lay track and merchandise yard .
Thanks Mike, your new train room is coming right along. Looking good!
I had to make an eye doctor appointment on short notice Friday morning, and was lucky enough to get a 9 AM Saturday. Still not sure if it's pink eye, but she gave me some drops.
Home opener for the Loons, our MLS soccer team. The stadium was only a half mile away from the doctor on the U of M campus, but the gates didn't open til 11:15. Even after waiting for the prescription, there was still over an hour to kill. Why not hit the hobby store, about five miles away? I don't go there very often, but it felt like old times, being there on a Saturday morning, with no sense of urgency, just wandering the aisles. The big purchase was a couple of Lionel jigsaw puzzles, a few incidentals for the layout, and a couple back issues of OGR. Alex Mueller's name caught my eye on one cover. I know his layout! 
After the game, went to a Thai place with friends, and never got downstairs.
Sunday started with "train church", hanging out with my squinting 2 rail buddies. Bunch of N scalers in that group, as well as some HO guys. When I got home, it was back to work. I cleaned most of the rail over at Western Ave, getting the glue and paint off the rail heads. After that, I finished stacking my ceiling tiles over at Hoffman, then began the carving process. I use just three things to do this carving. First, a spray bottle of water, mainly to keep the dust down, but it also softens the material. Second a wire brush, which leaves nice striations in the sedimentary rock. Finally a utility knife to cut crevices.
I'm about half done with this part, then I'll prime and paint it. I'll be working from actual photos of the area.
This is getting exciting. When the upper section foam work is done, and all covered with greenery, I'll call my guy back for another photo session. I think he'll be sufficiently impressed.
That looks great Elliot. How anyone could not be impressed with your layout regardless of the current state of it is beyond me.
Bob
looking GREAT Elliot 
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:beardog posted:i am seeing operating flamingo cars in the future
Pink Flamingos cars? What a Divine idea!
Mitch
Well played Sir!
I have completed my second level on the small 5x10' layout. Expanded upper level by 6 1/2" which will allow me to have a loop for American Flyer postwar. Plan is to have total of four independent loops. I run all through DCS system except the Flyer loop will need small independent power source. Lower level has 54" and 42" while upper hopefully will incorporate Flyer 40" and one loop of 36" diameter curves. Like running four separate trains on this small layout making myself dizzy.
RSJB18 posted:lehighline posted:PCRR Dave and Mike,
I like the LEDs already. This just adds to the collection on the ceiling and removes the fluorescent tubes from service.
I have the first 2 banks on dimmers now. The only issue is they do not go completely out when the dimmers are at their lowest setting. I'm told there may be an adjustment. I just need to find it. The new banks are just on a switch for now. I do plan to install a dimmer on these as well. Meanwhile, time to put the layout back together!
Chris
LVHR
Chris- many LED rated dimmers have a low-end trim adjustment on the face of the dimmer. Take the wall plate off and see if there is a small lever or wheel. You can adjust it until the lights go out.
Bob
@lehighline (Chris),
Did you know that Lutron Electronics is located right here in the Lehigh Valley? Did you also know that I am a proud employee of the same?
If you'd like any help with your dimmer/lights compatibility, drop me a line. If it is a Lutron dimmer, call our support hotline. We have some of the best folks working those phones 24/7 (and from 8-5 EDT, those phones ring right here in the Lehigh Valley then it kicks over to Las Vegas).
RSJB18 posted:lehighline posted:PCRR Dave and Mike,
I like the LEDs already. This just adds to the collection on the ceiling and removes the fluorescent tubes from service.
I have the first 2 banks on dimmers now. The only issue is they do not go completely out when the dimmers are at their lowest setting. I'm told there may be an adjustment. I just need to find it. The new banks are just on a switch for now. I do plan to install a dimmer on these as well. Meanwhile, time to put the layout back together!
Chris
LVHR
Chris- many LED rated dimmers have a low-end trim adjustment on the face of the dimmer. Take the wall plate off and see if there is a small lever or wheel. You can adjust it until the lights go out.
Bob
Bob, you know alot! I am looking at some plug in Led shop lights, but they don't say if they will work with a dimmer switch. Any other way to tell before I buy ?
mike g. posted:RSJB18 posted:lehighline posted:
I have the first 2 banks on dimmers now. The only issue is they do not go completely out when the dimmers are at their lowest setting. I'm told there may be an adjustment. I just need to find it. The new banks are just on a switch for now. I do plan to install a dimmer on these as well. Meanwhile, time to put the layout back together!
Chris
LVHR
Chris- many LED rated dimmers have a low-end trim adjustment on the face of the dimmer. Take the wall plate off and see if there is a small lever or wheel. You can adjust it until the lights go out.
Bob
Bob, you know alot! I am looking at some plug in Led shop lights, but they don't say if they will work with a dimmer switch. Any other way to tell before I buy ?
If it doesn't say on the package, then chances are slim. The best bet is to call the manufacturer. Be sure to ask for a specific make and model dimmer suggestion. If you already have the dimmer, then call the dimmer manufacturer and ask them for a list of compatible fixtures.
Remember, it's not enough to be dimmable, the fixtute/bulb have to be compatible with the dimmer. Otherwise you'll get flicker, strobing, drop out, pop on, or just plain crappy dimming.
500 pages and going strong!
M. Mitchell Marmel posted:500 pages and going strong!
We got us a regular encyclopedia going here!
Happy 500th...
Today some Weaver undecorated trailers arrived. I ran trains this afternoon while looking for a few things in the attic to take to the basement. I decided that tomorrow will be the big day. I am going to wire some track up for the very first time on this layout. I brought a Legacy engine down to test the track as I go along. In the meantime I applied some rust color to the outside of the scrap yard fence. Still have to add rust to the inside of the fence. Pics.............Paul
Spring cleaning or is that really rearranging ?
Clem
John D. posted:mike g. posted:RSJB18 posted:lehighline posted:
I have the first 2 banks on dimmers now. The only issue is they do not go completely out when the dimmers are at their lowest setting. I'm told there may be an adjustment. I just need to find it. The new banks are just on a switch for now. I do plan to install a dimmer on these as well. Meanwhile, time to put the layout back together!
Chris
LVHR
Chris- many LED rated dimmers have a low-end trim adjustment on the face of the dimmer. Take the wall plate off and see if there is a small lever or wheel. You can adjust it until the lights go out.
Bob
Bob, you know alot! I am looking at some plug in Led shop lights, but they don't say if they will work with a dimmer switch. Any other way to tell before I buy ?
If it doesn't say on the package, then chances are slim. The best bet is to call the manufacturer. Be sure to ask for a specific make and model dimmer suggestion. If you already have the dimmer, then call the dimmer manufacturer and ask them for a list of compatible fixtures.
Remember, it's not enough to be dimmable, the fixtute/bulb have to be compatible with the dimmer. Otherwise you'll get flicker, strobing, drop out, pop on, or just plain crappy dimming.
Mike- John beat me to it. Couldn't have said it better myself. LED's are a little tricky when it comes to dimming and matching dimmers with fixtures, and his advice is sound.
We were on the learning curve on my campus for a while when LED's first came out. Most of the new stuff is much better now.
Bob
Its the Daytona 500 of OGR threads! WHOOHOO!
I just wanna be on p500. Is that cheating? 
Mill City posted:Happy 500th...
Happy 500! Looking for the next 500. That picture looks like the front of the birthday cards my brother-in-law sends me. He is only 7 years younger than me.
Paul, you are finding these Weavers like they are still making them!! Congratulations!
Thanks Bob and Brian.
Bob and everyone else - I don't think he's doing this to be mean. He just feels that there should be some minimum standard to be maintained. I'm not a bad modeler, I just haven't done any to speak of in years, and none on this one until now.
Check out his layout, and the others on the convention tour in September, then you'll understand a little better. Four of those guys are Master Model Railroaders. If you don't know what MMR is, the specs can be found here.
Tell me what you think. You might consider a trip out here to see all of these. I've seen most on the list, and they boggle MY mind.
Ok, guess I am seriously confused? Master model railroader? Minimum standards? What is this, the model railroad Police?
Are they coming to my house to critique my layout? This sounds like something this hobby, remember HOBBY,
doesn't need and certainly not something that belongs on this forum.
beardog posted:Ok, guess I am seriously confused? Master model railroader? Minimum standards? What is this, the model railroad Police?
Are they coming to my house to critique my layout? This sounds like something this hobby, remember HOBBY,
doesn't need and certainly not something that belongs on this forum.
I don't really see how this doesn't belong on this forum. What I'm sharing here may be a bit personal, but it's totally train related.
Yes, you missed part of the conversation. It happened many pages ago. Actually, it happened three years ago when the National Narrow Gauge Convention, local committee announced that they had won the bid for 2018. At that time they asked me if I wanted to be on the layout tour. Since then, I have been working toward the goal of getting onto the tour. I need to jump through their hoops to be included. Nobody is coming to anyone's house, unless they want them to. I do.
Frankly, I hope everyone here would want me to be on the tour because people from all over the country and even the world will be attending. Mine would be the only 3 rail layout on the tour. It gives our corner of the hobby some exposure, that it doesn't usually get.
This has nothing to do with the NMRA. There is no organization associated with the NNGC, just the local convention committee. I know the guys on the committee. They've been to visit my layout, and liked it, but now I'm getting push back from the gate keeper as it were. I'm dealing with it, but I'm a bit frustrated. I WILL GET THIS!
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The NMRA Achievement Program is how one earns the title Master Model Railroader. Think of it like becoming a doctor of model railroading. It takes years of dedication. Nobody forces anyone to do anything, but for those who choose to participate, and complete the requirements, they earn the title and the respect of their fellow hobbyists.
I've known about the program for over 40 years. Perhaps if I had started 20 years ago, I might have gotten it by now. But I didn't. Building this layout will get me a bunch of the certificates, but not all that are required. My problem is I have little interest in some of the required aspects of the program, which has always kept me from starting.
To tell you how rare MMR's are, since the start of the program in 1961, there have only been 608. You're not even looking at 11 per year average. Pretty thin air at the top of the mountain, but nobody makes you climb.
Grabbed my yard lights from the LHS today. While I was there I looked around and grabbed some crates to be loaded onto a flat bed. Also grabbed some ore car loads, and a male pigtail for the Plug-N-Play powered FT piece.
Came home and my circuit breakers arrived along with my KW transformer and some kit pieces to build an oil column and two diesel fuel columns. Now I just need some brass piping.
Getting the title of Master Model Railroader is like making the all stars or better still, earning eagle scout. It is a title given to the select few of the best modelers in our hobby and is not easy to achieve. Elliot, I am rooting for you and hope you are successful in your efforts.
Big Boy 4005, Gracious of you to provide all that information and perspective, above, in your recent replies. I had only a vague idea about such standards and such an organization, but now that I have those links, which took me to the "Model Railroad Layout Tours," I nearly gasped at the long list of drool-worthy layouts, complete with beautiful photos on the tour. I only hope I have the time to see them all, via my computer, let alone consider tweaks and adjustments, thus newly inspired by your replies to BEARDOG, to my own creative efforts. You've taken considerable time and remarkable patience and diplomacy in typing out such helpful replies.
Thank you, again, for providing a very interesting resource through the perspective of your objective viewpoint and knowledge (!)
FrankM, Moon Township, USA and Layout Refinements.com
Elliot, Things are really looking nice on Hoffman! I cant wait to see it painted! As far as the information you shared about the MMR is very impressive! Thanks for sharing it with us!
John D. Thanks for the great information. I will be sure to check things out before I buy my LED Lights. I am hoping to just get the ones you plug into an outlet, but if not so be it! LOL
Paul, very nice trailers and the rust is looking like it belongs! It might be me or the picture but it looks like your crane has jumped the tracks! LOL
As for me nothing new, but the wife was out looking at the progress of the new train room and stated it would be cool if I put a small door in the end of the building so I could run a train out the side down around our fish pond! Blew me away as the fish pond is a good 20 feet away. But is she likes the idea and wants it who am I to question her! LOL
Big_Boy_4005 posted:Thanks Bob and Brian.
Bob and everyone else - I don't think he's doing this to be mean. He just feels that there should be some minimum standard to be maintained. I'm not a bad modeler, I just haven't done any to speak of in years, and none on this one until now.
Check out his layout, and the others on the convention tour in September, then you'll understand a little better. Four of those guys are Master Model Railroaders. If you don't know what MMR is, the specs can be found here.
Tell me what you think. You might consider a trip out here to see all of these. I've seen most on the list, and they boggle MY mind.
Just looked at the cab-view video of his layout WOW!
mike g. posted:Elliot, Things are really looking nice on Hoffman! I cant wait to see it painted!
John D. Thanks for the great information. I will be sure to check things out before I buy my LED Lights. I am hoping to just get the ones you plug into an outlet, but if not so be it! LOL
Paul, very nice trailers and the rust is looking like it belongs! It might be me or the picture but it looks like your crane has jumped the tracks! LOL
As for me nothing new, but the wife was out looking at the progress of the new train room and stated it would be cool if I put a small door in the end of the building so I could run a train out the side down around our fish pond! Blew me away as the fish pond is a good 20 feet away. But is she likes the idea and wants it who am I to question her! LOL
DID SOMEONE SAY G-SCALE GARDEN RAILWAY!
RSJB18 posted:mike g. posted:As for me nothing new, but the wife was out looking at the progress of the new train room and stated it would be cool if I put a small door in the end of the building so I could run a train out the side down around our fish pond! Blew me away as the fish pond is a good 20 feet away. But is she likes the idea and wants it who am I to question her! LOL
DID SOMEONE SAY G-SCALE GARDEN RAILWAY!
That is certainly the way I would go! G scale outdoors is something I am still looking forward to at some point since I have all the trains and most of the track I need, but the O gauge layout has first priority at this point for the next couple of years.
Construction suggestion......
Oh don't worry guys, when she said that my mind just started spinning! LOL Bob, is that O or G scale?
P.S. Love the BNSF Engines!
Way to go Brian!
thanks Mike ! can't wait till it gets warm out !!
Ditto- 10"-15" of snow expected here tonight and all day tomorrow.....UGHH 
Mike- I think they were G gauge. pure coincidence that I found a shot with BNSF locos.
Bob
Bob, I am so sorry your going to be getting more snow! But then again its a snow day and if you get tired of trains you can always build a snowman!
As far as the train size I was asking cause I would like to try and stick to O gauge!
you can always build a snowman!
or run some trains in the snow...
I'm with you Mike. The O gauge stuff is expensive enough. A guy I work with has G and you need to take out a loan to buy some of the big locos.
I think I spent less to buy my first car
Now that's what I am talking about Brian!
Thanks for your support on this guys.
I feel as if my love for the various aspects of this hobby have left me with one foot firmly planted in each of two worlds. I've been in the NMRA for 43 years now. I did over 25 years in the TCA as well, but eventually dropped out when I stopped "collecting" and shifted my focus to realistic operation. There are very few 3 railers that take this tack. The only one that I'm aware of beside myself is Bob Bartizek.
I tend to favor the more technical aspects of the hobby and a little less of the artistic, which may be why I have put off doing scenery for so long. Everyone enjoys this hobby in his own way.
Pat - Earning one's Eagle Scout is another good way of looking at the MMR qualification. The guys locally who have earned this title are:
There are many other spectacular modelers who, for whatever reason, have not earned this title. Some are probably working on it, while others just prefer to do their own thing.
Frank - You're welcome. I'm glad I could shed a little light on that other model railroading world beyond this one. Honestly, from the pictures that I've seen of your work over the years, I think you have reached the qualifications for at least two of the certifications toward MMR, scenery and structures. Here's the list.
Well, time to go carve some more rock, it ain't going to carve itself.
briansilvermustang posted:
Very nice ! First, may I ask if you live in a warmer climate than I do, in Pennsylvania ? Second, presumably you are using stainless steel track and I suspect it's Gargraves. If so, does it have wood ties and how are they holding up outdoors ?
hello Dan... these are pics that I searched "O gauge 3 rail outside"...
I am in Ohio, wish I was in a warmer area so I could build one of these RR's...
Had an appointment at the VA Clinic today. Planned on coming home and dealing with
the AF M10005 from yesterday. Short story, bad news at the VA. Anyway, tried to run the
M10005 to distract myself . I have decided for the interim it is going to be a shelf queen. The loco
will run all day, but as soon as I attach a car, it will not negotiate my 034 curves. I was
planning another layout with wider curves, but that may be on hold indefinitely. I decided to take
a Marx M10005 down and run it. I did take pics of it next to the AF one, amazing they are the same
gauge, run on the same power and are so different. 
I forgot the reason the Marx was on the shelf is because it does not run well either.
Loco and two coaches, it will run forever. Add the observation, train wreck.
Back to the shelf too
Problem is I am running out of shelves
Hope you're feeling better soon, amigo. ^.^
Thanks, but not the kind of things that are going to get better soon, if at all. Couple of previous
VA doctors really dropped the ball.
Tch! Well, get that O42 up and running, if only for morale purposes!
beardog posted:Thanks, but not the kind of things that are going to get better soon, if at all. Couple of previous
VA doctors really dropped the ball.
Beardog- sorry to hear.... puts the problems with the VA front and center.
All of the guys on the forum who have served have my never ending respect.
Bob
ANOTHER SNOW DAY ON LONG ISLAND! 
Looks like a doosy too- 12-18" expected. Heavy wet stuff too.
Well looks like I'm gonna have to work on the layout again.......
I picked up some more heat-shrink tubing to start working on my block signals. Going to take some experimenting to decide on the best way to wire them up. I'll post pix as I go.
Bob
OK, which of you smart alecks took a picture of my birthday cake and posted it here?
Bob, from what they are saying here on the news your right! Sounds like your in for a big snow fall! I feel for you. Lucky me I took the wife's snow tires off 2 weeks ago and now they are saying we might get snow on Friday and Saturday. But only a trace.
As far as your block signals, just hook up 2 wires and there you go! That's the extent of my electrical knowledge! LOL
Big Ken posted:OK, which of you smart alecks took a picture of my birthday cake and posted it here?
It's a copyright Google Image.....................
Gary
mike g. posted:Bob, from what they are saying here on the news your right! Sounds like your in for a big snow fall! I feel for you. Lucky me I took the wife's snow tires off 2 weeks ago and now they are saying we might get snow on Friday and Saturday. But only a trace.
As far as your block signals, just hook up 2 wires and there you go! That's the extent of my electrical knowledge! LOL
LOL Mike- not quite that easy but not as difficult as it looks either.
RSJB18 posted:mike g. posted:Bob, from what they are saying here on the news your right! Sounds like your in for a big snow fall! I feel for you. Lucky me I took the wife's snow tires off 2 weeks ago and now they are saying we might get snow on Friday and Saturday. But only a trace.
As far as your block signals, just hook up 2 wires and there you go! That's the extent of my electrical knowledge! LOL
LOL Mike- not quite that easy but not as difficult as it looks either.
I rewired my signal bridge with LED's and it took like 4 guys from here to talk me threw it! I had to make a isolated section of track, some relays, some little thing to drop the voltage. Man I hope it still works when I get around to putting it on a layout! LOL
beardog posted:Thanks, but not the kind of things that are going to get better soon, if at all. Couple of previous
VA doctors really dropped the ball.
I am very sorry for you!! I'll be praying your health improves.
My dad had the VA drop the ball a couple years ago, and we didn't realize Dad wasn't of sound enough mind to question it. He is sort of getting back on track now. We do take comfort that we see the VA has addressed some of their issues that have a positive effect for Dad. He is a Korea War era vet, Army.
Yesterday I ran trains for several hours. While doing so I repaired a pantograph on my scale Williams GG1. That locomotive is now pulling a mail and express train on the outer mainline.
I also weathered a flat car and created some scenes ( for next week's edition of TEAM TRACK TUESDAY and this week's edition of Switcher Saturday here on the OGR Forum ) .... and took some additional photos too!
) and took photos. Of course it was ALL YUGE fun!!!
Here are some photos from yesterday's shoot. The shot of the mountain ( Mt. Randolph ... named for my friend Randy Harrison who helped me LOTS with building my layout ) is looking east while the city shot is what I call Patsburg Westend.... obviously looking west.
RSJB18 posted:lehighline posted:PCRR Dave and Mike,
I like the LEDs already. This just adds to the collection on the ceiling and removes the fluorescent tubes from service.
I have the first 2 banks on dimmers now. The only issue is they do not go completely out when the dimmers are at their lowest setting. I'm told there may be an adjustment. I just need to find it. The new banks are just on a switch for now. I do plan to install a dimmer on these as well. Meanwhile, time to put the layout back together!
Chris
LVHR
Chris- many LED rated dimmers have a low-end trim adjustment on the face of the dimmer. Take the wall plate off and see if there is a small lever or wheel. You can adjust it until the lights go out.
Bob
@lehighline (Chris),
Did you know that Lutron Electronics is located right here in the Lehigh Valley? Did you also know that I am a proud employee of the same?
If you'd like any help with your dimmer/lights compatibility, drop me a line. If it is a Lutron dimmer, call our support hotline. We have some of the best folks working those phones 24/7 (and from 8-5 EDT, those phones ring right here in the Lehigh Valley then it kicks over to Las Vegas).
Proud customer of Henning's Trains in Lansdale, PA
www.SCARMHiRailers.com A collection of SCARM Files for O-Gauge accessories.
John, Bob,
Thanks for the replies. I pulled the cover off and found the adjusting lever. The light now work as desired. The only thing I noted is since I have a mix of brands, some bulbs respond slightly differently. Not a problem, just something I noticed.
Chris
LVHR
briansilvermustang posted:
Wow, Brian it looks like you got a lot done on your layout recently.
Art
Patrick, nice pics. Especially the long shot of the city..............Paul
Hey Paul- any progress with the test runs?
RSJB18 posted:Hey Paul- any progress with the test runs?
Yea Paul, whats going on?
Sorry guys. No progress over the last few days. I was going to wire yesterday but balancing the checkbook took part of the afternoon. Even with the wife's help I was mentally drained finding my mistake. Right after lunch I am going to make a stab at it. I got enough ground wire to start but just got done ordering more wire. ...........Paul
Its all good Paul! Just don't want Bryan to catch up with you! LOL
I'd post a picture or two, but who really cares to see a DZ-1000? Today I passed the 1/2 way point in wiring switches. Just finished #13 of 24. My earlier post with "22" was a mis-count. Including two manual switches, I have a total of 26 Ross switches. I have also resolved power feed issues for 3/4 of the layout. ALWAYS connect both outside rails. That was the biggest mistake I made on this layout, lesson learned.
Wiring DZ-1000s to the MTH AIU is the way to go. These Ross switches operate smooth as glass, better than the local controller. The accessory output on the CW-80 is more than up to the task of powering all of these switches.
It's snowing here too. Back to the attic.
RSJB18 posted:ANOTHER SNOW DAY ON LONG ISLAND!
Well looks like I'm gonna have to work on the layout again.......
I picked up some more heat-shrink tubing to start working on my block signals. Going to take some experimenting to decide on the best way to wire them up. I'll post pix as I go.
Bob
Explain these a little, Bob. Not for the faint of heart? Whatdaya have to put together?
Gilly@N&W posted:I'd post a picture or two, but who really cares to see a DZ-1000? Today I passed the 1/2 way point in wiring switches. Just finished #13 of 24. I also have power feeds for 3/4 of the layout complete.
Wiring DZ-1000s to the MTH is the way to go. These Ross switches operate smooth as glass. The accessory output on the CW-80 is more than up to the task of powering these switches.
It's snowing here too. Back to the attic.
I for one haven’t seen these switch machines wired to Ross switches. I know most have, but it would help me a little to put the pics and instruction/methods in the thread bank.
TedW posted:Gilly@N&W posted:I'd post a picture or two, but who really cares to see a DZ-1000? Today I passed the 1/2 way point in wiring switches. Just finished #13 of 24. I also have power feeds for 3/4 of the layout complete.
Wiring DZ-1000s to the MTH is the way to go. These Ross switches operate smooth as glass. The accessory output on the CW-80 is more than up to the task of powering these switches.
It's snowing here too. Back to the attic.
I for one haven’t seen these switch machines wired to Ross switches. I know most have, but it would help me a little to put the pics and instruction/methods in the thread bank.
Tom, I'm with Ted. I would be happy to see also if you can.
I spent about four hours working on the bluff yesterday. In addition to doing a bunch of carving, I cut some of the foam for the upper section. It looks so different now. Again, all of this was done using stacked strips of ceiling tile, a utility knife, and a wire brush.
This is what the area really looks like. In case you are wondering what the track crew is doing in all these pictures, they are fabricating new switches on site, and will be installing them later. These shots were taken over a number of days, and are not in any particular order. Right now the real focus is on the rock.
It's impossible to copy exactly, but I'm trying to capture the flavor. Paint will help, so will trees.
The native stone is really a buff colored sandstone . It's just covered with years of grime.
The bluff gets steeper as it moves west. At the near end I started with a 45 degree slope, then moved up to 55, and finally 65. The table saw made easy work of that. I applied some special foam adhesive, and tacked it in place with a few drywall screws. I'll remove the screws.
The foam will be carved, painted, and mostly be covered with trees.
I have a bunch of reference pictures taped to the upper fascia.
Hobos camp in out cuz house is on fire
Here's what's cook in
Elliot, That is an excellent simulation of the weathered sandstone rocks!!
Justhavnfun, that is a really nice piece of meet those hobos have there! good scene!
I purchased some aluminum model tubing, as I am going to hand build diesel fuel columns for my track. I hope to start making them tonight.
Problem of having my mother-in-law live with us ... she knows everything that comes through the front door, and the lady ratted me out last night. Which prompted the wife to ask, again, how much I've spent on that train table. My response was: I didn't keep track, and I'm not planning on adding it all up, and if I did, I doubt you or I would want to know. I also said I was pretty much done buying things for the table.
I almost looked at my MiL and said "Snitches get stitches." but I refrained. Not sure I could have mustered the degree of levity required to pull off the comment at that moment in time.
I'm with TEDW and Mark Boyce in that I'd love to see DZ-1000 with Ross switches (manual would help) as I have several on my new layout I'd need to wire and don't have any manuals.
Elliott - That looks amazing! When you get the trees on the upper portion it will look exactly like the real thing. Its really coming together.
Art
TedW posted:RSJB18 posted:ANOTHER SNOW DAY ON LONG ISLAND!
Well looks like I'm gonna have to work on the layout again.......
I picked up some more heat-shrink tubing to start working on my block signals. Going to take some experimenting to decide on the best way to wire them up. I'll post pix as I go.
Bob
Explain these a little, Bob. Not for the faint of heart? Whatdaya have to put together?
Ted- I bought these on ebay cheap from China. The LED's need to be installed in the signal bodies and wired. I just realized that they only came with 10 resistors and I have 20 LED's. Gotta order more resistors. Not sure about the assembly yet- I may pick up some project board so that everything can be mounted right behind the face of the signal. The only other thing to do is fabricate a base and back cover which I may do with styrene.
I plan to power each color separately and control them with isolated blocks on the layout.
Elliot- your modeling skills look fine to me. Like riding a bicycle, you never forget. The cliff walls look great.
Bob
Whew, Bob. This’ll be interesting. I wouldn’t know where to begin...
my Lionel Dwarf signal has three wires, red,black,yellow; red/black-power/ground, yellow to insulated rail. No idea how the connections are made inside. Is that what you’re thinking?
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