I currently have just one DCC locomotive, my GP35R. My 9 year old daughter has a Micro-Trains SW1500 that is DC and the rest of my locos are DC as well. I added a DPDT switch that is wired to both systems so I can simply throw a switch. It […]
I filed off the stem of the ear ring and glued it on. Time for a little bit of putty and paint. For the loco, I am only going to remove the windows and add number boards.
more work on the tender…
So last week, I went to Lowe’s, bought some extruded polystyrene foam, and started the door layout. I do not have a train shop within an hour from me, so I went to Michael’s and bought a roll of cork to make my own roadbed. I only got to the […]
starting the roundy round
The new roundy-round is starting to take form. I have a 30″ door that has some damage. I am going to cover it with extruded foam that will also become the base of the scenery. I went through my hoard and found tunnel portals, a large amount of Woodland Scenics […]
The roundy-round…
Well the shift back to the 1950’s is starting to pick up steam. As loyal readers know, I finished the engine house. Today, I dug out an old Dimi Trains water tower that I built back in the 1990’s when I never thought about modeling diesel locos of the 80’s. […]
Let’s do the time warp
I currently have a fully functional N Scale switching layout that needs scenery and buildings. It is working great but I don’t seem to be switching trains as much as I thought that I would be. It seems like each time I operate the layout, I complete the exact same […]