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The more I looked at the SP depot that I was working on, the more I realized that my skills were not up to the level of what I wanted. I looked in my stash, and found an unpainted, half built Atlas Suburban Station. Out came the correct Southern Pacific […]

A depot….

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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 […]

DCC or DC?

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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

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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…

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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

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