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This is a constant work in progress quick reference guide on DCC stuff that I use. Maybe it would be of use to you. It's hand for me because I'm tired of looking in 3 different Digitrax books for DCC information. I just got a new hand held throttle and will need to add some information...

I needed a scale MPH calculator today. I know someone did one before and there was one or two floating around on the internet but I couldn't find them so I made my own in Microsoft Excel. It includes a scale MPH calculator for HO gauge, N gauge, and also "custom gauges" where you fill in...

I needed a scale MPH calculator today. I know someone did one before and there was one or two floating around on the internet but I couldn't find them so I made my own in Microsoft Excel. It includes a scale MPH calculator for HO gauge, N gauge, and also "custom gauges" where you fill in...

Shown in the drawing below is my track plan as it is currently constructed. I question the switching area in the YELLOW area. During switching operations in the YELLOW area, I think one or more run-arounds will be necessary. I've got areas on the layout where I can perform runarounds. These...

For those that might be interested, I went railfanning today just outside of downtown St. Paul along the Mississippi river and the bluffs on Childs Road. The spot I camped at for an hour was along several tracks that lead into the humping yard and CP Rail's engine shops. I thought for sure for...

360 degree panoramic view of the layout (PC users, click on the link below and select "open" or save to your C: drive or desktop and run from there): http://www.boche.net/trains/jasonbochetrainroom.exe (1.25MB download) 2 mainlines run from the main train room, through a wall, through a...

New Progressive Rail pictures and videos I shot today. Most of the footage was shot adjacent to the Zigler CAT dealership which you can see quite a bit in the background. The video files are a bit large, but they are lengthy clips and worth the download IMO. You'll have to suffer a...

I'm not sure if any of you read TRAINBOARD.COM or the Atlas forums, but on those forums I posted a great railfan experience I had last Friday when I took the day off work. The railroad is Progressive Rail, which was featured in the June 2002 Model Railroader magazine. Progressive Rail...

One thing that has always amazed me is couple strength. Consider a long string of cars being pulled by a locomotive. The pulling coupler on the locomotive and the couplers on the first couple of cars must have tremendous strength because they are pulling the weight of the entire string of...