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    Newly painted and Weathered Locomotive... "Fantasy" Scheme

    Making its debut on my layout today is CBNS 2937, an Atlas GP38 that I just finished painting and decaling. It's a fantasy scheme in that while the Cape Breton Central Nova Scotia Railway used to have this paint scheme, it never ran EMD GP38's in this scheme. On my layout of the Truro Junction...
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    Using Digitrax Block Detection on a Non-LocoNet DCC layout

    I've been looking into the possibility of using block detection and signals on my layout, and am wondering what would be the best system to work with. I have MRC's Prodigy Express, which I am very happy with, but I do realize it's limitations, particularly in relation to not part of Digitrax's...
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    Hunting down a paper mill

    Well... it seems like I've decided on the two major industries to be on my layout: Paper and Tires... Even then these will only be "suggested" industries... or smaller operations given the smaller size of my layout. Now to track down the structures that would work the best. I think the tire...
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    Fascia suggestions?

    Hey everyone, just a quick question... My Truro Junction is in progress, including the first layers of foam, plus a test layout of the main loop of track. I'm looking to have the edges cleaned up quite a bit by using some sort of fascia material. I was wondering what people use, and what the...
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    Truro Junction Layout in Progress!

    Woohoo! My layout is not only started... it's actually in progress... I've been trying to plan out how my layout might look by playing around with the Unitrack I have... which included building a yard. So far so good... I also ran a passenger train around to test a few things out. Here's the...
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    Test Unitrack Yard

    Well, my benchwork is up, as I mentioned in another thread, and I'm finally starting to glue down pink foam as my overall base. However, I couldn't resist before getting it all down and starting slapping some track together to see how it might look. I have a very rough trackplan idea, but...
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    Benchwork is finally up!

    Well, some three years after having been re-bitten by the model-railroading bug, I finally managed to get some benchwork up. My wife, daughter and I live in a townhouse condominium, so space is a premium, and I also suffer from a distinct lack of powertools. The only item I have is a power...
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    Feedback for New Layout -CN & CBCNS

    I know I have posted a couple layout design possibilities here before, but since I now know my benchwork, I decided to call in a bit of help. Siderod did this design for two reasons... 1. He's more experienced at this sort of thing that I am, but secondly he happens to live in the area that I...
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    First Layout -VERY rough trackplan

    Well, I managed to cobble together a very rough trackplan using a demo version of 3rd planit and doing some screenshots. Everything, of course is subject to change, but I wouldn't mind some opinions. I am hoping to do below-main-level staging, but that may not be possible, given the size of...
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    Got it running! Well almost... one question...

    Hey all, Well, I set up my unitrack, rekeyed two of my #4 turnouts, set up a programming track and set about to run my first two decoder equipped locomotives. I have the Prodigy Express system, which is basically the Prodigy Advance minus the whistles. In terms of initial programming, I...
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    Heresy!!!

    For those of you who haven't seen this, I posted these over on N-Scale.net... I know some may find these pictures disturbing, but I just finished up my first modelling project with an N-Scale locomotive. I had originally purchased an undecorated Kato SD70Mac... as well as some Microscale...
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    Milling frames for N-Scale DCC

    Well, I bought a Prodigy Express unit today, but have yet to buy the decoder upgrades for my locomotives. For four of my Locos, it will be a simple board replacement: Kato SD-40-2, C44-9W, P42DC, and SD70Mac... I'll begin acquiring those shortly. However, for three of my Locomotives, which...
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    Unitrack and reversing loops in DCC

    Being the post-Christmas blitz, I've been developing possible track plans using Kato's Unitrack system. For a newbie like me, it's been great, because I can set up and take down possible track configurations and arrangements as easily as I change my socks. I can see what works, and what...
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    Microtrains Coupler Installation

    I just acquired in a post-Christmas sale the starter kit for Microtrains Magnematic coupler system. So far of my locomotives and rolling stock, I have 1 locomotive and 4 intermountain cars that are already fitted with the MT couplers. In all I have 6 more locomotives that are fitted with either...
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    New DCC Systems

    Hi All, My lurker status continues, but now that I have moved into a new house in Mississauga, the reality of my first layout is an ever increasing possibility. I have approximately a 15' stretch of wall that I can run a shelf layout along, with room for a dog-bone style turns at the end. It...
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    Windfall... How lucky is this??

    I've not posted for a while... simply being a lurker at the moment as I continue to negotiate for space for a layout :) Well, that, and there's not a great deal the way our house is currently configured. I've been collecting N-Scale materials, books, track, etc. for a short while now as I am...
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    CN On Strike

    There are more details in an article from the Globe and Mail , but it appears that about 5,000 of CN's 22,000 employees have gone on strike. The dispute is with the Canadian Auto Workers, whose members provide customer service, safety inspections, repairs to trains and rail cars, and manual...
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    Ran me first train today!! Woohoo!

    Okay... so I post too much for someone who's just starting out. However, I finally managed to get my hands on a base-end DC power pack... I pulled out my track, my cars, my three locomotives, and gave them a whirl on my dining room table. I even managed to do a bit of switching with a single...
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    Auto Industry Operations

    I'm not sure if this new forum is exactly the place for this, but would it be helpful to post threads based around certain industries, and how traffic flows to and from them? Given where I live, I may be able to provide some photographic examples of how rail services the auto industry. Some...
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    Redesigning the Appalachian Central Yard

    Well... my collection of equipment continues to grow, preceeding the inevitable building of my first layout. However, I find myself migrating back towards doing some track planning for it. I've been trying to keep things reasonably simple for a first time layout build, and yet still be able to...
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