Model Forum / General / Railroads / January 2008

Thank you for all the information.
Right, now what years did you get the BR Blue change over to other company
colours, and get what I think is known as mixed traffic.
What would you get running together with BR blue, up to the point that BR

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Here they are, I finally found some time to take some pics and upload them.
This is the first prototype of the miniDCC controller/programmer/booster
that I built.  Wrong keyboard and all, but it seems to work ok.  I have a
proper 16 key keyboard now and a nifty project box I found ...

We got a Lionel Penn Flyer train set for Christmas.
Well after setting the 40 x 60 oval up and running the train set for a
few hours, it is apparent that we will need to expand the track
(Fastrack) to make it more interesting.

You protest too much.
"he appellant had continually disobeyed instructions regarding submission of TSR's"
"the appellant’s continued refusal to adhere to management's instructions on a number of issues had an adverse impact on their ability to manage other staff"
Sounds like a ...

It's not hard to see why there is nothing but rubbish on aus.rail.
It's not hard to see why sensible discussion has moved to Railpage -
moderated, and for good reason.

hi all i have a model of 37073 in br blue but i want to paint it in to
transrail livery and also i want to change the centre headboard to the
more modern headboard with headlights can anyone tell me if its
possible and were to get it done thankyou from joe collins

I was wondering if someone knows where I can buy a fan for my
modelrailroad spraybooth.
The one I had before was a pancake type that ran on on AC, where can I
find such a unit.

Courtesy of Kernow Model Centre:
We have received details of the Hornby 2008 range. We are not normally
permitted to release these details until New Years Day but now that a
railway magazine has released the details early we can give you the

I know this is a Basic question but I don't know, so I have to ask.
I have two Atlas turnouts that I've wired so that they are both activated by
a single momentary toggle switch.  How would I wire in a second toggle
switch so that I can control both turnouts from a second ...

Where would one obtain, preferably for free (Hey, this is the interweb after
all), scale drawings of locos or rolling stock ?
I'm thinking of scratch-building something simple like a Y6 or J70, or maybe
an EM1/class 76. Would drawings of these be available anywhere ?

Is anyone using a mini-DCC or other home built system?
I've started building a mini-dcc type system to replace my Bachmann EZ
Command controller that doesn't really seem to be working right anyway.
I'll explain more on that at the end of the post.

Does anyone know of a full website that shows how to create various
sceneries.  I'm looking to enhance my RR table, and am not looking for
anything fancy.
Many thanks,

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