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Month: April 2021

LAYOUT UPDATE: Track laying on second staging lower yard board

Posted on 25th April 20213rd December 2022
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Not much done on the layout this weekend as the weather was so nice, so plenty of garden time, but I did manage to start the track laying on board two of the lower staging yard. I’ve almost finished laying the track for the Metra yard. The Freight yard will […]

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LAYOUT UPDATE: Signalling

Posted on 18th April 20213rd December 2022
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I’ve starting adding the two signals for the lower staging yard. The Metra yard does not really need one as that passenger service will be run automatically by Railroad & Co’s TrainController, but it’s nice to have anyway. I’m using SignaTrak’s SIGM20 signal controller for this as it has all […]

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LAYOUT UPDATE: Episode 11 – Track Planning & Track Laying

Posted on 10th April 20213rd December 2022
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Follow along as I continue the build of my N scale model railroad. In this episode I finish off with the track planning and show you the track I have laid, along with a limitation I have found with the AnyRail track planning software.

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LAYOUT UPDATE: DCC drawer complete

Posted on 5th April 20213rd December 2022
  • Layout Update

I have added a drawer underneath the lower staging yard to hold the Digitrax Command Station (DCS100) and it’s power supply, my RaspberryPi which runs JMRI , the Tam Valley Depot 5A Booster for the accessory power bus and the power strip for the BDL160 & DAC20 power supplies (with […]

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LAYOUT UPDATE: Board 1 of lower staging yard is finished!

Posted on 5th April 20213rd December 2022
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It’s official…the wiring for the first lower staging yard board is finished!

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