Weekend Update 8/9/15

[mighalpern]

working on the inside of my power plant

[img] http://s1324.photobucket.com/user/57miguel/media/panels%20and%20wiring/DSCF4148_zps4sdgbbki.jpg.html?sort=6&o=15/img]
final wiring for the first test running of the layout in 2 weeks

[mighalpern]

ok still trying to get the hang of this my apologies

[ednadolski]

Progress on the photoetch-detailed turnout project:




More pics & info here: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=34762.msg436710#msg436710


Ed

[nkalanaga]

mighalpern:  The only thing I can see wrong with your second link is a missing [ before the final /img] .  I've done that a few times myself, as I type my links and images, instead of using the forum's insert function.  Here I've added that missing bracket:



The only problem is that it still doesn't work.

So, let's try it without the second html portion at the end.



That seems to have fixed it.   In the original link, it seems that the link included some extra characters, here in bold:
http://s1324.photobucket.com/user/57miguel/media/panels%20and%20wiring/DSCF4148_zps4sdgbbki.jpg.html?sort=6&o=15
and the forum software didn't know what to do with them.  The original link worked fine when I typed it into Firefox manually, although it ended up taking me to your PhotoBucket page, instead of directly to the image.

[John]

Wired in 11 more block detectors .. that finishes the whole layout for CTC dispatching ..

[Philip H]

Wired in 11 more block detectors .. that finishes the whole layout for CTC dispatching ..

Sweet! Seems a test crew or two are in order.

[mcjaco]

Got back from a week long trip to Kauai, where I took the boys on the "plantation" railroad.  It's really just a tourist railroad that doesn't do any real work.  But fun nonetheless, and full of modeling possibilities.

[peteski]

This weekend I finally turned this:

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Back into this:



This model was a major pain to work with!  Friend of mine couldn't figure out how to get the burned coreless motor out of his loco - he couldn't get the boiler off the frame.  So I decided to give it a go on my model to let him know how to take it apart.  I found the hidden screw holding the boiler to the frame. But I also noticed that the original factory lubrication (BTW, it was over-lubricated), has hardened up while my model was in storage for few years.  So I decided to completely disassemble it and give it a full tuneup. At that point I also decided to replace the original light bulbs with warm white LEDs.  But now this unscheduled project is done.  Back to my usual backlog of projects. 

[GimpLizard]

Okay, who's gonna be the first to model this... in detail?

[JMaurer1]

It's already been done. Clearly it's DCC   

[Cajonpassfan]

I don't know, Jim, with DCC you only need to connect two wires and you're done 
Otto K.

[Santa Fe Guy]

Thank goodness DCC didn't go with 4 wires Otto
Rod.

[Kisatchie]

This weekend I finally turned this:

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Back into this:

Ahhh... too many parts!


Hmm... Kiz is becoming
a basket case...

[basementcalling]

Williams Loop, Feather River route.
And if I guessed right, I'd say you nailed it with respect to the angles and such.

Winner, winner. Thamks. Now to make it look similar but not exact. I don't think my Idaho Belt has the muscle to buy the old WP line from Uncle Pete.