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Sunday, 07 March 2010 12:03 |
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Progress hasbeen moving along steadily since the last update with new electronics and benchwork being added to the layout. I'll add some new photos tomorrow.
Wiring for the layout has progressed steadily with the addition of three Digitrax BDL168's. BDL168's currently provide 48 feedback blocks to allow the TrainController software monitor the blocks so that trains and signals and be run realisticly. The blocks also allow me to use JMRI for speed matching of locomotives. Each BDL168's 16 detection zones are wired to the blocks using Cat7 wire allowing for easy zone identification if troubleshooting is needed.
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Red Caboose Bi-Level Autorack |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 11:15 |
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 Recently I got a chance to purchase several Red Caboose autoracks so that I could start building the two "ML" trains that would be operated on the layout. I had yet to see the Red Caboose cars in person, figuring that they were most likely similar to the Micro-Trains cars, however a friend suggested that he found the Red Caboose were superior in detail and ride height.
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