Yes, from China. I avoid buying anything from China if I can, but sometimes you can't. Both of the light sets shown above were separate orders and they arrived withing 10 to 12 days. Suprised me totally.
Afternoon, all. 44f with sun and wind.
Planted more trees this morning and repaired a fence. On the layout! LOL!
Mil113: here's a shot of the shell. first attempt at weathering years ago. Free if you (or anyone else) wants it:
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Big E--I purchased some of those china street lights like Chet (montanan) has and they all worked without a hitch.
He is right about how fine the wires are and I found the easiest thing to do was use a match to burn off some of the insulated covering so I had a longer area to work with. It worked well and did not damage the wire or lamp. I think I read someone else doing the same thing. I tried stripping with a knife but that was a disaster.
One East coast road you should definitely have represented - if you don't already - is the Pennsy (PRR). They had the largest-ever fleet of freight cars in North America, IIRC.... There are a lot of railroads that I don't have represented for the east coast or southern railroads for that period. Can't get them all, but as soon as I figure out how many more I can handle, I'll probably selectively add some more.
I do have one gondola so far. Working on it. Pretty soon Garry will be whining because there ore none from the CB&Q.
I use the variable DC for the track. I prefer to lower the voltage to between 7 to 9 volts. The bulbs will be bright enough and the bulbs will hopefully last longer by not running at full voltage.
MRL Dave lives close by and he dropped off a couple of MRC powerpacks that I will use for my last town.
WELCOME TO THE NEW PLACE!
IN MEMORIAM - JEFFREY WIMBERLY[/CENTER]
Since I'm on the subject of lights, it's been forever since I've done any lighting. What would I wire them to? The accessory terminals on the DC cab that I use to power my turnouts?
Say Eric, you might want to take a look at, Woodland Scenics, 'Just Plug', lighting seystem, it's very simple to use and offer some unique advantages.
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