Recent content by Canalligator

That's what I was afraid of. Well, only 19 locos, and I can re-enter them as I convert from DC. The exercise did familiarize me with Decoder Pro, so not totally wasted time. Thanks for the info.

I did some searching, here and on JMRI pages. I didn't find answers. I appreciate any help. I am in the planning stage, of converting my DC road to DCC I've loaded JMRI on my Mac Mini and am putting roster info into it. None of my locos are converted to DCC yet. So I've entered the locos...

I’m doing my research on converting to DCC, planning to begin when the season changes from “cycle touring” to “model railroading”. I hadn’t planned to start converting locomotives or buying any RTR DCC units, but the second run of Rapido NPCU (cabbage) units caught my eye. I placed an order...

Of the two big players, NYC was clearly the more progressive thinker, under Alfred Perlman. Sure, there's plenty of blame to go around, but I still haven't forgiven the Pennsy for its role. IMHO.

Buy a few bottles of inexpensive acrylic paint to experiment, then you’ve got some left-over paints for other projects. It will cost you less than ten dollars.

Two tools: a Weller trigger gun for heavier work, and a professional quality Weller soldering station for light-to-medium work. I got the soldering station used at a hamfest. It's a model certified for ESD protection. I keep other soldering tools handy: solder wick, a vacuum solder extractor...

The first pic is my hobby & electronics bench. The tool holder on the back of the bench is a diagonal made from two-by lumber, with holes drilled to hold the most commonly used tools. Below are pull bins with adhesives, solvents, etc. The bench is made from heavy work bench legs, with wheels...

So you’d set it once and proceed. Thanks for the info.

A coupe, a convertible and a 427 Cobra. Some serious speed there. p.s. I probably should put more domestic cars on the pike. It is set in upstate NY in 1999…

I'm aware of all that. I'm asking how you actually program either a fixed RPM in the sound decoder. What CV(s) do you enter?

I have an unpowered E unit being used as a cab on a push-pull passenger train. I’d like the decoder to produce a diesel engine sound of an HEP generator, at fairly low volume and fixed RPM. I figured I could use a sound decoder, put a dummy load across the motor terminals, and program the...

I bet my HO gullwings can out-run it. And certainly out-corner and out-brake it.

Old MoPars…

My son and I put two Bachman shells on blue box GP38 chassis’. We took a hacksaw to the fuel tanks, to make them look like early F40s (AMTK 200-229). One is still in service on my commuter road. I plan to run the wheels off it, just like Amtrak did with the prototypes.

The book is “The Wreck of the Penn Central” by Daughen and Binzen. A thorough and well written book. I’ve read it twice, thirty years apart. IMO, the Pennsy management carried more of the blame, but the times really drove it, with over-regulation etc.