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Or you open the camera on your phone and hit the Google translate button
Never knew that. Thanks!
Do they come with a standard "delayed due to mechanical problem" feature?
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Or the "I can't quite place that smell" feature?
Found this "configure your own" modular power supply. Needed 12v-16v and 18v-22v. Couldn't find a power supply that had those ranges so this 6 slot modular power supply fits the bill.
Holy crap, that's a serious setup.
Took a while to find the correct combination of switches and crossovers that would work; 4 to 6 station tracks. The goal was to be able to go to any track, coming from any track, in any direction. 
6 double slip switches
1 LH turnout
1 RH turnout
1 crossover
6 double slip switches
1 LH turnout
1 RH turnout
1 crossover
bsdunbar1
4 of a Kind
Lets see this bad boy in operationTook a while to find the correct combination of switches and crossovers that would work; 4 to 6 station tracks. The goal was to be able to go to any track, coming from any track, in any direction.
6 double slip switches
1 LH turnout
1 RH turnout
1 crossover
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You do realize these trains are small enough that you can just pick them up and move them to a different track, right? That would be so much easier.Took a while to find the correct combination of switches and crossovers that would work; 4 to 6 station tracks. The goal was to be able to go to any track, coming from any track, in any direction.
6 double slip switches
1 LH turnout
1 RH turnout
1 crossover
View attachment 1312382
It's just a design at the moment. Wiring that for DCC, block detection / Railcom is going to be a nightmare.
Lot of technical stuff here. How about some badass tracks and such…
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Hey I have some server racks that could use a good rewiring, what's your hourly rate?
I took that pic before the last detector module came in. Hard to find Roco brand items in the US. I couldn't have an empty space there.
I can definitely make use of the additional detection zones. I still have a ton of wires to run. I only have some test tracks on the topside so there isn't really much to show yet. I had to pause working on it last year due to medical issues. Things are looking better now and hopefully will stay that way.The key is getting them out of the boxes. Just like chips need to hit the felt, trains need to hit the rails!
It looks like you've been working on this setup for a while, what's your timeline on getting something up and running?
This was always my big stumbling block in transitioning from this:
....to something bigger, badder and more realistic. I just don't have the patience to put the months / years into a setup without being able to run them.
It looks like you've been working on this setup for a while, what's your timeline on getting something up and running?
This was always my big stumbling block in transitioning from this:
....to something bigger, badder and more realistic. I just don't have the patience to put the months / years into a setup without being able to run them.
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MTF meetup in Delaware?
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