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Post by JDaddy on Jul 16, 2020 2:37:13 GMT
Finished up placing the vehicles in the Car Show and on 42nd Street. Wow Brian - you have to give us some video of your layout for Whistle Stop Wednesday!
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Post by JDaddy on Jul 16, 2020 2:42:05 GMT
Here is some scenic areas of my lower deck that I had shared on Whistle Stop Wednesday... I have been building some kits over the shut down... The interior lighting takes up allot of time!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 2:40:54 GMT
I am going to credit Bill Webb for this enhancement of my shelving unit. My last post on this showed the shelves without lighting and I planned on leaving it that way. Bill built the same kind of shelves on the side of his layout and lighted it. It looked great. Here is mine, illuminated. I used rope LED from Amazon and had a DC transformer to power the lights. The nice part of the transformer is not having to install dimmer switches. I simply turn the power down.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 2:56:59 GMT
I did a lot, and still at it. NOT the three rail, rather the outdoor LS. The joke is with other scales and gauges, we add scenery. Outdoors, you remove scenery. 5-gallon buckets full. Been over six months (can't get together), been keeping up with pruning, but the ground cover...
Pulling it out, scraping and digging the small landslides the ground cover hid. Sift the scrapings, rocks in the walkway, ballast back where it belongs.
Added a retaining wall, probably 10 feet of it, maybe less, of cut off tile sections set vertically, to connect two older sections of wall.
Can't quite climb the grade, one side for about 4 lineal feet needs work, but we can see the end now.
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Post by Adam on Jul 19, 2020 10:07:13 GMT
I did a lot, and still at it. NOT the three rail, rather the outdoor LS. The joke is with other scales and gauges, we add scenery. Outdoors, you remove scenery. 5-gallon buckets full. Been over six months (can't get together), been keeping up with pruning, but the ground cover... Pulling it out, scraping and digging the small landslides the ground cover hid. Sift the scrapings, rocks in the walkway, ballast back where it belongs. Added a retaining wall, probably 10 feet of it, maybe less, of cut off tile sections set vertically, to connect two older sections of wall. Can't quite climb the grade, one side for about 4 lineal feet needs work, but we can see the end now. I’d love to see photos of that! I someday hope to do a garden railroad
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 10:39:23 GMT
I am going to credit Bill Webb for this enhancement of my shelving unit. My last post on this showed the shelves without lighting and I planned on leaving it that way. Bill built the same kind of shelves on the side of his layout and lighted it. It looked great. Here is mine, illuminated. I used rope LED from Amazon and had a DC transformer to power the lights. The nice part of the transformer is not having to install dimmer switches. I simply tuned the power down. Wood they look great. It adds a lot to the train room and can be easily adjusted/turned off. Guests enjoy looking at the shelves. Alexa will probably be used to turn ours on and off. We have the plug but have not programmed it yet. She handles the other shelves, lights, and fan. When we are working, it is faster to turn on the switches as we walk by.
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Post by ptc on Jul 19, 2020 12:50:44 GMT
Lighted shelves, sure look good, Wood.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 15:06:08 GMT
Wood they look great. It adds a lot to the train room and can be easily adjusted/turned off. Guests enjoy looking at the shelves. Alexa will probably be used to turn ours on and off. We have the plug but have not programmed it yet. She handles the other shelves, lights, and fan. When we are working, it is faster to turn on the switches as we walk by. Thanks Bill, I was able to have all of my layout light up and turn off with one switch. I also bought an emergency remote push button that I can walk around with and push the button to turn off power to the tracks. Available on Amazon. Pretty simple and a nice feature.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 15:41:54 GMT
I am going to credit Bill Webb for this enhancement of my shelving unit. My last post on this showed the shelves without lighting and I planned on leaving it that way. Bill built the same kind of shelves on the side of his layout and lighted it. It looked great. Here is mine, illuminated. I used rope LED from Amazon and had a DC transformer to power the lights. The nice part of the transformer is not having to install dimmer switches. I simply turn the power down. Lighting makes a big difference Wood! Nicely done, the engines "pop"! Gary.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2020 21:06:53 GMT
Interesting. I had tested the inner main across the flip up section, worked flawlessly. Today, I decided to test the outer main. Dead short when the block enabled. Unplugged the trailer plug feeding it, short went away. Okay, this is wood-tie GarGraves, not tubular steel Lionel with the possibility of failed insulators.
Looked close.
I screwed the track down with stainless round head screws into existing holes in the deck of the truss bridge through holes I drilled to match into the wood ties. The new track is centered, the old track, due to curvature was not. Two of the screwheads touched the edge of the center rail one touched and outer. Removed two touching center rail, all works just fine now!
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Post by Country Joe on Jul 24, 2020 1:41:59 GMT
I am going to credit Bill Webb for this enhancement of my shelving unit. My last post on this showed the shelves without lighting and I planned on leaving it that way. Bill built the same kind of shelves on the side of his layout and lighted it. It looked great. Here is mine, illuminated. I used rope LED from Amazon and had a DC transformer to power the lights. The nice part of the transformer is not having to install dimmer switches. I simply turn the power down. Wood, the lighted shelves look fabulous. It's great that you can turn down the power so they don't distract you during night time operations.
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Post by Country Joe on Jul 24, 2020 1:45:28 GMT
Interesting. I had tested the inner main across the flip up section, worked flawlessly. Today, I decided to test the outer main. Dead short when the block enabled. Unplugged the trailer plug feeding it, short went away. Okay, this is wood-tie GarGraves, not tubular steel Lionel with the possibility of failed insulators. Looked close. I screwed the track down with stainless round head screws into existing holes in the deck of the truss bridge through holes I drilled to match into the wood ties. The new track is centered, the old track, due to curvature was not. Two of the screwheads touched the edge of the center rail one touched and outer. Removed two touching center rail, all works just fine now! Finding the cause of a short can drive you nuts. It's good that you found it and trains are running as they should.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2020 2:02:43 GMT
Oh, I know....but not as bad as intermittents. I was an Electronics Technician, and you just never know. Inertial Navigation, Radar, Loran sets, automobiles, model railroad radio control.
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Post by Yellowstone Special on Jul 24, 2020 13:21:23 GMT
Here is some scenic areas of my lower deck that I had shared on Whistle Stop Wednesday... I have been building some kits over the shut down... The interior lighting takes up allot of time! That is one fine, sprawling layout, JD. Love the steamers, but no smoke? 🤔
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 20:17:12 GMT
Back to the trains this week. Replaced some lights on the passenger station platforms that were causing trouble. Had two other flickering strings under the station and over tracks 1 and 2. Found a loose wire that I could not get to. Press it down with my finger and lights. Release flicker. No way to get to and solder.
Rubber cement to the rescue. I happened to have some nearby. Slopped it on and held in place. No see, no reach, barely touch. It worked. Lights on so far. Doubt that it holds. If not, the next step is to disconnect the wires and reattach to the LEDs where I can reach.
Now Paula says the tropical storm is projected to come here. The beach cottage/boat protective drill commences tomorrow. So much for trains.
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