Brandon and Chele were home for a little over a week after the beach and we got a lot done on the train. We were able to wire up all the track electronics and the turnouts connecting them to the (8) DS64s abd (5) BDL168s which are Digitrax products. Papa got to test the programs…
It has been a good week to work on the electronics, Finally in Atlanta I have a week of no rain. Since I am working 2 jobs, it is tough to get several days in a row to work on the train layout. So I have been getting up early and going out at dawn…
Since all of my electronics were performing correctly it was now time to determine how to automate the processes. I have selected JMRI which is a Java based open system that connects to model railroads. As I have talked about previously I have standardized on Digitrax and I have connected my computer running JMRI to the…
I finally got the first phase of the track, signals, and turnouts wired up. I was able to test out each of the boards. I had trouble with the BDL186 showing the occupied blocks. After a lot of checking I noticed the green network light was not behaving as the other circuit boards did. This…
Some videos of the model g scale train in my back yard.
With the help of lot of my children who were home for Christmas and Baptism of Betty Murry we made a lot of progress on the train. After attending some railroad shows last year, I decided to add some additional track that would allow the trains to stop while other trains passed them on the…
I attended the train show in Greenville SC several weeks ago. It was a great show and I learned a lot. I attended a couple of great seminars and had some great discussions afterwards about signaling and block detection. I realized that I did not have enough blocks and all of the turnouts needed to…
Yeah ! finished laying the final track tonight. I was waiting on some Hardboards to finish up the side spurs. I finally got everything finished and laid out. Everyone keeps asking me when I will be finished and I tell them in about 3 years and they don’t believe it. Laying the track is just…
My plan is to have one bypass for the main line and 4 spurs. Two of the spurs are on the main line and one for each of the city loops. The exact use for the spurs will be determined in a later phase but I needed to lay the track and bed so that…
I finished the last city loop this weekend. This city is slated to be the Notre Dame city for the Kalamazoo Toy Train Notre Dame Locomotive and cars. I found this set in a local model railroad store that was used. It was a fantastic buy and since them I have bought additional Kalamazoo Toy…
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