Category: Model Railroading
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Bobot’s Trains – Layout Footprints
Shown are track plans for Bobot’s Model Railroads. Both are way too track-heavy, but at the time I was trying to get maximum track in minimum space and was buying trains like they were going out of style. I have learned a lot, and next time there will be much more landscaping and much less…
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Supplemental Info for Model Railroad Speedometer – Part 2
This post contains supplemental information for my YouTube video titled “Model Railroad Speedometer – Part 2”
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Supplemental Info for Model Railroad Speedometer Arduino Circuit
This post contains supplemental information for my YouTube video titled “Model Railroad Speedometer Arduino Circuit – Part 1” My project is based off initial work by Steve Spence on his YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/sspence65 Here is a diagram of the circuit: I have done a full re-write of the Arduino code to include the following features: Here…
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Supplemental Info for Constant Current LED Lighting Circuit
This post contains supplemental information for my YouTube video titled:“LED Lighting in MTH O-Gauge Passenger Car” Schematic: Note that I am using one 47-ohm resistor (R1) across the Vout and Adj pins on my LM317T voltage regulator so it acts as a “current” regulator. This is for my LED strip which has 150 ohm resistors…
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Extending the Road Out of Town
The road in town came to an end at the tracks in front of the left-most store. I have now extended the road out of town over 3 tracks to the edge of the layout. The yard maintenance area was now inaccessible to vehicular traffic, so I created access ramps to allow entry from the…
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Layout overview, by request
I had a request for overview pictures of the layout. Don’t let it ruin the magic. “Pay no attention to the man behind the scenes…”
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Night shots around the layout
Updated this post with better night shots. I’m experimenting with my camera settings trying to take some night shots of the layout under minimal lighting. The only lighting used was from Lionel floodlights and yard lights and the lighted structure themselves.
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Concrete and asphalt lot for the transfer warehouse
I’ve been fighting with this one on and off for several months now. Last year I bought an MTH Ellicott Mills dry goods transfer warehouse and located it on the layout in a nice big spot between the rail lines and the highway. I scenicked the lots and roads around it but couldn’t decide how…
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You want weeds?
It’s mid-summer in Bobotville and the weeds around the Railtown General Store parking lot are just about to get out of control. I used a combination of Super Turf, Heki wildgrasses, dirt, fine turf, and small broken pieces of Super Trees.