Large Scale Central - General

Forums General

User Dashboard

Quick navigation

General
- Since I was last on the listI took down the big layout and moved to a small switching layout indoors, will post pictures it the Bobcat Fire misses us. Mandatory evacuation about six miles away!
  
  Moved indoors
  Last reply by Rick Marty on 9 minutes ago
  
  General Discussion
  
  7,473 topics
  
  119,618 posts
  
  Train related talk that doesn't fit in another forum.
  
  The above picture is taken around the turn of the century. It was originally an iron deck truss and it may end up being such on my RR if my plan doesn't work out. This postcard photo is taken upstream(note abutments sticking outward on the other side). This is how it currently looks....I have no idea who this photo credit goes too but it's not mine.(the little girl is laughing as I told her I was gonna build this in 1/24 scale). I found it while searching. Anyway this is what I'm going off o...
  
  CVRR Concrete bridge over Susquehanna Ri...
  Last reply by Rooster on 16 minutes ago
  
  Track and Trestles
  
  1,450 topics
  
  31,994 posts
  
  Track and Trestles
  
  A Train Company Crashed Two Trains. You Will Believe What Happened Next Smithsonian Magazine Lorraine Boissoneault Reprinted in pocket worthy https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-train-company-crashed-two-trains-you-will-believe-what-happened-next?utm_source=pocket-newtab
  
  The story behind the staged train wreck
  Last reply by Dave Meashey on Fri at 9:26 PM
  
  Prototypes
  
  1,276 topics
  
  15,035 posts
  
  Talk about prototypes here. It's not just trains through the tulips!
  
  Hi all, I've been trying to cope with a fire ant nest I discovered in my backyard, I know they are fire ants and not pavement ants, Red body brown butt and two sizes big and small. The nest in under the pavers making surface soil treatments not possible, and they have multiple entry points in the nest area. Tried a multi spectrum spray, just annoyed the. Diatomaceous earth also seems to just annoy them. I have tried borax powder over the entries but I just read that won't work I'm going to need ...
  
  Fire Ants, how do get rid of them?
  Last reply by Vic Smith on Thu at 6:20 PM
  
  Gardening
  
  273 topics
  
  4,471 posts
  
  Gardening
  
  Summer Run
  Last reply by Eric Mueller on September 8
  
  Model Photography
  
  265 topics
  
  5,141 posts
  
  Discuss your camera, your techniques, and other things pertaining to photographing your models, or your layout.
  
  I got some VERY much needed train time today.
  
  Running a grain train on my layout
  Last reply by Matt Russell on 7 hours ago
  
  Videos
  
  873 topics
  
  7,004 posts
  
  Links to videos of trains, garden or otherwise
  
  The weather was a bit nicer Sunday afternoon, it wasn't too hot, so Martha and I ran a train. I flipped switches and uncoupled cars, and she had the controller and figured out what to do. We switched out two cars off the car float at Williamsport, and then headed to Pearce, where we had to trade two tank cars at Goodson's, and a gon for a hopper at Salmons Sand and Gravel. Eventually got that sorted, and headed downhill. ...
  
  Sunday operations
  Last reply by Dennis Rayon on August 11
  
  Operations
  
  282 topics
  
  4,581 posts
  
  Into more than running your trains around the patio? Discuss here!
  
  It's probably been 2 months since I've used JMRI to create a switch list. During that time, no thanks to LSC & Facebook, I have acquired quite a few more cars. Being a mostly rainy day today, I wanted to run a train on the indoor division. JMRI refused to build a train with more than one car. A quick look at the build logs showed why: There is only one open car spot at each end of the railroad. JMRI has tons of cars wanting to move, but no where to put them! So, it's time to a...
  
  Too many cars !
  Last reply by Jon Radder on Fri at 8:07 AM
  
  Train Operations Software
  
  67 topics
  
  974 posts
  
  For discussion of operations software. Includes TrainOps, JMRI, RailOp, etc...
  
  I need some assistance on repairing an LGB 26844 Sound Steamer which stopped chuffing sound and the Massoth pulsed smoker stopped working. I installed a new 28-pin replacement decoder that I received from LGB/Marklin Germany and both the chuff sound and the smoker started working again. But then the smoker failed and I replaced the Massoth smoker with a new pulsed unit. I'm now getting the chuff sounds but I'm only getting 6.4 volts from decoder's track power connector (AUX 6) ...
  
  LGB 26844 DR Mallet mfx/dcc/dc Sound Dec...
  Last reply by Dan Pierce on September 12
  
  Problem Solving
  
  438 topics
  
  5,558 posts
  
  Have an issue with something you've bought? Ask here! Know how to fix a problem, post!
  
  Today I wired up a simple back-n-forth shelf "layout", just to liven things up in the basement. Half of the shelf is the beautiful viaduct Bruce Chandler made for his layout, and gave me a couple months ago when he closed down operations. Thanks again Bruce! Also from Bruce are the four nicely detailed logging cars, which he built from Don Winter kits. Bruce also invented the magnetic chains (chains with a magnet at each end), which allow a load to be cinched up...
  
  Shelf layout
  Last reply by Nick on Mon at 8:13 PM
  
  Indoor and Micro
  
  97 topics
  
  3,066 posts
  
  Not all of us have a yard, or want an outdoor empire.
  
  Hello, just us again, Some time back I was searching EBay for a part for a locomotive and in my search I happened across this locomotive. The Ebay listing showed this Barry's Big Trains 4-6-0 locomotive, uncompleted with various issues. Now as you may already know or if you have read previous posts that we have put on this site, you will realize the Barry and I were close friends and when I saw this locomotive listed, I had to find a way to obtain it for our children's model railroad and train ...
  
  Barry's Big Trains (Colorado & North...
  Last reply by Ken Mathews/Imagin... on September 8
  
  Reviews
  
  319 topics
  
  3,971 posts
  
  Just buy something, and want to tell us all what you think about it? Post your reviews here.
  
  I APOLOGIZE, The pictures that were in the posts over the first couple of pages seem to have vanished. From page three on, everything seems to be OK, will try to get them replaced. Rick Dec, 2018 Hello all, the build log starting for the new railroad In the fall of 2014 we began the disassembly and packing of the Shasta Pacific Railroad in preparation for the sale of our home and a move to Southern Oregon. It was bitter sweet as they say; the tearing ...
  
  SHASTA PACIFIC 3.0
  Last reply by Rick Marty on August 15
  
  Articles
  
  79 topics
  
  3,902 posts
  
  Discuss articles here
  
  Any interest in five Bachmann 1:22 hoppers?
  
  Bachmann hoppers
  Last reply by Bob McCown on 4 hours ago
  
  For Sale/Trade
  
  2,272 topics
  
  11,460 posts
  
  Have something train related for sale? Post it here! (Don't take advantage of it, please, or I'll want a %age!)
  
  I just finished editing and uploading a fun little video composed of some off-road clips and scenes from my 2016 Mojave/Nevada trip, and featuring my Toyota 4Runner "Megaweapon". Let me know what you think: [url]https://www.youtube.com/embed/e4hgXMvgqS0[/url]
  
  Megaweapon Hits The Trail
  Last reply by Ken Brunt on September 4
  
  Other Hobbies
  
  366 topics
  
  5,893 posts
  
  What else are you interested in besides trains?

Quick navigation

Copyright © 2000-2020 - Privacy - Terms of Service - Advertising -