December 2021 NCR Winter Research Photo Trip – Parkton
It’s December, which means it’s time to go document what the Northern Central actually looks like this time of year! This installment includes the photos I took at Parkton MD.
Getting started with JMRI Virtual Sound Decoders
November 2021 update: I’ve added a link to my open sourced Conrail Engine VSD pack. Virtual Sound Decoders bring sound cheaply and easily to N scale models. In this article, I’ll get started talking about my discoveries around them.
November 2021 New NCR Update
I really need to do this much more frequently than I have. Lots of progress has been happening and here’s a brief recap.
Mid August 2021 Progress on the New NCR
Progress continues around the new Windsor St Yard area, and trains actually run!
The New NCR is actually starting to look like a layout!
My breaks between my floor project have been adding up and things are starting to come together!
Late April 2021 NCR Update
NCR layout progress continues with room improvements, more benchwork and some plan refinements.
Construction of the New NCR has begun
I’m not messing around this time.
Forget Coal Country, The Northern Central is Back
I miss my old Windsor Street Yard layout. While my coal country project was interesting, it just didn’t have the excitement (read, variety) I was really craving. It’s why it’s been sitting, just started, under TTRAK modules for the past year or so. The big stumbling block was that I could not come up with […]
JFRTM on the Philadelphia Belt Line with YPFJ-41
When you’re the owner of a JFRTM pillow that came from your own JFRTM swag shop, it’s probably a good idea to actually do that from time to time. So this Labor Day weekend, I did.
What I’ve been up to: More TTRAK stuff
I was starting to get burned out on messing with Atlas Code 55 track so I decided to take a break from working on my Coal Country plan and spend some time with my TTRAK modules.